Finally got up enough courage and set aside enough time to install the FW3X-Lume1 driver and Aux Board. Glad I did not rush because this was honestly one of the more taxing installs I’ve tackled. Everything is tight and small.
Thanks to the advice, observations and installation tips of folks on this thread it probably went better than if I had not followed their footsteps. So here too are my experiences.
(1) As received the Aux board emitter holes didn’t align with the installed LEDs (XP-L HI’s). Being a triple, I expected as much. Fortunately, there was enough space around the Aux circuit board that I was able to enlarge the holes and manage to get the Aux board over all three emitters.
[Before Adjustment, Aux wouldn’t site flat because emitter holes didn’t align]
[After some filing, fits flush to MCPCB surface]
(2) My previous mod experience has always involved upsizing wires, so I didn’t have any smaller than 24 gauge for the Aux wiring. I purchased some high temperature 28 gauge for the occasion. Rather than purchase a variety of colors, I got plain white and colored the tips RBG to help with install.
(3) Swapping the teeny tiny resistors was an exercise in patience. At one point I lost one of the resistors and spent 15 minutes searching for something the size of a grain of salt. (Actually, I think salt’s bigger.)
Decided to go -
- Red 220 Ohm
- Green 330 Ohm
- Blue 100 Ohm
I think the light levels came out fairly even across the three colors (same manual camera exposure levels, for comparison purposes)
Red Green
Blue Magenta
Yellow Cyan
And almost forgot, presumable the RGB blended White
White (White. diffused)
Thanks to Loneoceans for sharing the Buck-Boost Driver and Aux designs with us, and thanks to NealsGadgets for making them available.
Edited to add Aux RGB White combo and references to original resistor values.