Parasitic drain measures 31uA and so not bad, so it will take 19 years to flatten the 5AH battery if the battery itself has no leakage.
I also purchased the 365nm SST-10-UV-A130-E365-00 from DigiKey but I can’t figure out how to get the thing opened to swap it out. Has anyone opened or x-rayed theirs?
I used a heat gun to bring the front bezel ring up to about 60 Celsius but it still didn’t budge. If it’s expoxy then it may need go hotter, or maybe it pops of instead of unscrews but I’ve not been around any x-ray machines last little while so dunno.
Like this light a lot. Thanks Lightbringer for reviewing it. Managed to open the bezel with 2 strap wrenches. No heat and just enough force. Seems regular glue was used so a little heat should help. I’m still debating whether to replace the main LED with 4000K 351D and the red to a 2200K 351B. I really don’t like red led but might need it someday.
I thought my desire for this light will pass as time passes by.
Unfortunatelly not.
I’m too weak to resist. Ordered.
But I don’t think I’ll use red light. I’ve read aswang has changed the red led to other. Hence my question: what instead? I mean which footprint (edit: figured 3535), voltage and amperage should I search for to replace this LED? I think I’ll go for some warm colors, 3000-4000K. Or 5000K but as a thrower, so without dome.
Any ideas which LED could succesfully replace the red one?
2700K SST-20 from KD is quite nice with BBL and below tint. If you want better throw and more lumens but lower CRI there are 5000K or 6500K SST-20s or maybe a dedomed xpg or xpl-hi. Its a small reflector though so don’t expect a lot of throw. I measured tailcap current for different modes with a regular multimeter.
White 0.01, 0.27, 0.88, 3.2 A
Red 0.02, 0.22, 0.84 A
UV 0.03, 0.5 A
So basically red has low med high and no turbo compared to the white led. Haven’t swapped mine yet since I realized it’s my only light with red led on it.
Another purchase is totally justified considering you’re a flashololic
So if there’s less Amps put in red LED, should I take something specific into account? Lowest Vf? Fewer Amps recommended by manufacturer? How about XP-G2 dedomed?