What did you mod today?

My BD04 driver did not come out as pretty and I removed one of the chips because I thought I got it to hot and had a problemā€¦ I was wrong, oh well + 3 better than +0!

Nice build! Iā€™ve got one of those Kiriba spacers here for a similar build but now Iā€™m thinking I may bake my host too. Looks great!

Thatā€™s the first time I see a baked X6, well done!

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I got my 2 W2 emitters today from AE. One was 1C and the other 1A, both tints are very similar with the 1C producing a bit of greenish tint in the lower modes and some in the spill, pure CW in turboā€¦ I thought it would be a bit neutral but no. It replaced a XPL HI in a EE X2R and it seems a lot brighter. Now Iā€™m unsure about what to use for a triple build, these W2s or the new XP-L2.

Pretty simple one today: My clear-ano Convoy C8 came in a day or two ago. It came with a translucent tailcap. I donā€™t know why these manufacturers keep tempting me with these tailcaps. Theyā€™re basically begging to be illuminated from within. So I did:

I think I finally figured out a way to illuminate the triple optics in my F13. I cut off a small section of one of those RBG strip lights and pulled the components off. I think they are 0505 LEDsā€¦not sure. Tested all the pads to see where all the traces went then soldered on some smaller LEDs. It tested just fine when I connected it to an 18650, so it should work once I hook it all up. Iā€™ll need to run something up from the driver for this, so need to figure that out as well.

Looks like an interesting plan Willy Hope it all works out and you post some pics. :beer:

Made myself an extra constant light output light for testing purposes: Supfire A6, AK-47C driver with one chip removed=700mA, XP-L U6 5A 80CRI on a KD-DTP-board, big Omten switch. 20 seconds after switch-on it is constant 240 (djozz-)lumen and stays that within 1% for about 10 minutes (still rock stable after that but just falls outside the 1%).

I modded my short convoy s2+ into a triple xpg2 s3 3d and lighted tailcap.


Nice triple!
That is a pile of 5 what? under that triple board? :slight_smile:

Interesting spacer. Whatā€™s it made from and how does it handle the heat?

My first triple S2+ and MTN-17DDm driver

Moonlight mode

From left to rightļ¼š

  1. Nichia 219B 90CRI+ (5000~5700Kļ¼Ÿ)
  2. CREE XP-G3 5000K 90CRI
  3. CREE XP-G3 4000K 80CRI

Nice pictures! Is that a DQG 26650 tiny IV? That was quick!

I see youā€™re using a LED ring for illumination :smiley:

Thanks. Thatā€™s 5 1.2mmx15mmx15mm copper shim soldered together with the pill and triple board.

DQG Tiny 26650 III

Thatā€™s 5 1.2mmx15mmx15mm copper shim soldered together with the pill and triple board. Actually when that picture was taken, the noctigon board wasnā€™t soldered yet to the copper spacer.
It can handle the heat quite well. I ran it on turbo multiple times and still woking fine :slight_smile:

Gluing trits

Thatā€™s an awful lot of ā€œglueā€ :wink: all over that table.

Thereā€™s really no good way to present UV light is there. :smiley:

Another mod for today :slight_smile:

As poor as the ano was on my SK68 I think it looks much better stripped. It looks pretty clean but itā€™s easier to see that the knurling is slightly skewed and spirals around the tube. I think it will look better once polished but it would still be nicer if there were a halfway decent host to start with.