Oh, they get WAY more then 60C. I desoldered the wires from the mcpcb when doing a turbo test on my first triple in less then 90 seconds.
Now days I use thin wires to reduce the current and I use S2 instead of the S2+ since it has a thicker spacer.
With 10A and the S2 or S8 host with a copper spacer I can generally get around 60 seconds before it gets too hot and starts thermal regulation.
I tested a few other tube lights today for more comparisons to the earlier numbers:
Triple XP-G3 mixed tint 85CRI did 1150 lumens @ 2.5A with 100m of throw, Turbo was 2900 lumens with 170m of throw all with the 15011 optic in order to get rid of the tint shift issues. With a high drain cell and 14A on turbo lumens jumped to 3400 and a bit more throw.
I have a single XP-L HI with an S6 reflector that makes got 220M of throw at 2.5A and 260m of throw on turbo at ~6A. The best EDC thrower I have.
The best overall setup if you are not worried about CRI is the triple XP-L HI with ~175m of throw on turbo (driver didn’t have the regulated low mode) and ~3000 lumens @ 11A. Sadly the CRI sucks on it.
I am swapping EDC lights out daily right now to see which light works the best for me.
The ultimate setup would be an XHP50.2 or the 144A with a thermal pad and wired for 3V operation with no dome. I would totally rock that setup even if it costs $15 or $20 for the LED as long as it didn’t have tint shift issues and 90+ CRI.
lol, mind making it easy for me, got a link to the said thing? I have been super busy recently and have not ready the last many pages of this thread nor any other thread posted on here recently.
You can PM me if you want, you have my attention that is for sure.
I have some extra 5000k 219C and 319A I could sell for the right price if anyone is interested. Ended up with a few more then I had planned on now that all of my lights are modded already. Only way to use them is to replace existing mods lol.
There’s a chance I’ll need the 100 3500K 219C. Maybe more. This is all speculating until I start talking to a few people. I’m in Canada but the LEDS would be needed in the states. Again, currently speculating.
FYI,
I got the 219B sw45k and sw40. But unfortunately in slightly lower bin and said to be from different reels, this time. My rep got me whatever he could find.
It’s been a very busy month for me, so I haven’t online in BLF for a while until today. I also got an unexpected bad news.
I bought thousands of new Nichias supposed to be ready for you guys this month. But the custom officer called me and said that all my stuff will be held there until I renew my import license. There was a new government regulation just a week before my stuff arrived!
This glitch affected many uninformed Indonesian importers. And I’ve been running around here and there to take care of it. And the to-do-list bureaucrazy got it so much more complicated than on paper. My fellow Indonesian should familiar with this kind of hassles here.
The hardest part is to get the legal company location validation as my current company location is different from what it was on the previous license. And the officer was on tour of duty outside his office without having any replacement, crazy huh? And that’s just one of many small little troubles I faced.
So, for those already put their money to me for the bulk orders, please be patient, I’m on it. The progress even though slow, is near completion within this week.
clemence, I feel your pain. Fighting bureaucracy is only for the bravest of heart and I hope you do not loose faith.
You have done a tremendous job on the last group buy and I envy your energy and commitment.
Do not worry about us who just earn the fruits of your work. If the next group buy takes more time so be it.
Thanks for all the great work you do for us. :+1: