They should have bronze alloy springs, those usually conduct well and should not get hot especially when bridged
swap out for steel springs and 0.5mm² bypass, almost no current flow in the springs and they are a lot stiffer and more elastic than bronze springs[/q
I checked springs after a run on turbo and springs are not hot they have just got more compressed with use.
I did the same mod and my carrier springs are also not happy, but I haven’t bypassed them yet. Likely gonna need to get new springs anyone know of a good source for new springs?
Alright I’ll report back any gain from the bypass sometime today.
Would These suffice? They only have 4 springs so not a lot to choose from. Either these or the beryllium copper springs, but those are quite soft from what I hear.
I got 16,167 lumens after spring bypasses, but I didn’t top off the batteries after a few turbo runs. Ordered those springs too thanks Lexel. Always nice to have extras.
This thing is crazy now I can cook things with the amount of light it puts out.
Fresh batteries after bypass and I got a max of 17,360 in my shoebox! It doesn’t seem my springs are getting worse since the bypasses so that’s a good thing.
Also put together a little album to document my mod with some snowy beamshots in a wide open area.
I’m running Samsung 30Qs. I’m pretty happy with them and the set is already married. I have my 4 VTC5As in my Q8. The VTC5A only start to pull away from the 30Q past 7amps.
I’m quite content with the 17,000 as it’s fleeting and heats up noticeably faster on the fresh cells. The light will spend most of it’s time at less than half power. I may give it a brief run with the VTC5A just to see 19,000 pop up. Ohyeah, the VTC5A are shorter and I’m concerned about my sagged springs holding them in enough to not lose connection.
Has anyone ran this with a clamp meter to see what kind of amps it’s drawing?