I donât know why I even bother but FWIW, since I gave away all my C01âs at Xmas and theyâre basically out-of-stock. I decided to check out the Klarus Mi02 (currently on sale at SBFlashlights). Turns out the Mi02 is perfect lego with Sofirn C01. Took the occassion to swap out the old Nichia CS for a hi-cri Yugi 3K.
Unlike Fenix E01 and Sofirn C01, no potting, just some white adhesive that softened when heated.
Before (left) and After (right) (WB was set to 5000K so Nichia CS âangry blueâ actually doesnât look bad in photo)
After LED swap I applied a conformal coating to protect circuit board from water, not as protective as potting but hopefully better than nothing. And after assembly a light solder coating at all contact wear points.
EDIT - I did a second Mi02 mod and discovered that all Mi02âs are not the same. My second unit was fully potted?! It came out with some heat but swapping the âangry blueâ Nichia CS with a hi-CRI required laboriously picking away at the potting compound. I also replaced the 7.5Ohm resistor with a 10Ohm to reduce current slightly.
Heavenly work from CRX again! And descending back to us mere mortals: nice job pc_light, good to see that all those 5mm lights lego with each other. I still hope for a C01 host version soon.
Built a light engine for a Crelant 7G5 and used a new 90.2 in it⌠totally forgot about the high power glitch in a Bistro driver and didnât address the driver Iâd built for it years ago⌠it glitches going into level 6 of 7. Ugh! Going back in this morning to correct that memory lapse.
New CFexpress card installed through left ear, memory and read speed greatly improved!
Ok, so for the Crelant 7G5 SBT-90.2 build I got the new driver built and the fix for Bistro on it, rebuilt the light and am very pleased with the resultsâŚ
A big part of the choice for using this light was the tail end, as it holds a heavy duty Tofty switch. These were built in England some years back and were $25 apiece! Worth it though when you need a quality switch that carries serious power, as this light now does⌠A Samsung 25S cell gives 23.2A at the tail for 4240 lumens out the front. Lux is 352.5Kcd for 1187.43M throw. I Like It!
I built a light engine/heat sink to replace the emitter shelf area and I made it about an inch longer than there was room for, bored the end of the battery tube to accept this extra length and tie the heat sinking into the battery tube.
I needed a spacer as the tube is still longer than an 18650, so I used a .458 Hamâr brass soldered onto a switch board, the board keeps the spacer centered and the heavy BlueSword spring contacts the brass screw in the Tofty switch.
In the Crelant 7G5 the reflector has a 53mm opening and is approximately 55mm deep, this yields an excellent hot spot that is fat and well defined, the beam profile is a tube/column of light much like a very fat laser. Will get beam shots later tonightâŚ
What with multiple interruptions it was somewhat of a hassle to build, but well worth it in the end! A great update to a nice old light, very happy with itâs performance⌠I just need to find some more Samsung 25S cells now. lol
This titanium spare cell/ pocket charger, being modular can carry and charge 10180, 10280 and 10440 cells.
It has a 100mA charge rate.
Made from a DQG titanium pill capsule & extension pieces plus a charger unit from a 10180 rechargeable flashlight.
The section with the brass rings can be removed & used to extend the laser to use a 10440 cell and the remaining sections will still house the other 10280 cell that the laser normally uses.
And it easily hits a hay barn at 1.02 miles distantâŚ
I tested it with Samsung 18650âs, both 35E and 25S, it makes from 4300 to 4800 lumens and a quick 5M test (too close I know but it was still daylight) shows 1.71Mcd!
Edit: Worth mentioning that the beamshots here and on the write up were done using the 35E cells at lower output. I have new 25S cells arriving today⌠the ones I tested with have been, well, Hamâred!
Today I put a Oslon HX Boost HL in my GT Micro. I had bad luck getting a good focus, but it still more than doubled in throw compared to the XPL-HI NW.
It out-throws the FT03 with 50.2.
Before with stock XPL HI NW:
After Oslon HX Boost HL mod
Another Jet II MK. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is my very first reflow
Some time ago I modded my C8 (SMO to OPR and XP-L Hi to XHP50.2, A6 driver) and was left with a very nice XP-L Hi U6-4C MCPCB. Now this LED resides on the original board of the Jetbeam. Iâm really proud .
Past 1month mods
Removing F from H17F
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