I would like to shape the rear of this big head down towards the Q8, but I wonāt do that until itās running and shows me how it handles heat. No need to remove cooling mass if it is going to be needed, and it may well be that even this is not enough.
Iām getting a strong feeling that the cells wonāt be able to supply the power I want, especially in the carriers. I will probably have to fortify those but it remains a question as to whether or not Iāll be able to feed all these emitters.
Edit: I might have to make a new battery tube to hold 4 21700 30Tās.
I donāt think so Jason, the aches and pains created thus far thoroughly convince me that drilling and tapping 10 small holes would not be in my best interest. I will use Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive and apply pressure while it cures, the lens will press down on the 5 pieces as well so I will use the lens in the mounting process and either a weight or my tabletop vice. I have the 3mm thick glass lens I can use, 95mm UCLp is on the way for the final. This should serve the purpose, will have to do.
Noctigon MCPCBās and Optics have landed in Chicago, estimated delivery is Tuesday.
Need to get busy building the 4 Slave drivers and set that all up on the Master. Also need to drill for wires to run. About 10 hours in and plenty to do stillā¦
This isnāt the first time Iāve done this Jason. Not even only the tenthā¦ Iāll figure it out, usually do somehow.
The driver, well, speaks for itself I reckonā¦
I have the 2 screws mounted to lock the new head in place, this is the 2 screws that formally went into the reflector so it wouldnāt rotate. Working on getting the central hole drilled for the wires to run up through. I swapped the MOSFET and 7135 chip on the original Q8 driver so all drivers have the same components power wise, the original driver will supply power directly to the SST-40 in the middle via both red and black wires as usual. There are 2 14 ga positive leads that will be shared between two quads, so two of the quad boards per 14 ga positive. Then each Slave driver has an 18 ga Teflon coated lead for the negative. I used 26 ga Teflon wires for the signal leads, green to the MOSFET and orange to the 7135.
Havenāt tested it more than to ensure Anduril is working, so thereās that still to do as wellā¦
I used to get really excited to see 12,000 on my meter, then later if it got up to 20,000 I was really impressed! This one? Over 70,000 on the meter! Gonna run out of meter soon at this rate!
Used it tonight walking the trash can the 300 yds down to the road, really like the beam on it, at much much lower than full onslaught mode of course. Very nice even for a general purpose walk, that double click to Turbo is silently lurking in the background, waiting to turn the sun back onā¦ Using it a a decent middle to well lit range for this walk it didnāt even begin to get warm. Pretty sure outside, in the cool of night, with some breeze, it should easily run the cells down without discomfort. At least in present 4 cell configuration.
I just wanted to say that I received my Q8 from Sofirn off of Amazon, and this light is amazing! It lights up across the street which is at least 600ā. I donāt find that the light is too throwy at all, it just seems to light up the entire 4 acre yard. The light is very well made, with quality at least the equal of Olight or Fenix.
I wanāt to give a special thanks to Zoe at Sofirn. Excellent customer service. This wonāt be my last light from them.
Not even only the tenthā¦ Iāll figure it out, usually do somehow.
Using it a a decent middle to well lit range for this walk it didnāt even begin to get warm. Pretty sure outside, in the cool of night, with some breeze, it should easily run the cells down without discomfort. At least in present 4 cell configuration.
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