Im short-sighted so Im not into this throwers
If you need some copper pills, I can do them, but I dont want to have one more useless host on my table. If you can send head with stock pill to me, I will return it with upgrated pill
I also have good old G2 S3 2B(which should be even better than Mitko S4 1A, and only about 10% lower performance than S4 2B) so now when I saw Djozz result I think even 350 kcd should not be any problem and all that with just 4,5A current draw
Nice results guys. Djozz managed to get through :+1:
Mitko I don’t understand this.
This what I will mention below is real T20 pill cause I’ve done couple of them with 20mm mcpcb’s so I really don’t understand how it don’t fits for you?
This is real T20 pill that I bought at fasttech and fitted to couple of T20 : this is
So if T20 pill fits I really don’t get how this particular T20 pill won’t fit?
Folks over at TLF have taken a closer look at the Black Flat than we did at BLF, and found that they vary quite a lot in voltage, output and current handling. But if you strike a good one that handles high current well, the illuminance of the die and thus throw can surpass the best dedomed XP-G2.
So if I was lucky with my led (that was driven to the max in this mod), 343 kcd may be harder to beat than you think.
Probably the T20 pill that takes a 20mm star is problematic as the reflector still touches the pads. If it had a flat emitter surface then a 26mm mcpcb could be used, this would put the contacts outside the reflector base and allow a deeper set of reflector onto emitter for proper focus.
I’ll sure report my results when they come with slow boat from China.
The best single cell reflector thrower I have is lumapower with turboforce head and it is also throws around 350 but with s42b.
Mitkos thrower(I’ll call it that ) seems to have even wider reflector so I am very optimistic.
Solder filling the gap on brass pill should be easy job? Even for direct soldering to pill(if someone wants) of big 26mm mcpcb?
Wow, you guy’s are getting sweet throw numbers from such a cheap light. I remember seeing the OP but never came back until djozz showed his light in the ‘what did you mod today’ thread. Still not sure I’ll buy one though.
LOL, BLF minds think alike, was looking for that board as well. The only seller that has the Maxtoch boards a bit cheaper ($3) is Banggood, and they are out of the 26mm XP version.
That is fairly cheap source for USA citizens. But unfortunately Europe does not have that kind of vendor. So we depend on slow boat from China.
But I also know that Mitko has incredible knowledge in finding electrical stuff for cheap probably because this is part of his daily job and he for example managed to find old school XP-G2 S4 2C emitters and shared the link. BTW Mitko did you spend them all already? I managed to get couple of them and than when I found that they are good old ones and when I wanted to order more they disappeared.
Btw S42C is same in performance like S32B but tint would not be everyone choice. It was really something magical in performance of old S42B that disappeared into oblivion.