What did you mod today?

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.

I’ve not had this problem with this driver, but most of my experience is with the mtnelec version of this driver. Is it only present on the “chinese” driver that comes in the X5/X6 lights? Or is mtnelec’s version also susceptible and I’m just lucky so far?

Awesome work djozz.

There must be some different versions of these drivers. My C1 is on the opposite side of the board as yours.

Really cool solder work there djozz… that stuff is magic to me :slight_smile:

no magic:

  1. fine tip 25W solder iron
  2. quality pointed tip bended tweezers
  3. comfortable stereo microscope (old Olympus Zoom), seeing what you’re doing is everything.

Yeah… but you know, all my knowledge of drivers and electronics can be traced back to me absolutely hating having to stack chips :smiley:

Starting to spec out a few components for a light, a lantern-style light.

I want a dimmer capable light, with 360 degrees output. Right now I am thinking about using some of the little domed LED (something like these) and drive them all off of a single QLITE REV.A. (I really want them to work with moonlight mode, hence the driver).

probably will try to mount the little LED’s on a suitable sized copper pipe…. I know round/flat not great for heat dissipation, but will have to work on that, maybe flat spot the pipe. This would work as I will be working it into a lantern style light.

Power it off of a 18650, possible a few in parallel (I know that’s not great, balance issues)
Not sure how many LED’s, probably at least 4, TBD based on light output, I know the board is limited to about 3amps, and the LEDs are about 450ma each… so call it a max of 6 LED.

Thoughts on this setup? I definitely want a nice warm LED, and since I want 360 degree output, I am looking at multiple emitters.

Interested in any opinions.

Copper P60 Quad

ReyLight Ti

H17F

219C 4000K CRI90+

Fixing my friend’s C8 and the LED was peeled off. Need a quick setup to reflow new LED into base plate and here is my setup

I forgot taking picture during the process so I took this pic after everything was done.

Took a minute or so before the tin is melted.

Wow steel_1024 those are some sweet pics and a mod of good taste !

I love the Mc Giverism that you did lumenzilla !

Steel_1024 those pictures are so sharp! The driver looks almost unreal, CGI-like. That optic is about the clearest and cleanest I have seen, even with my own eyes.

Lumenzilla now that’s something new, reflow by flame :smiley:

Hello mate's!

A few week's ago I has finished my first modification.

It's Sipik SK68 clone, that I change:

  • LED: XM-L2 2800K
  • DRIVER: NanJG 105D
  • SOFTWARE: My own with big help from DEL (member of this forum)
  • CONTROL: Microswitch

Features:

  • Soft transitions between modes
  • Soft start and soft off
  • Battery inductor
  • Turbo mode
  • Beacon mode

Here is a video:

- YouTube

I planning to create an article in this forum about this modification,

so more details very soon.

Best regards from Poland!

Since I don’t have a workbench at the moment, mods have been placed on hold. I did get to spend some time last night rebuilding my brother-in-law’s UniqueFire HS-802 though… His was an original I had purchased for him, back when it was a current-model light. I have a newer one I had purchased for myself that I have previously modded with a 2.2A Qlite and a XP-E2 Torch emitter with fantastic results.

Unfortunately, in the case of my brother-in-law’s light, the process didn’t go so well. I was finally able to brute-force break the glue on the battery tube using a crescent wrench and heavy strap-wrench to remove the head making repairs/mods easier. I’m not sure if the reflector design has changed, or if due to something else, but I wasn’t able to get the XP-E2 emitter to focus correctly. I tried repeatedly with different centering rings, spacers, and insulators, but was never able to get a proper hotspot. Ultimately, I ended up simply removing the original EZ-1000 XR-E and replacing with one of my spare EZ-900 XR-E emitters, and swapping the original 1A driver with a 1400mA Nanjg 101 AK. Kind of disappointing, but at least it is brighter than the original configuration.

CRX
Is this convoy S6 host?

Yes, the picture is a link to thread.

Got this freebie

And invested more Free parts… Making this

Switch has 3 modes to light up 2 bulbs, 3 bulbs or all 5.

I did my first ever mod and it was a spring bypass on my beloved M1