What did you mod today?

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. What’s it made from and how does it handle the heat?

My first triple S2+ and MTN-17DDm driver

Moonlight mode

From left to right:

  1. Nichia 219B 90CRI+ (5000~5700K?)
  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 you’re using a LED ring for illumination :smiley:

Thanks. That’s 5 1.2mmx15mmx15mm copper shim soldered together with the pill and triple board.

DQG Tiny 26650 III

That’s 5 1.2mmx15mmx15mm copper shim soldered together with the pill and triple board. Actually when that picture was taken, the noctigon board wasn’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

That’s an awful lot of “glue” :wink: all over that table.

There’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 it’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.

Upgraded with an xp-g3 1a, awesome keychain light.

FourSevens PK Paladin

Darn CRX!! that looks sweet.

My “Mod” today is an under cabinet light for Mom. 12V DC 5630 SMD double thin (5mm wide) strips of WW, Dimmable.

Lumintop Prince SS triple Nichia 219C 4000K (from KD)
High CRI, narrow Carclo 10507, Convoy driver (new firmware) with 5 modes and memory.
I love it now :smiley:

Today I fixed a BLF-X5/X6 driver from dropping out of turbo.

In another thread I asked how to fix the BLF-X5/X6 driver from dropping out of turbo in a hight drain triple and I was lucky to get an answer from DEL :-) , it may have been mentioned elswhere on BLF but I had not read it before :

I have a red S2+ shorty that I converted to 18500 cells and has a lighted tailcap (mod here), it worked fine on an Efest purple high drain 18500 IMR cell, but it had the turbo-drop-to-moon problem on the Sanyo UR18500F and NCR18500A cells that are not so high drain.

So today I tried the adding of a resistor between C1/D1 and led+, 'tomb stone style' . The pyramid had to be really shallow because the pill cavity was minimal due to the 18500 conversion, so the solder blob on top was filed down to a minimum. Also, to prevent the touching of the pyramid to the shelf under the ledboard I sticked a disc of Kapton tape inside the pill.

First I soldered C1 vertical on its ground pad, then I unsoldered D1 from its led+ pad and soldered it leaning against C1. Then the 10 Ohm resistor was soldered between led+ (the old and now vacant D1 pad) and the top of the pyramid. The top was then filed as low as possible without damaging the components.

And it worked alright :party: , the drop to moon problem is gone now. When entering turbo, the subtle ramping-up that precedes every mode change in Bistro is not as smooth as on the lower levels, but it stays in turbo alright on all cells now.

Thanks DEL, I can solder alright, but electronics mostly is magic to me.

Very welcome djozz!

Good rework there…and nice photo for others to reference :slight_smile: :beer:

I am so glad you posted this djozz, I have those drivers that work fine with high current unprotected cells but drop from max when I use protected ncrb cell.