3V XHP50.2 K2 2A 6000K (Kaidomain so who really knows)
Flashed a D4-219C build of Anduril on there which will allow it to step down without getting too hot.
sliced and diced:
reamed out the reflector:
slight rings in the beam but overall it seems nicely focused:
It does 3,070 lumens at turn on w/ a not quite full VTC5D
Hot spot at full ramp = 5,357K (Duv 0.0036)
I would say this picture makes the beam look a bit better than it does in person. The tint leaves a lot to be desired but at least it isnt a Cree rainbow.
Fitted it with the Q8 reflector and MCPCB, in this picture I don’t have the centering rings in place nor is the light finished…
Great tight hot spot from the XP-L HI’s Sofirn had used in the Q8!
And here it is beside the 1D I purchased years ago from JayRob on CPF… that light was like $165 and made a 1000 lumens from an XM-L emitter. I bought the finned head from ChicagoX and later put the “hockey puck” style drop-in triple from Elektrolumens in this light. The red 1D simply has a chopped tube that’s glued together. This purple one is done full ChicagoX style, cutting off the switch end and threading it for the tail cap, flipping it around and threading what used to be the tail for the head to screw on. One piece battery tube, no glued joint. I have a large Omten switch in the tail, a 17mm Alex Wells driver with A6 firmware.
I used the large Blue springs, no bypasses, and a de-protection circuited TrustFire 32650 cell. It’s making 3730 lumens on this fat 6000mAh cell. I probably need to address grounding the driver better.
Oh, and I used a glass UCL from flashlightlens.com made specifically for D and C Maglights. Thing of beauty, it is!
Put a 3V XHP50.2 in a Nightwatch NS02/Enogear EC21.
Makes ~4,427lm at 0s w/ a 30T. Pretty impressive except for the tint.
Also put a 1mm^2 White Flat in a Nightwatch NS22 Seeker.
I used the Intl-Outdoor centering ring with a little bit of sanding. Also added a spacer to raise up MCPCB. The stock driver wont max out this LED but it still throws just a little more than a FET C8 XP-L HI
Ugh, you monster. I have a D10 from August that I've been wanting to mod, but haven't done anything with it yet.
I skimmed through your post history, and it looks like I found theposts I need to disassemble and check if it's got the correct revision to support an MCU swap...
Is a complete driver swap not viable on the D10/D25?
I'll have to either toss a Luxeon V in mine, or SST20+TIR...
Cool. The issue I have with headlamps currently is that I'm not a huge fan of the more classic L-shaped right-angle lights, but those are the best for modding and/or already having pleasant UIs. Don't design a driver for my sake, though. (But if you do, I want one!)
Taking the driver out from Convoy T2 and put it into Fenix HL23 headlamp.
The headlamp’s driver was damaged some months ago and now it has new soul — and become a twisty headlamp.
And for the T2, since it’s using 17mm driver, I installed this driver from FT and run it with 14500.
Not a nice driver for sure (it has delay in operation) but it works.
I’ve been having some fun with the 3v XHP50.2. I flowed this one onto the MCPCB myself which I normally don’t do. Notice some odd color on moonlight. Is this normal? My other XHP50.2 light is 6v and doesn’t go as low so I can’t really compare them.
I built and installed the lighted switch board for my HC30 mod. It has had the a TA driver running anduril (as FET+1 for now, till I get more of the good 7135’s), just the SW board is new from this weekend and that’s a tail clicky clear SW boot cut way down to fit.
Very cool. Not too many headlamp mods happening, it seems. Easy to take apart? Is the driver just pressed in? Was it glued? Is that one of the new lighted boards from MtnE?
