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.
I bought a light off of taobao and modded it. Here’s the work I did: changed out the OP reflector to a dual stage smooth reflector (much like pflexpro’s hybrid reflector) (I had to trim the reflector shorter to fit in the light), mtn 7135+FET driver w/ Bistro, bypassed springs both driver and switch, blue tail light switch, xpl2 v5 4000k led, blue GITD led centering ring, and epoxied a magnet ring on the tail end of the light.
Finished putting my S2+ 219C triple together…again.
Learned a very important lesson in the process, if you’re soldering a Noctigon to a copper pill, check it in the host with the optics to ensure that it’s level before soldering the driver wires. :person_facepalming:
Managed to nudge one of the LEDs out of place in the re-reflow too…not my finest moment, but at least I got it back together and it’s working!
Latest ThorFire VG10 that has spacers under emitter to compensate for bad design.
Rebuilt this light using an M2 Convoy reflector left over from an M2 Quad build. While it does physically fit into the head of the VG10 with spacers removed I did have to file/sand the top of the M2 reflector for the thicker Noctigon MCPCB and reflector spacer used. Also the choice of O-ring will determine how much material need to be removed for the bezel to seat properly.
Used 20mm Noctigon with XM-L2 U4 1A and an A6 Fet driver.