Dale, i have read practically every thread of the X6 triple and got inspired by your work, i love the video where you toss that thing out the window
Its built like a tank and i really appreciate its form factor and size.
The shorty is really nice!
And what Jos says, its insanely bright for such a small light, and due to the optics the 5000K XPL2’s give a very nice beam and tint, it looks a bit warmer then the rated temperature.
Probably due to the well known yellow corona which is compensated by the Ledil Optic.
The last time i was amazed by the output was an S2+ triple with 4B xpl-hi’s and lexels TA driver, which is close to this light (lumen wise) i think
Have to test them side by side actually.
the blink-to-moon is a glitch normally seen on multi-emitter lights that pull high power. It can be fixed with the addition of a resistor at the C1/D1 junction… djozz has posted a nice picture of a pyramid he built with the three components.
Not at my computer or I’d link it… hopefully someone can point you to the fix well before I make it back…
FWIW, I’ve never seen an A6 driver do that as it utilizes the ATTiny13A MCU, it’s the X6 driver with ATTiny25 where the bump-to-moon issue comes into play and this 10 Ohm resistor solves the prob.
Electrically it’s the same thing as the DEL /DJozz / TomE “pyramid” method, this driver is just setup a bit different than the BLF-A6 in regards to how exactly the D1 / C1 / VCC (pin8) net meet up. At the end of the day the “fix” is to add ~10ohm of additional resistance between BATT+ and VCC, logistically any method of accomplishing that should do the trick.
Note I did cut the trace going from the C1/D1 junction to VCC,otherwise the resistor wouldn’t be doing anything at all.
I made an optional charging module for my DQG titanium extension tube light.
Made from copper, brass and carbon fibre tube this has a micro USB charging port supplying a tiny ME4056 charger board modified to supply 350mA charging current. Red & green charging indicators.
Remove the flashlight head to reveal the charging unit, click the tail switch on and plug in USB lead to charge.
I find the option of on board charging very convenient these days.Luminus SST-40 on 14mm Noctigon
MTN 15mm FET driver with GuppyDrv3 firmware
Cyan GITD LED surround
Hand made copper pill, charging unit & switch housing
Reverse clicky tail switch
Magnetic tail
Length - 104mm
Width - 17mm
Weight - 62g with 14500 cell
Max around - 1500lm OTF
Very cool! I have had that happen to 2 Mtn FET+1 drivers, I quit using them after that, just the straight up FET’s since. Thanks for figuring that out! :+1:
I got my noctigon quad mcpcb and angie optic today. So I made an aluminum spacer and got it mocked up in the light. I’m just waiting on the 351d’s from the GB to arrive before finishing it up. The optic is a bit small and doesn’t fill up the head but it’ll work just fine.
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I got my noctigon quad mcpcb and angie optic today. So I made an aluminum spacer and got it mocked up in the light. I’m just waiting on the 351d’s from the GB to arrive before finishing it up. The optic is a bit small and doesn’t fill up the head but it’ll work just fine.
Thanks, it’s a Manta Ray C8.2. It’s a nice 26650 host with a c8 sized head. The shelf is very thick, I was surprised it took me so long when I was drilling the center hole.
The MR fits the convoy c8 stainless bezel and MR also makes their own stainless bezel too. The one on my light is the convoy one.
This host is noticeably better quality than the F13. The fit and finish is much better, and the host is a lot heftier for better heat sinking. It also comes with a/r lenses, but of course the price isn’t as good as an F13. But you get what you pay for.