GFS16 - Battery Indicator Tailcap Light & 1mR FET Tailswitch! (Rev B)

Video shows off the switch design nicely. Good job

credit goes to loneoceans, its his design, hope he shows up again with his driver release!

I have made a new enhanced version

2x3 colors above first shut down
1 single LED for low battery signal

28uA 2.8V LDO up to 5.5V
dual pad for a 10V LDO for 2S lights
capacitors for LDO

2.8uA comparator without reference voltage, significantly reduced standby drain
the reference voltage comes from the 2.8V regulator and a voltage divider

added for each comparator a hysteresis voltage divider, so a larger bleeder like 470 or 1000 Ohms should be possible

17/20mm version

20mm with trimmers for LED brightness

Wow… awesome job Lexel! Did you just design this in the past 24 HR :+1: !? Well when is this gonna be available to buy?

Lexel is from a different planet somewhere distant in the universe, the life forms from over there work at a much faster clock rate than we humans.

Apologies if I missed it, but where did you get the stainless steel switch?

If your referring to the switch on page 1 of this thread…, they come with the flashlight, I think they are standard on the red and clear anodized s2+.

If, like me, you have one of the S2+ lights with a black metal switch you can buy the stainless metal switches from Banggood and the light will shine through the clear gasket (barely). So my Tan/Sand colored S2+ has a stainless metal switch I replaced and then added a lighted switch to.

Yeah that is the switch, do you have a link on Banggood?

https://www.banggood.com/Convoy-Metal-Clicky-Switch-DIY-For-S2-RedGreenBlueSilverSand-p-1161437.html?rmmds=search&cur_warehouse=CN

It only works on the ones already threaded for a metal switch though.

Thanks!

So Lexel, are you going to have these switches available for purchase?

Yes… where’s the group buy on these switches? I need at least 10!!! :heart_eyes:

Fully preassembled please!!! :stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue:

That’s awesome Lexel. Are you planning to sell these?

Will the FET switches also fit in the tailcap of a Convoy C8 v2? Does anybody know how that lights tailcap compard to the one of the S2+?

Convoy C8 v2? Do you mean the new Convoy C8+? if that what you meant… I should have one arriving in few days, I’ll check and let you know.

I meant this one , not the plus-version.

Just checked with FET switch alone and FET switch + lighted pcb and they all it fit perfectly.

Thank you! Great to know!

This means mine will go in this light from kiriba-ru which uses the body tube of the C8:

Cool, let me know how that works for you,

Has anyone else used this FET switch, they seem not to last more than 2 weeks before they stop working… for some reason the coin cell just craps out. ill Raise R1 value to 4-5kohms to slow down the charging current and see what happens.