Well, it might prove of interest that I realized the comparison shots against my other 2 Eagle Eye X6’s was a bit skewed. The Triple and Quad are running on FET drivers, while the XHP70 had a PZL driver with 7135 regulation chips doling out 5.45A regardless of cells used. A pair of Sony C5’s had the exact same pull as a pair of Red Efest V2 button top 18350’s.
So, I unchained the beast! :bigsmile:
The A17DD-S08 Zener modified driver is now running the show. The pair of Purple Efest IMR18350 allow 7.45A on the top end, with 7 mode levels for easy battery life control.
0.01A for 11.385 lumens
0.10A for 66.93 lumens
0.21A for 158.7 lumens
0.54A for 489.555 lumens
1.86A for 1328.25 lumens
3.81A for 2421.90 lumens
7.45A for 4426.35 lumens
at 30 seconds, after running the other tests, it’s still holding 3650.1 lumens. Considering the small batteries this ain’t too shabby…
I think this solidly surpasses my Triple XP-L now.
Reckon I’ll have to do the beamshot comparison shot’s all over again…
Edit: For chits and grins I stuck the pair of Sony C5’s (waiting for a charge) in the X6 and tried it on the lightbox, using the 14” long 12Ga Turnigy lead to make ground contact. The light box showed me a brief 5530 lumens. Crazy stuff man!
I'm not sure what you mean, perhaps that the scaling of the voltage axis can be changed so that the voltages show more accurate? I do not usually do that because then the voltage curves get in the way of the light-output curves, that is why I choose an extended voltage scale, and I choose a max so that the scale fits into the grid that is dictated by the light-output axis. But I realise that the voltage scale does not necessarily have to start at zero, that makes a variant possible that shows the voltage better and still does not obscure the light-output curves completely, is this a better graph?:
Hmm, I didn’t see the difference in the shape of the Vf plot for MT-G2 vs XHP50 and XHP70 before. (It was there, I just didn’t notice.) It took me a minute to see why they are different. The XHP50 and XHP70 characteristics are compressed on the X-axis vs the MT-G2 because they peak at a lower drive current (in this test at least, maybe things will look different for the XHP70 if djozz is able to test again on a proper MCPCB). That said, I think the shape of the Vf curve may still not be exactly the same. It’s at least a little interseting to me.
At a tail measured 7.45A I’m showing 4426 out the front. Considering the small reflector and the nature of the reflector, the losses from that chart make pretty much sense.
Impressive observation Dale you're right, I did not have a clue about the polarity of this thing at first, the next reflow of the XHP50 I noticed the symbol on the back. So I guess you looked at the direction of the bond wires on my picture..
The 4 bond wires in a row are on the positive side. The little symbol on the bottom is a horizontal line intersecting a vertical line (actually a T on it’s side with the horizontal pointing towards positive)
First shot is the X6 with XHP70 and the new FET Zener modded driver.
Second is the X6 Triple with XP-L V5 2D. I have to correct what I said earlier on the emitters in my Triple. The V6 2C’s are in a different light.
4400 lumens as compared to 3500 lumens. The triple is still the more usable light, in spite of pulling higher amperage. The XHP70 at 7.45A makes some pretty serious heat, pretty fast! And the triple with the CUTE-3 optics has some beam profile to it, with a center spot when seen closer. This XHP70 only has a “hot spot” inside the house at 10-20’ distances.
We can track LED development by watching the tree dry out in each new picture Dale takes, and the one that sets it on fire will correspond to Cree’s peak stock price.
This sits on the heat sink like the one for the triple that Nitro is having made.
The CN10861_IRIS is an Optic that looks like it will sit right on the star and work without it’s holder, no heat sink or anything else required. I don’t have that one mounted in a light as I am out of XHP70’s to try.
Great work DBCstm. It looks like you found a great simple mod for the X6. The Iris should provide a good increase in throw over the Minnie-M. Especially since you had to cut the Minnie to fit.
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The Iris for the XHP-50 looks even more interesting and should also fit the host.
Ah, thanks (and edited). Either way, it would be interesting to see how the Iris performs. More throw for less flood.
Iris
Taking some measurements, 3 x Iris reflectors will fit inside the BTU Shocker with some room to spare. Now… how to extend the battery tube for 2S3P. Darn Rick for not listening to me. OL… HELP!
you're right, I did not have a clue about the polarity of this thing at first, the next reflow of the XHP50 I noticed the symbol on the back. So I guess you looked at the direction of the bond wires on my picture..
