(prototype) the GT Mini

My bezel was barely glued. I didnā€™t realize it wasnā€™t just tight until I looked at the threads.

You hear a rattle in the head if you shake it? . :question:

That donā€™t sound promisingā€¦ā€¦ :frowning:

:+1: ā€¦ Yep, I guess ā€œoddā€ is one way to describe it. :frowning:

And I agree, it ā€œshouldā€ be solid as a rock the way it is mountedā€¦. But something ainā€™t right, cause it donā€™t work.

Yep I checked, and my bezel is glued tight as a drum. :person_facepalming:
Situations like this, yet another reason I hate glueā€¦ā€¦ :wink:

I had also tried the resetā€¦. but no joy. :frowning:

Oh wellā€¦ stuff happens. Iā€™ll wait to see what Neal has to say. :slight_smile:

Yesā€¦but whwn i press Button down its quietā€¦and when i put batt in its quietā€¦oddā€¦

Teacher, fwiwā€¦ that 789D fully loaded weighs some 715,000 lbs. :wink: The tires are 12ā€™ tall and weigh 6640 lbs EACH, thereā€™s 6 of em at a cost of near $50,000 each to replace!

:open_mouth: . :open_mouth: . :open_mouth: . :open_mouth: . :open_mouth: ā€¦ Now ā€˜THAT is a TRUCKā€™!! A very expensive truck. :wink:

Good info Dale.
I wish I owned a couple of those & could have them working 24 x 7 x 365ā€¦. that would mean a lot more $$$$$.$$ for lights, guns, fishing toys, & trips to exotic places to use them all. :sunglasses: :beer: :wink:

Hey DB Custom, did you get Anduril on your GT Mini? What lightā€™s program did you use?

I think I used the newest D1S Anduril, from July or something. Will have to look it upā€¦

Hey guys, what would be the best protected cell that actually fit in GT mini?

Maybe the Keeppower 3120mAhā€¦

But most will run unprotected.

Yes. Keeppower 3120 mah will fit in the mini gt.

Thats why i said it, you dnt need to say it againā€¦OKā€¦just messingā€¦i got them alsoā€¦great cellsā€¦

A protected cell wonā€™t run the GT mini the way itā€™s intended to be run though, best results come from a non-protected high discharge cell. The driver has built-in protections so everything is still safe and secure.

Sure, a protected cell will limit performance, but The GT-mini is an XP-L HI light that was originally specced with a ~4.5A regulated buck driver. The impact is going to be less significant/obvious than it would be with a triple, or something with a low Vf emitter.

It looks like the difference between the protected and unprotected versions of that cell are ~10mOhm. Thatā€™ll be, what, maybe 10-15% of output? It may be unacceptable when hot-rodding, but hard to notice in practice.

Accidentally drove into an open pit mine, in the middle of the night, in Wyoming. Suddenly found ourselves surrounded by these things.

I think it was the North Antelope Rochelle mine just south of Gillette Wyoming.

I bet that was a mind-blowing experience Robert!

(Keeping in mind that the tires are 12ā€™ tall, a pickup truck comes about to the axle and is completely dwarfed! The pickup is about 6ā€™ wide, this monster is 25ā€™ wide! The pickup weighs what, 4,000 lbs? Loaded with rock the big hauler weighs an impressive 715,000 pounds! [215,000 lbs of truck, 500,000 lbs of rock] The tires are 6,640 pounds of rubber, not mounted to their 57ā€ steel wheel!)

PS: A 4 year old used one, which has probably been running and hauling rock 24/7/365, costā€™s around $3,000,000 dollars. And it will take $2,000,000 a year at pump prices just to fuel it with diesel! The 1,000 gallon tank lasts 12 hours, two tanks of fuel a day!

Illumnā€™s site states that the Keeppower 3120mAh protected cell is utilizing a Sony VTC6 inside, with a maximum continuous discharge rate of 15A. This cell should run the GT miniā€™s XP-L HI just fine. MOST protected cells canā€™t.

When you can get a Samsung 30Q for around $5, paying $12 for a protected cell in a light that has internal protection built in seems kind of wasteful.

Haha, it was. Oil field work before GPS and cell phones. Most of the gravel roads werenā€™t on any maps. All we had were someoneā€™s directions to a well that we had to work on. We got lost, ā€œhey there are some vehicles over there, lets go ask themā€ā€¦ The headlights on those trucks are mounted quite low, so you donā€™t realize how big they are until you drive up next to one. Of course they were moving so we were trying not to end up like this.

Lord have mercy! (but that IS what I was thinking when I suggested the CAT scan. lol )

The driver sits about 15ā€™ in the air, on the far side of a 25ā€™ wide vehicle. He canā€™t see much of anything on the right hand side, like that pickup that put himself in a bad place. Nowadays they have 360Āŗ cameraā€™s with monitors in the truck, but stillā€¦.

BTW, guys, with the 35$US sale price(45$CA), I finally plunged on the purchase of the BLF GT Mini.

When it comes, what kind of mods should I do? Iā€™m personally going to replace the tail cap springs with my own BeCu springs.

How easy is flashing the driver? Is it glued?