Did anyone dedome the stock led? Can we confirm it’s a u3 xml2? I’m ordering parts for an other project and I’m still in doubt of ordering an U4 emitter for this light or use the stock emiter.
Yes you could be right here… In that case it is no problem to take pill outer ring on a lathe or with file. There is even possibility of dremmeling mcbcb or even reflector base if needed.
Yes it is only + to have bigger mcpcb but in a lack of it I also don’t see any problem in fitting 16mm noctigon. Little file working and dremmeling won’t kill anyone
Edit: I think I got you know Mitko (The pill can hold 16mm pcbs so i lowered it by 3mm, filled the gap with a thermal paste/ Cu pads and used a 26mm 3535 mcpcb)
Pill by default does not have enough height? If so we could also sacrifice 1 16mm noctigon and merge it with other 16mm one.
This will be easy 300+kcd light with old style XP-G2.
I am afraid dremeling wont help here, the reflector base is quite thin: and for best results the emitter bracket should be thin as air: using that kind of bracked is impossible with a 16mm mcpcb cause the reflector will ” hit” the driver wires thus causing a non perfect focus, one should use at least 22awg ones- even using 26awg wont help, tested already
As i mentioned before, the pill should be lowered by like 5mm( ofc filling the internal gap is a must), and using a 26+ mm pcb brings things to where they should be- no more loose reflector and a perfect well centered emitter and hotspot
I am thinking about contacting our russian pill crafter Kiril about CU pills, would be a great to have some of those
I got mine in today and I’m not disappointed, not many real flaws, just the reflector needs work. I chose this elegant ( ) solution below, now I can use a 20mm board with the wires on the outer edge of the solder pads. Mod in progress…
Nah, a quick blow and that’s that, I do not care about a few specs, that does not affect throw. This is the advantage of a 14 dollar host, not much to ruin.
I’m planning to follow Mitko’s method when i receive the light and the 26mm Maxtoch mcpcb (with stock led) . If i don’t get good results i will have to try U4 0D , i have many dd xp-g2 lights (X6 , C8 , F13 , even L6 ) .
I don’t have it yet but I probably have solution for protruding driver wires of 16mm noctigon.
So if reflector base must not hit the wires (cause we want to achieve best focus) we could dremmel out small channel to main - contact and then flat solder merge all. We could also use very small file or rasp here to dig towards- contacts.
Something like this for example:
The question is would something be shorted that way? If not then it is 5 minutes job.
By the time the bezel is screwed down to seal, there is very little room for wires when the reflector is compressed. The centering area on the reflector is "real" thin now, with the protection in stock form.
I was looking at the reflector, and hate to think about it, but, the area that touches the lens could be trimmed back?, to allow more room for the wires at the centering ring. It's not a great approach if one does not have the tools to do it selectively. This modding stuff, I can see it being a bugger without a lathe or mill at your disposal.