Scott, it does 12A in a lower mode… Turbo is around 20A.
I’m actually using a mini Omten, the spring is bypassed but it’s not a through board bypass which I should probably do and that might get me a wee bit more.
My TR-J20 has a massive heat sink in it and has 4 of the 9V MT-G2 on it, making 15,000 lumens as well. Of course, I could acquire another… (This heat sink is what let RMM’s TR-J20 with 12 XHP-50’s work at 39,000 lumens, I’ve got an additional 1/4” thick plate up top. RMM’s had an extension tube I made to carry a 4th 32650 cell. Pretty sure Slow2Go has RMM’s TR-J20 now.)
I didn’t know if it would be more flood than throw or what to expect. This is a new reflector to me and of course the emitters are brand new as well. That said, the hot spot is quite surprising and it manages to show black on dark green in the absolute dark of night (no moon) to 225 yds or so which is sufficient. I looked at the red oil drum from about 75 yds last night and the overall results are very satisfying. Had been rainy, was threatening and lightning abounded so I didn’t set up the tripod for beamshots. I did have a triple XHP-70 in an BTU Shocker. I had to tame the donut hole with large TIR’s in each reflector cup but it worked out really nicely and made 11,000 lumens on a pair of 18650’s and 14,448 lumens on 6 18350’s. I had modified a carrier to take the small cells, had both carriers. This light also hit 20,000 lumens with 3 18650’s for a very brief test. Copper traces on the carries vaporized, I repaired the damage with fairly heavy copper plate but never tried 3 cells again. I sold that one having also a Shocker with 3 of the 9V MT-G2’s at ~10,000 lumens that I’m very fond of.
And yes, I built it originally for the 21700 cell that wasn’t available and still isn’t available. Then I realized that while this cell might be wonderful and all that it’s still only a 3000mAh cell and even IF it could deliver 30A then it’s only about 6 minutes worth at a 10C discharge. While that hasn’t stopped me before, the 26650 tube can easily take the smaller cell. And yes, it’s long enough. I have put Molli 26700’s in it. They just kinda suck.
PinkPanda, get that thing back together and get busy man!
Thanks guys, appreciate it. For me, still new to the lathe, it is quite a labor of love to get something like this done. I still have a couple of tweaks to go to enable the o-rings to fit and have it in finished shape but those should be minor. (hopefully not famous last words) You can see a shiny silver ring where the battery tube meets the copper, this is because it’s not seating that last couple of mm due to me not being able to cut the threads all the way to the bottom of the driver bay. I need to either cut a relief down inside that copper or remove a couple of threads from the end of the tube. Similarly, where the bezel slips over the head in an almost press fit I need to continue that “landing” for the o-ring up there to be able to fit in. Essentially simple, with plenty of room for major catastrophic failure. lol