PD I think you should! My mod was too minor for a mod thread, plus you did the teardown first and have the driver project going! Besides I’m not really good at keeping threads updated…
Put a XP-L V6 1A into an EE X6. With dome on, I measured 1690 lumens (semi-calibrated ceiling bounce test) and 49.4 Kcd. Dedomed, I measured 1547 lumens and 93.7 Kcd. Significantly brighter than the XPL HI V2 3B at 70 Kcd. All with fresh 30Q at 20-30sec.
I had trouble dedoming this particular XPL V6 1A. I have dedomed 6 others and the dome came off easily after 30-60 minutes of soaking in warm gas. With this one an “outer dome” came off easily but there was a large piece of silicone stuck to the die that would not separate easily. I ended up taking it out of the gas and carefully scraping the silicone off with a blade. Has anyone experienced this behavior with dedoming XPLs?
A mod long overdue: replacing the ugly cool white XM-L2 of my copper Olight S1 by a XM-L2 T4 7A led (from Simon’s Aliexpress store). The bezel was removed using the by others described method: first carefully hammer a thin utility knife in the groove, working my way around the bezel, then a thicker pen knife, then a flat drill bit and after that the bezel popped out with a light twist. Thanks X3 and others for working out the method.
Now it has the proper led colour that the copper S1’s are supposed to have:
Finally
You did a good choice with that warm tint, that was my first choice for my Ti version !
But after a while, I finally found that it’s too brownish for my taste and swapped it for a 5D1 80+ CRI from IO
I think so, but I totally agrre with you…
My S1 alu is equipped with a “T6”–6C from FT and find it too warm…on the other hand my CNQG brass beauty got some XP-G2 R4 7A that totally fit the sweet brass host…
We might have a problem
Thanks for linking that discussion; I thought I remember reading someone having this problem but could not find it again.
The V6 1As that dedomed well I ordered a month ago from MTN as bare LEDs flowed onto XP32s. The recent V6 1A I ordered from MTN a few days ago on a 20mm MCPCB. So it’s possible that they came from different times or batches or something.
Yes, was blue. Wanted the metal switch cap and thought blue was something I could get used to. Nope. I used a solution of Sodium Hydroxide (lye) with warm water. Works well but wear gloves. Some oven cleaners contain Lye also.