I don’t 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 MCPCB’s 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 still…
This isn’t the first time I’ve done this Jason. Not even only the tenth… I’ll figure it out, usually do somehow.
The driver, well, speaks for itself I reckon…
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 wouldn’t 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.
Haven’t tested it more than to ensure Anduril is working, so there’s that still to do as well…
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 on… Using it a a decent middle to well lit range for this walk it didn’t 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 600’. I don’t 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 wan’t to give a special thanks to Zoe at Sofirn. Excellent customer service. This won’t be my last light from them.
Is there any possibility that I could still get a discounted price? The last update in the OP, about contacting Sofirn to try to get a discount, was October 11.
Just send Sofirn a message asking about a discount price. It may be Monday before they answer. Actually, I don’t know how long it might take. They may be gone till mid January. All of China is basically closing for the holidays.
Not even only the tenth… I’ll figure it out, usually do somehow.
Using it a a decent middle to well lit range for this walk it didn’t 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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