The There Are No Stupid Questions Thread

Considering Tungsten is a far more common heavy element distributed throughout our Galaxy, the majority of other flashlight using civilizations are probably more than content with incandescent “Hotwire” designs for their portable illumination needs...

Really stupid this one… Are the Reylight AA/14500s flashlights moddable into triples :question:

Not stupid at all, rather elementary....

Simply bundle and tape 3 together....

Everything is moddable if you try hard enough.

But i got 2 reylights, and modding them into triples requires a very small triple board and fitting optics

Thanks Yokiamy! That was what I thought as there seems to be few space to fit the “normal” triples inside!
Thanks for you reply :wink:

Is flashing firmware to different ATtiny the same process? Or are there differences? What are ATtiny25/45/85-based drivers I can buy available in the market? Just want to try flashing for the first time.

Does anyone know if the Eagle Eye X2R can be used with a lighted tailcap? Or, the other way around, does a lighted tailcap work properly on the EE X2R?

Thanks in advance! :+1:

EDIT: I found this here:

Can anyone confirm or elaborate on the grey working or not, please? :beer:

I added the lighted tail cap, but no bleeder, and the light works, but it has next mode memory.

Since I use this light in my car and infrequently, it’s not that big a deal.

The process is pretty much the same, but the code has to be specific. There are threads here on the forum about it.

You can buy drivers from MTN Elec or Lexel.

Thanks again for the reply JasonWW! I will take a look at it then :wink:
:beer:

Thanks! Bought some hardwares and now waiting for drivers.

I tried without and with a number of bleeder resistor values but did not get the lighted tail working on the X2R without it messing with the timings (and I think I remember there was something wrong with the charging also). The next mode memory that Jason got is in fact the light seeing any amount of time, including infinity, as a short “off” , which is interpreted as a half-press and thus going to the next mode.

This is kind of an old thread so I don’t remember it real well, but I’m sure there was somebody that said they added a bleeder resistor and the light worked normally. Maybe they were wrong or I’m just remembering it wrong?

You remembered it right :person_facepalming: , look what I just found in my stash?

…with perfectly functioning UI with last mode memory. And now I remember what the problem was: another X2R I modded with a FET-driver, on top of the stock charging board. All ki d of things went wrong there, including the lighted tail. Later I did a lighted tail on a stock X2R and that went fine. In the light in the pic I found that I used a 670 Ohm bleeder, I found a place for it on the spring-side of the driver.

Sorry MB about the wrong information.

Okay, so I might as well add the bleeder resistor to my light. Do you have a picture of where it mounts?

It looks like I scratched away some solder mask to make a solder pad.

Gothcha, thanks.

do you ever sleep?

I’m a night person. Assuming your a day person, then you and I are probably awake and asleep at very simular times. So it just SEEMS like I’m awake all the time. :wink:

I scored a V11R that I want to mod.

Want to put a 5D xm-l2 in it, but I can’t find a good source for the led. Intl outdoor has a minimal orderqt of 5 making it 35 dollar ex shipping.

Anyone know a good source?