Pulled down that huge post, but I have a lot of interest in your work on a lot of lights TA, so will PM when the MT09R’s are here and see if you have any interest in about another 10 lights or so with various modding requests, got cash so not a problem, just need perfection like what you provide, sorry about my getting carried away with that post, nothing unusual from me frankly.
lol, no problem at all.
Sure send me a PM when you are ready and we can talk. Sadly I do not have a lathe so I can not do any machine work, I wish I did though. Nor am I setup for any kind of coatings at the moment, used to do some powder coating but that setup is long gone now.
Far as other stuff though, sure, As long as the light can be opened (aka, I don’t like messing with glued lights, it is almost impossible to open them without damage) I am willing to look at it.
Sounds good, will be in touch very soon, by the way would you happen to have any XHP35-H0-E23C perhaps times 3 or more…?
My goal is to get lights modded past my skill level to deal with nasty weather, clouds, fog etc. and still have some throw. Every light I own has been opened eventually, I even got those GT’s opened finally and they weren’t even glued but wow they must have a beast of a human assembling those lights at Lumintop,
Will talk shortly I hope, I really want to get these projects done right, tired of messing them up and redoing them over and over.
Thanks TA
Before I forget, I am also including a washer under the tailcap of the MT09/MT03 now to help it spin easier and not bind or risk shorting out to the tailcap over time.
The mailman brought another light today, this one from Darbonius. Stock his light is doing ~12k lumens with CW emitters.
He wanted a TA driver with 50% ramp, springs bypassed, and 4000k 80cri LED’s. Pretty much the standard build at this point. Although interestingly the next LED order I am placing has as many 5700k as 4000k.
Speaking of which I missed the order cutoff to get the LED order shipped out yesterday so I will be waiting till tomorrow or monday to place the order to give people more time to place orders and get in on this shipment.
Don’t forget the 5000k LED’s that just popped up (interestingly I called and asked them if they had any 5000k a few weeks ago when this started and then 10k of these 5000k LED’s appeared) if anyone wants to try them.
I also got the GT XHP70.2 mod finished earlier today and with dedomed XHP70.2 LED’s it is hitting almost 85% of the throw that the XHP35 hi is doing!
The names are a bit confusing. It doesn’t seem right to call it a sphere when it’s not ball shaped at all. What about calling it a Lumen Tube or PVC Lumen Tube?
Or does that name just make it more confusing?
Sadly I don’t have access to any of those LED’s, I wish I did. The XHP35’s are hard to get in small quantities and you kinda got to take what you can get.
Yep, just get a list of what you want done and send me a PM and we can talk.
This is why the GT’s are so hard to open, they sent me this when I complained that I could not get my GT open.
I have had the same thought but everyone calls it a sphere when talking about a lumen measuring device. So trying to come up with a new name at this point seems like it would add more confusion.
Although I am open to suggestions.
Well Lumintop is not messing around when they assemble, that surely explains why I had to buy two boa constrictor rubber and metal strap wrenches and with degenerative disks in my neck that are just crushed it really kicked my butte getting those apart but I did it but not without paying the price in pain for over a week.
I do know Lumintop has some serious glue, just try and disassemble the AAA Ti Tool with the electronic stupid switch, geez, that is some work.
Wow a dedomed 70.2 with close to 10k lumens making 85% of XHP35 throw is amazing! Too bad the GT is so massive, otherwise I would buy it from you! I wonder what kind of throw you can get with MT07S or MT09R w/ 70.2 dedomed.
I got my mt09rTA xhp70.2 and xhp 35. 18650 are almost finished charging… will post my impression…
we’ll find out, TA is doing that to my next MT09R
Sorry, with 80cri xhp70.2
Yep, the numbers are even hard for me to believe so I am taking them with a large grain of salt until I get a new lux meter. These small HS1010’s work great for the sphere where the light is heavily diffused entering the meter but for direct lux readings they always ready low it seems. The dr meter did much better and got similar results to others with the GT.
I am also curious about a dedomed XHP70.2 in the MT09 or MT07, luckily I have at least 2 coming that are getting that treatment.
Yep, you are one of them.
The tint shift is noticeable for sure with the 4000k seeing it side by side in the GT’s. It ends up in the mid to high 3000k range for sure. Just so you are aware. I can change your LED’s order still since I had to wait to place the order till tomorrow or Monday.
Yeah, it took 2 full grow guys plus a strap wrench and vice to get mine apart finally. It is no joke.
The hardest part is getting a good grip, the vice made it much easier but I was so worried about scratching it up I tried to not use it at first. Luckily there was no damage.
Can’t wait to see what you think!
Is this Dr.Meter LX1330B lux meter the best bang for the buck? I’m planning to get this one to test throw. What do you guys think?
That is the same one I plan to order this weekend, I have heard good reviews about it. It is also the same thing I used to use as well and liked it. The HS1010 is simpler to use but the dr meter seems more accurate for throw readings.
It is not dark yet… i did the ceiling bounce and its definitely over 20k lumen light… daylight ! ramping mode is super smooth. ( descending or ascending ). I like both version with the 5700k tint. Overall, its worth it. Brighter, highest bin led, TA driver, and more reliable. I a, happy with the mods…
Great, always good to know the work was worth it!
I also finished Darbonius MT03 with 50% ramp, TA driver, bypasses and 80cri LED’s.
It was doing ~12k lumens stock and had melted the driver spring in the process.
Now it is doing ~21k lumens and should not have anymore spring issues (although remember, don’t over tighten the tailcap, there is no hard stop).
Looks good and I am happy with the results.
I will get it shipped out tomorrow.
When you remove the dome you automatically lose output. I could tell just by eye when I did that with an older xhp70. TA, do you know how much output you lose, 10%?
The last report I heard from you was that your GT was modded to 6A (12v) and did 1300 meters with the dome on. I can’t find the thread, but I think you bumped up the output to 8A (12v) on the GT driver, sliced the dome off and got about 1600 meters. Is that right?
Have you swapped in a FET driver to the GT? Has the distance gone up again?