I wonder if anyone can help. I have a Intl Outdoor P60 (neutral) drop-in - 2.5A, in a 2012 Solarforce L2P host. I just noticed than when I switch through modes (forward clicky) I get a pre-flash on low.
Also, the low is very low - I’m pretty certain it isn’t the 5% or 3% advertised, but that’s fine. I would just like to get rid of the pre-flash, which is beginning to irritate me. Any thoughts?
Damn! Only just bought it a month or so ago, and haven’t really used it at all until last weekend. Ah well, I’ll have to live with it I guess.
I was hoping it might be the switch.
Hey Woody, probably an unrelated question, but did you find it difficult to screw the head tightly to the body with that dropin? I had to cut a curl off my large spring in order to get my head to fit the body without a gap. Havnt had any problems as of yet. Just curious.
Don’t remember having problems. I did get a new reflector for it from Hank, after problems with ringiness, and the new one doesn’t have the little washer at the bottom, which apparently isn’t a problem. I’ll have a better look.
edit>> No, it fits fine - screws all the way (and wrapped with some tin-foil).
Oh, good! Just wondering ij anyone else had that little quirk. The other thing I found W mine (3 amp) is when it gets hot it wont change modes till it cools. I cant say Im the happiest w this drop in but it is pretty decent.
I’ve bought several of these dropins for lights I’ve been building. One of them also has a low so low its just enough to read a book and keep that night vision. It’s a 2.5 amp NW model, it reads 0.02 amps on low. Most of the 3.0-2.5 amps models I get 0.06-0.08 amps on low.
Shotdog, P60 hosts handle heat poorly, have you done anything to improve heatsinking? If you haven’t using soda can strips is effective:
One of mine also had some problems mode changing, and it was due to having too much pressure from the battery to driver, as you mentioned you can’t get the head fully screwed down? I had the same issue, however by using the above method you can lose the outer retaining brass spring which is what is causing that problem. Mine have worked fine since.
One of my drop ins does that , its still alive , and its been over a year … [ maybe 2 or more actually - lost track of time a bit ]
Anyhow , if it should die , plenty of replacement drivers to chose from …
I’m sure the battery is OK - tried it with Keeppower & Eagletac 3100mAh cells. It’s no big deal - the lower low is a reasonable trade off. I’m certainly not going to swap drivers unless it dies (not least because I don’t have the skill (yet).