Thanks Jason. I think I don’t want a instant turbo on when pressing the tail switch. Would annoy me too much. I wanna do a backlight switch mod after it and want to have the ability to lock and unlock the light without being blinded with 7000 lumens everytime.
I wanna swap a xhp70.2 as well but do you think it would be ok to use the stock xhp70 with the lexel driver? Just until I can get my hands on the updated version.
It sounds like you want the main led to do nothing (NO) at turn on. Only your switch lights will come on. That’s how my mini L6 is. It’s a good setup.
You can either add some leds to the stock switch or have Lexel make you a switch with leds on it.
You can use the stock emitter. Simon uses a DTP mcpcb for the L6. With good batteries it should pull about 12A or so. IIRC.
Ooh yes! That’s what I want. Just the light switch turning on. Also asking for a new switch with the leds already on it it’s a neat idea. I really don’t wanna buy a roll of 100 leds. Lol. Do you reckon how much would he charge for a switch with 2 red leds on it?
I thought Lexel’s noble work is temporarily halted or on hold for the time being? The man is going through surgery and we wish him well and fast recovery.
It is. I was made aware of this yesterday night. But it’s ok. I am in no hurry. My L6 is my test subject, if everything goes well I have so many other lights I wanna mod. Next in line is my MF02.
If you want to buy a driver in the meantime, maybe Texas Ace has something for you.
Same here. I would like to order, too.
You don’t have to buy a roll of leds, there are small kits with different colors, like sampler kits, you can buy. The only down side is it comes from China, so it might take 2+ weeks for them to get in.
Lexels L6 switch costs about $3 USD and can have 4 leds on it. Each led has it’s own resistor and he can match the values so all the colors are the same brightness.
Here are some pictures I got from F.i.l.a.s. These are the only pictures I’ve ever seen of his L6 switch. It’s kind of new thing and not well known yet.
You just run one power wire for the leds, one power wire for the switch and one ground wire to it.
Wow 3$. Almost feels like a steal! Hahaha. Yes I am very interested. As long as it feels the same quality as the Stock L6 switch I’ll be definitely getting one of those. Thanks Jason
The problem with Texas Ace is that he ships it from the US. Shipping will be more expensive than the driver it self. I was looking at MTN Electronics and they have the L6 driver even a bit cheaper but shipping alone was 16$. It’s not worth it.
Oh sorry forgot you were from Brazil.
I would just order a driver from Simon itself then.
I want a FET driver with NarsilM. Simon doesn’t make those unfortunately.
Hmmmm.
This is problematic indeed.
It’s no big deal. You just have to wait a bit longer. This is something we are very used to. 
Hi Lexel,
I’m new in BLF, I bought RRT-3 in 2011. It’s a quite powerful flashlight at that moment.
She’s still a good light, I still love her ring control UI as usual. Buy now days, 1950lumens seem a bit under power for such a ‘big’ light.
I would like to upgrade my Jetbeam Raptor RRT-3 to
XHP50.2 x 3 (original mcpcb is xm-l t6 x3 in series)
Hopefully you may offer a suitable driver for this mods?
Thank you.
I would first try to boost the output with high binned SST40s or XML2s. That would give a nice boost in brightness without doing much work.
Then bypass the springs with 20AWG/22AWG wire.
And that’s about what you could do without replacing the driver.
If you want to, you will have to wait until Lexel recovers.
Thanks for your advise.
I’d bypass the spring and reflow to xml2s, but it’s doesn’t impressed me.
May be I should consider SST-40 and increase the output ampage but I’m not sure which capacitor shall I change.
I’ll upload the driver photos by tomorrow.
Hopefully can get some new ideas to increase the output.
Btw, Lexel replied my PM and it’s too much work and $$$ for this mods.
Lexel, Thanks again.
The SST-40 has a lower forward voltage. It will produce extra output at the same amperage.
That’s such an old light design. Nowadays you could get something like a BLF Q8 for $45 that can do 5000 lumen, etc… Maybe there is a modern day equivalent.
My guess is that almost any mod for that light will be a challenge. Retaining the functionality of the mode ring with a new driver will be a challenge.
New emitters with the existing driver could deliver more output due to increased efficiency, though it probably wouldn’t be enough to really notice. Chances are you will have to reuse the existing MCPCB or cobble together something. The existing MCPCB will limit you to 5050 emitters, like XM-L2, SST-40, XHP50 (likely won’t work with existing driver, also heat may be an issue).
Modding the driver could deliver more current, but on its own, maybe just enough to notice, but this again runs into the heat issue without an MCPCB replacement. Perhaps the two together would produce enough improvement to feel worthwhile.
Lexel responded your message already? Hmmm. I thought he wasn’t answering just yet due to his hand surgery. I’m still waiting his response on my L6 driver. Should be a lot easier than what you are looking for, damn, awesome project.