I remember someone asked, well good news is that I will finally start with driver design upgrade and new firmware .This will take some time,but I think it will be worthy.
I trust more to Maukka's test since he has much more professional equipment.
He measured 805lm @2800mA,~25C, datasheet says lumen output at ~25C is ~6% more than at 85C, which means light output @85C for that LED would be ~760lm.
So that LED from Mouser is either high P bin, or low Q bin.
I will send sample to Maukka for lumen test, just to see where within R bin this reel is.
With this R bin, most single MZ builds should be capable of ~3000lm OTF of crisp white 90CRI light at 15Amps.
Most spacers should arrive tomorrow (they should arrive last week,but delays as usual), FET switch is in final phase of testing(firmware is finished),I need to make lisitngs for everything,so you can count on the end of this week for all.
Nice.
What about the 30A drivers? It’s hard to stay patient :).
You mentioned before that 18AWG wires were the thickest that fit through the hole in your drivers. Can you tell me the actual outer diameter of the those wires including the insulation that you tested?
There’s a company here in Germany which sells wires with an especially thin silicone insulation.
Another question: will you put a specially prepared spring on the FET switch and 30A driver so they actually work with 30A and the voltage drop is kept small?
I have more than usual number of orders,so this is causing some delays with releasing new stuff.
I will check hole diameter.
There will be option to solder bypassed steel spring, unfortunately this is best solution for now (I have design idea for spring that would make bypassing obsolete,but just 10 prototypes costs 800$, so this will have to wait for some time).
I haven’t tried the cables from this company (Nessel Elektronik) yet, but I plan to. They were recommended by some modder(s) in the German flashlight forum. The cables with the thin insulation are called “NeG”, “N” or “GG” (not “EG”), see here . The cables are produced here in Germany.
Teflon wires are more difficult to use because they are less flexible and it’s more difficult to remove part of the insulation for soldering.