It gets warm running Full power. Even with it on low it gets warmish, but not to the point it unholdable. so I guess i’ll leave it at 8. thanks for the info man.
I love the fact the light get’s so hot, I seen a youtube video on this. that is why I picked this as my first light to mod. Just seeing how bright it was amazed me.
Thanks for all the suggestions and links. Would you upload close up pictures of your work? I’d like to see the zener diode and resistor soldered to the board.
So can we use the empty pads of the stock Convoy driver like the one in the picture? Does the stock driver have the 0 Ohm pin and another for 200 Ohms?
OK, so here is the mod done. The Diode was a bit big but it’s just connected to ground, I wonder if there is a better Diode for this. I also upgraded the power and ground wires to 18AWG.
Don’t always trust those “*fire” batteries…chinesium ratings and all that…I like the purple efest ones…they usually do pretty well and are good batteries
Now you gotta learn to solder the button on the flattop batteries (pretty easy if you scuff the contact and use plenty of flux)
I have let the light run for a few min’s and it’s fine at full power. it does start to get warmish. I’ll have to tun it on and just let it run see at what point I can’t hold it anymore.
After doing some research I think a better option would be going for a DSOD-323F package DDZ4V3BSF-7DICT-ND the size measures 2.50mm x 1.25mm. The cap this is going on is an 0805 so that is 2.00mm x 1.25mm. and just for reference the MMSZ5229B-FDICT-ND that is the SOD-123 is 3.65mm x 1.55mm I have not ordered the “DDZ4V3BSF-7DICT-ND” yet but I plan on it, to double check the size. So if someone is going to do this mod I would order a couple of the “DDZ4V3BSF-7DICT-ND” they are only 0.17 cents