I’m waiting for the snow to melt…… but I think I’ll have to shovel first.
Made an S2+ (shown with 18500 tube) with a 6x7135 biscotti driver and an XP-E2 (on a Noctigon board soldered to the pill) that was supposed to be binned at 485nm according to RS-components.
It appears to peak at 472nm 
, which is the common blue wavelength and not that nice ice-blue 485nm, and the too fast biscotti driver acts a bit weird too, can’t switch the mode memory off.
So a bit disappointed after 1.5 hours work, but it was nice to do some soldering again, was a week ago already 
Nice! Maybe one of these days I’ll build a blue or red light. I think it’s cool!
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Mod my long time favorite light, C3 SS clone with Lumintop Tool AA V2.0 driver, Nichia 219C sm4070e 4000K emitter, and lighted switch from Convoy… have to use a 14500 battery so the switch led can turn on.
Tool AA V2.0 driver
Sanding driver to fit the pill (press fit)
using AWG24 cable
Gchart (a member here) has a boost converter lighted tail cap so you can have the lighted tail while retaining AA compatibility.
Thanks CK, that’s what I need.
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FT03 3rd emitter swap SST-40 50.2 3v and now the 90.2…
Do you have some current, lux and lumen readings
Nice work guys! From the bankers lantern (who has money left to count around HERE?) to the nicely finished small lights for EDC. And Kawi, best swap yet… massive output AND throw, just gotta love it!
Y’all make me wanna DO somethin . . .
Well the Old Lumens contest is open, to modders and builders… 
Fabulous prizes to be won.
This topic is dangerous. It’s really making me want to jump into modding lights like this. I wish I had the time to learn, but have other priorities right now. But the bug is in the back of my mind…
OK here is what I got so far, I swapped the lens and bezel out, UCLp lens added, tailcap spring bypass, stock driver, stock driver dual springs and leads… 30T battery.
5M 14200lux 355kcd
T/O 4990lm 
Reset the meter while the light was still in Turbo, grabbed the phone camera and took a pic of the meter with out the lock/hold on…
Amp reading 30T off the charger 4.21v
Checked my LUX readings set-up against my stock FT03 but with a De-domed SST-40 1780lm I got 305kcd as it normally checks.
Need bigger MCPCB’s and Centering rings for this 90.2 and a reflector designed for it would help I think also…
Just swapped the emitters between a blue Emisar D4 and a grey Emisar D4v2.
Now the D4v2 has XPL HI 5D. I much prefer this to the SST-20 4000K that were originally in it. XPL HI has better tint (especially at lower power settings). It’s also enormously brighter and my batteries last longer with it.
Emitter swapping the D4v2 was a pain since in addition to the 2 big wires for the star there are 4 tiny wires for the aux LED board.
The trick was to go slow and be methodical. Don’t force anything. I found it easier to solder all 6 wires with both the star and aux LED already installed and screwed into place. I also temporarily soldered 4 small guidewires to the aux led wires to help me thread it through the star.
I’ve been on a CSLNM1 thrower craze, I needed to make something more pleasant to look at. I used Ruspike C8 that was on sale for $8 a while ago as a host. Quality wise - that is the right price. But if it’s going to have a beautiful tint, I have to gussy up the outside too. I used Easy Off Oven cleaner to remove the black dye then sanded with grit 220,400,600,1000,2000 and finally polished with Mothers Mag using a microfiber cloth. I’m quite satisfied with what amateur efforts can yield with this stuff. I used it on a bunch of other lights too. Inside is Nichia 219b sw45k (azhu) and kaidomain 17 to 20mm ring with Biscotti 6 x 7135.
That looks great flightless22!
I got a Mateminco MT07 SST-20 5000K, I knew it would have a green tint on the lower levels , but it was really green 
I swapped the emitters to one of my favorites the XP-L HI V2 5D
With the Vapcell 21700 it draws 21.9A and 20.5A with the PLB 26650.
