my s8 is ok for walks but, i wish it had a little wider flood and a little more throw, guess you cant have everything. not sure if it has the same reflector as the s2 but, the flood almost seems as bright as the spot. and the flood at 5 to 10 feet is only about 3 or 4 feet circle and it stops sharply.
i have the 2800ma version and it gets pretty warm after 90 seconds, but i think im gonna bump it up to 3600ma just for fun…. i want to change the led aluminum sink to noctigon, does anyone know if it just has thermal compound?
I did however change the firmware…I put STAR with the ability to auto throttle and after 60 seconds drop from “Turbo” to a lower mode as to not overheat, still runs at 2800mA but instead of running wide open and getting INCREDIBLY HOT it gets warm then throttles back, the light slightly dims when it drops back but no longer overheats
do you know if they will work or have the same threads?
i dont have the flashing tools yet, but i have a qlite 3.04a driver with star firmware on the way along with a noctigon sink. i dont run my s8 on high very long. its plenty bright for close up stuff on medium, but outside for longer distance, i always want just one more high mode for a few seconds. i wonder how many lumens the xm-l2 2800ma is?
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No problem, i just just put another 3 hours of use on it today, did some spray foaming of gaps in the basement and elsewhere and starting installing a new washroom subfloor
According to the Cree Product Characterization Tool an XM-L2 U2 at 2.8A (85ºC) produces 937.1 lumens, assume about 75-80% OTF and you get about 700-750 lumens
If you get standard star fw, its a throttle after 120 seconds, it will throttle back to around half power after that. I found 120 seconds to long, my s2 got uncomfortable to hold. I use the same throttle back value, but after 90 secconds on full power. Now it stays in the comfortzone ( in winter i would really like it).
60 as WarHawk-AVG uses is rather quick and won’t heat it at all i suppose.
i got a custom star firmware, its going to be 90 seconds. but if i add 7135 chips to make it 3.3a or 3.6a, 90 seconds might be to long. i need to get the flashing tools to experiment. i have a usbasp flashing tool for a turnigy 9xr transmitter, but im unsure if that will work. i need to get a eeprom clip to find out.
i want to change the led aluminum sink to noctigon, does anyone know if it just has thermal compound?
