Lexel, bare with me. I’m out of my realm of knowledge.
I see you have boards for the TN42. What (over stock) are the advantages gained by using your configurations?
It’s mainly the different UI. NarsilM with ramping, blinking out battery voltage, etc… It is usually way better than the stock UI’s.
You can also adjust the power output if you want. Up to 3A at 12v. If the stock light only had 2A for instance, you could bump it up a little to 2.5A and get a bit more output.
2.5A GT makes a bump from 663 to 707kcd on a TN42 I modded
current over 2.5A makes no sense, 2.7-2.8 on a good cooler there may be a few % gain in throw but also this mainly starts getting the LED to turn over to get blue very quick
Main advantage is the UI you can change so many things like you want the UI for your purpose
It sounds like the UI of the GT, which I like.
Assuming the board is plug/play, are the boards, electronics better quality? What type of output gain (reach/throw?) is .5A going to give?
That’s the barrier. I don’t know what output I wish because I have no knowledge.
My TN42 arrives Monday. I’ll compare it to others and maybe get a better idea and %’s.
I’ve realised that I’d much prefer my MF-02’s in NW. Since I don’t dare to reflow the LED myself, I was wondering if there’s a star that will fit, with an XHP35 NW already mounted?
I’ve got two lights, one with a defective driver. So if I manage to replace the star in one, I’d be happy to do the same with the other, and replace the faulty driver with the one that uses Narsil.
Really large diameter 12 volt Stars are very hard to find right now. Maybe you could find someone in the UK with the blf GT who wants to swap emitters or maybe there is a person who knows how to do reflows for you. I know Mountain Electronics is offering a Reflow service but he’s in the United States so I don’t know if it’s worth it due to the shipping costs.
Superb, thanks - what’s a good place to get the emitters? Can get two of each (LED + star) sent to you - if you PM me details & price incl. one of your drivers, I can pay you via PP.
EDIT: Not sure if I was completely clear - both my MF-02 are in CW, so I’ve already got the stars. But if I can get the XHP35 NW LEDs sent to you, and the existing stars with CW LEDs, I guess the emitters can just be replaced. I’d be happy to let you keep the CW ones, as I’ve decided that I’ll only be getting NW lights in the future.
That’s right, I was thinking of the people swapping in 12v xhp70, like into the GT and this light with a driver swap. The xhp35 is wired internally for 12v only.