HaikeLite XHP70 Thrower Prototype Sneak Preview

Lol…that’s why I’ve got a S7 Edge…I got your point though.

I’m actually going to be seeking a little wisdom from you as far as buck drivers go. I have two lights that I’m going to mod and each light is going to need a buck since the battery carrier is set up 4S. I’ve never stepped into the 12v realm before…only 3v and 6v and only with fets. However, I’m getting away from fets on these particular mods because of the setup. I’m use to piggybacking on contact boards and other drivers but have come to the realization that the bucks are going to have some kind of heat displacement. Would covering the driver with silicone or another potting material suffice…if it’s being used as a piggyback? Also, where would I get a buck driver that would push 2.5 amps to a XHP35 with an eswitch setup? I’ve got another light with the same setup but it’ll have an XHP50…where would I get a buck driver for it to push it to it’s max? I’ve also already had my ambien so if none of this makes sense, lol, sorry :weary:

Oh Ya… Who says…? :stuck_out_tongue:

I knew as I logged off, I was thinking did I saw 4S or 4P…, Well I was certain of one thing, I will know the answer to that when I log back on, and yes it is 4P so Thank You and by the way no need to be sorry about confusing me, I am an expert at confusing me
One thing is for certain with me and that is if T-A says the 4S is the way to go, and I think Tom says the same, along with KB, so 4S it is and I will learn the rest as it goes.
Maybe I should just go read on parallel and series applications more, back to basics, fundamentals,
I sure am not short on info being I actually have Google on my computer, I think it came with it when I bought it… Sure is handy.
I’m kidding ya, I paid extra to have it installed… :laughing: … but I do want to know more about this issue and well just about everything else also, …
Thank you for clarifying my mistake, I do appreciate that…!!

Well firstly most 4s setups can be converted to 4P without a lot of hassle if you desire, or even 2s2p.

For a buck driver the only thing available right now that I am aware of is the MtnMax buck driver from RMM.

Cheers bro, I’m kind of a confused person myself. Looking at my harem of lights I wonder…. Am I sane?

Yes indeed, I counted what lights I have in plain site, phone rang and last I recall I was somewhere in the high 80’s, I could probably times that by three and come out short, it is insane.
It get even stranger when your going to go out in the evening and can’t decide which light to take with you…

Sane?

Hehe. I feel home here.

Impressive.

What’s to the right of the M24 ?

We could have a name that light contest, wow, where is the brown box room, nobody throws their boxes away, do they?

2X.?

The MaxToch 2X I believe...

Dunno - just snapped a few pics around the room the other night. Oh, more:

Bout 2 1/2 years ago, not much changed, less lights:

See all those white stickers on the edge of the shelf above? This are from all the Shockers I modded.

That HF bench vise is pretty good for the price, I’ve lost my rubber things that were worthless anyhow, just keeping up the maintenance at your house would be a full time job.
Edit: Speaking of vise, I put my MH20 head in the freezer last night, bench vise ready to go, darn glue, would have forgot had I not seen that vise… Thanks

I keep moving/reorganizing all my stuff==the keepers—for sale etc—the other day my wife was in the space bath dressing area—I said wait be careful there’s flashlight parts in there

Jeez Louise is that the Boss 1 down below on the bottom right? What a chunk.

Oh, yeahhhh. the BOSS man. You know, sometimes you can find stuff in a picture you couldn't find when searching...

I had it out to take a throw #. Still up there, 649 kcd at 5m, but I've gotten well over 700 at 10+ meters with tuning.

Edit: Added wall beamshots to the OP of my review: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/42543.

Wow Tom. That all looks orsm. I even love the fact that you have a book on XML’s on your shelf. That is hardcore. :slight_smile:

Thus used to be my home office - I used to work in there 7 days a week, 10-12 hrs/day. The books are all pretty much out dated, many I threw away to make room. Still working with XML today though, but C#/.NET wrap the details pretty well now. Used to be you had to know that stuff cold. I've had lots of contract gigs over the years, lots of different markets and technologies - wasn't easy to keep up.

So, what do you use the candle warmer for?

It’s funny, my office looks nothing like that. Even if I count all the Alkaline cheapies in my cars I’m probably under 25 lights total, and I only have about 4-6 batteries (toolpack pulls) that aren’t in a light.

The clear L6 really stands out in your pics.

Sorry to Haikelite for getting off topic