What did you mod today?

I ask BG if they would sell the Aluminum Black S41/A6 switch cap seeing they already sold the SS and the SS Colored Cap. Well they listened…Astrolux S41 Hochwertige Aluminiumlegierung LED-Taschenlampe mit vollständigem Endstück für DIY Sale - Banggood Deutschland-arrival notice-arrival notice

ThorFire S70S has a non-DTP copper MCPCB…
I could have ordered a DTP one from Banggood, but didn’t want to wait another 4 weeks, so:

The white paint didn’t cover the mess all too well, but who cares.
Protruding bits for thermal path to reflector.

Cool adaptation, Jerommel! :sunglasses:

:open_mouth: It’s better than from the store

Wow, really impressive !

I modded my BLF A6 with a SMO reflector and Dedomed the LED its throws okay now. It can easily been seen past 100 meters.

Also put an XPL with direct drive into my BLF D80.

Dear oh dear…
Thanks for the compliments, but the success was very short lived…
I killed the XHP70…
A week ago i killed a XHP50.2
In both cases i nicked the dome and ruined the LED…
:person_facepalming: :weary:

How did you kill it by nicking the dome?
Did you like poke it with a knife and break a wire or something?

Had this light (Ultrafire V10) waiting for a mod for ages (think it is slightly big for a 16340 light) but yesterday I modded it with lighted tail (lime, orange, red), BG bistro driver (with fix), and Nichia 219B V1 sm453 R9080 led (from the great effort of Clemence et al.) on 16mm Noctigon. The driver floating above the contact plate, lighted ring version with 3x2leds (3x5.9KOhm+5.9kOhm in series with everything).

The lighted tail needs the leds a bit more balanced in output some time, and I had to add the extra 5.9kOhm resistor to restore the user interface, so it is quite dim now (which is ok) and everything works.

The beam has a ring in it from the bezel, but nothing annoying in real life. It throws a good spot, with 450 lumen @30 seconds max (well over 3A current), and the great bistro UI takes care of all other modes. The rosy tint with total absence of yellow is not 100% my cup of tea , but the clarity and colour contrast of this led is sublime!

Sweet mod right there djozz :wink:

Well…
The protruding bits turned out to protrude too much, so set out to shave some off with a dremel fixed to a bench, but the mill bit grabbed it…

So i was really dumb to not make sure the thickness was as should be before soldering the LED to the board…

Changed the optic on a HC30 to a 45 degrees TIR.


Now it has a nice even spill when working outside.
Though I kept the lens, to press the O-ring down and keep it waterproof.

good fit Carclo 10140
http://forum.fonarevka.ru/showthread.php?t=31892

Nice mod on the MCPCB Jerommel. It deserves a new led. :slight_smile:

FourSevens Mini AA Titanium

Looks really classy CRX! I read the build thread, nice.

Today I balanced the leds in the flashlight from post #2607 a bit better. The resistors are like this now:

Looks better now, but in reality what looks green is more towards lime andcwhat looks yellow is more orange.

i have been taking more steps towards casting my own aluminum stock… i am going to start a thread in the DIY on it…

A very fiddly driver spring bypass, and a rather severe grinding job on the retaining ring to increase the internal diameter:

Wired up my 219C triple…just need to attach the NTC resistor, once the silicone cures, and it’s good to go.

I wasn’t happy with the wire solder job, so I’ve since preheated the pill and resoldered the wires. It looks a bit better now.

Considering it’s my first reflow (using a clothes iron, no less…thanks lampyris!), I’m pretty damn pleased (and rather surprised) that it actually works. :smiley:

What driver did you use? Good job on the ring, I hate opening them up. The dremel and I always swap blood.

I can state success for the Narsil build with the E-switch plus forward switch

Tom E changed the code so that the light gets always in turbo mode when the battery is conected here

This is the same as it was in the Klarus XT11GT light.

the normal narsil is running on my mopdded Skilhunt H03R
also adjusted the thermal calibration, works perfectly

black and white goes to swich with indicator LED which is feed by pin 7 over a 4.7kOhms resistor

left with TA 21mm driver, on the right stock with TIR both with identical high drain cell
left 4.55A right 2.45A