Simon or anyone else… is there a solder point on the new 6A CC drivers that would allow for disabling mode memory? Ordered an M21B and didn’t realize the new driver has mode memory (not a dealbreaker just prefer to not have it).
I was planning on getting one M21B myself and I do recall on the M21B item description page in one of the pictures where the driver was visible there was one star, so maybe that one star is for enable/disable memory? I hope so, as usually I keep my tail clickies with memory disabled, so +1 to this question.
Simon believes we all love memory and can’t live without it. I usually don’t use it either, so I don’t want any of Simon’s new drivers. The collaboration with Toykeeper on the Biscotti drivers was a huge step forward with configurable modes and toggling mode memory on/off, all the newer convoy drivers are a huge step back software wise.
So I’ve got some interesting results… This is on an S11; my S12 arrived today but that’s later for modding. I think something’s gone a little haywire, but:
XHP50.2 – S11 standard emitter/driver (I had removed the inductor to see under it, but have put it back on)
Mode 1: 42mA
Mode 2: 360mA
Mode 3: 1.67A (but wavers a lot)
Mode 4: 6.6A (this is the reading that I think is broken - 40W)
I’m going to assume that the last reading on the XHP50 driver was doubled somehow (maybe my DMM playing up), so taking it back to 3.3A would make it:
1.3, 10.9, 50.6, 100
Either way, a big difference from the 0.1–3–30–100 on the stock XHP50.2 S11…
I’m measuring these results with a Convoy S11 (XHP50.2 5000k, default 4-mode driver), tail current with clamp meter:
(using a nearly full charged ~4.10v Lii-50A 26650)
1: 0.07A
2: 0.37A
3: 1.48A
4: 5.8A <= I notice the output is a bit less bright than the Sofirn SP33 XHP50.2 on Turbo mode
The spring on the driver side of my S11 does not come factory spring-bypassed though (I wonder if they missed doing a factory spring-bypass on my unit; I haven’t tried to do spring-bypass on the unit myself… so that could explain my lower current readings)
If you are reading at the tailcap it’s 6.6A x 4.2v = 28W (maybe a bit lower counting voltage sap). It would be 6v only if you were reading current after the driver i.e. at the LED.