The bulb on my Ridgid 24V XLI flashlight broke. The flashlight was part of a drill, saw, flashlight set.
I wanted to replace it with an LED bulb-- the capacity of the 24V battery applied to an LED would result in a very long light source.
The type of bulb used is some strange type for halogens and has a flange for ground (in the photo, it is the bulb where the filament is showing but missing the glass, which was broken).
Fortunately, the 9mm BA9S bulb almost fits. As you can see in the photo, the 9mm BA9S has two nipples at the bottom on opposing sides. These do not fit into the flashlight. However, they are soft and file off easy. I used a metal file once and a sanding wheel on a different occasion.
With the nipples filed off the bulb fits into the flashlight socket nicely, and a spring loaded tensioner on the side keeps it in place.
Note that the black ring is the part that screws off of the flashlight.
I found LED BA9S bulbs made with LED on ebay and on superbrightleds.com
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