My thoughts exactly WTF (and hIKARInoob). You hit the nail on the head! :sunglasses:
Acebeam is really good at having a mode on its line of flashlights, that hits its heat dissipation sweet spot, exactly.
Take the newer X45 for example. Capable of putting out a total of about 16,500 lms. On high, which is a 4000 lm level. It can be turned on at that level, and it will stay there, with no step-downs, for 1.4 hours. At which point, the batteries can no longer maintain that output.
Even on the newest Acebeam X80. Which is a smaller sized flashlight, but capable of putting out approximately 25,000 lms. They pushed it even harder. In the high mode, when the flashlight is cool, and the battery levels are full. That flashlight can be turned on in high mode, and run at 5000 lms for 20 minutes, and then, it only steps down to 4000 lms. For the remainder of what the batteries can handle.
The Acebeam K60. The same way. Turn that flashlight on in level 6, and it will give you a constant 5000-ish lumens, for over an hour.
I too, would love to see more flashlight manufactures work on getting a ‘sweet-spot’ level figured out, and programmed into their flashlights. That they will maintain, from a cool start.
this happens too often I also had some drivers without rings lately
can you confirm it fits the light?
but it will be OK if you add a thin solder layer to the 3 screw spots to make contact with the brass ring
simply the metal layer needs to be higher than the mask paint
mail Oshpark and they will fully refund the drivers
Has there been any update on the battery compartment with regards to the size of batteries this will accept. As it stands it will only accept unprotected flat tops?
“The light is build for unprotected batteries, protected or button top unprotected won’t fit, the ones I have with a 2mm brass button fit barely
On the left the one with the brass button and on the right a flat top battery”
I try to make another use of the NarsilM firmware driver.
Not working properly still.
After installing the battery, direct light high, and then will not light up again.
7135 using A705NGT-350 SOT-89
Flash firmware on Attiny85
FET 404
85fuses.bat:
REM BOD disabled:
Wp hvc
REM BOD enabled at 1.8V: Avrdude -p t85 -c usbasp -Ulfuse: w: 0xe2: m -Uhfuse: w: 0xde: m -Uefuse: w: 0xff: m
85M.bat:
Rem 85NarsilM - downloads NarsilM (Tiny85 Multi-channel e-switch UI configurable)
Rem Avrdude -p t85 -c usbasp -u -Uflash: w: NarsilM.hex: a
I did not show a picture from the driver with the insulator inserted
Basically the platic insulator you see on the carrier here fits inside the insulator on top of the driver the distance between spring and ground is 12.5mm, also there is no ground spring
And the distance between pisitive spring and the ground ring is 12.5mm
Aha, thanks. It’s a plastic ring on the driver side. The picture on the Banggood site showing the three parts, head, battery tube and tailcap, made me worry it might be aluminium.
