I’m ordering 2 A249’s from Optolife as replacements for the stock lens. At $12 they’re not super cheap, so hopefully they perform a lot better in throw.
I’ll add some sort of collar to limit lens travel to match the new lenses.
How did you get the pill out? Penetrating oil did not work for me.
I can’t see from the picture whether it is a right or left hand thread.
same question here.
Give it a solid hit then the usual pill unscrewing tools work. I used a couple of stacked sockets and a small hammer. Normal threads.
Thanks, will try the hammer.
I forgot to mention, I hit it from the driver side. No idea if it works from the LED side.
I was let down by Optolife, they didn’t have the 52mm lens I wanted to buy in stock. I may have to ask MEM what he recommends. He was asking me about hosts with a 52mm lens.
Any lux measurements kkw?
In post 59 I mentioned that it measures 190kcd, but is slightly defocused so it’s probably capable of a slightly higher number with the stock lens and an S3 3C dedomed in full focus.
Ahh missed that.
Thanks
Thanks Kloepper. It worked. I don’t see any glue. I guess they are just screwed in so hard they stick. I guess the penetrating oil must have helped, but it didn’t come out till I used a hammer.
The driver was also crimped in, instead of just pushed as usual.
It is a bit under 28 mm. in diameter.
Yeah feeling/looking at the pill tells me this will never be a good mod host for a high powered thrower. I had hope up until this point.
Hm, what do you think about just replacing one of the emitters with a different color? Or switching the wires around to choose which of the three comes on first?
I’d like to try making it amber first, then warm, then cool.
I don’t suppose we’re lucky enough that anything commonly available matches the host’s threads, to just substitute something for the existing pill and hold a new emitter and driver board (sigh).
The pill doesn’t look so bad to me for high power. The gaps are narrow, and it seems reasonably flat. Maybe a copper disc under the copper star would help. With its stock lens, this seem it would be good with a big LED. Too bad it isn’t 2 x 26650.
The aluminum coated plastic disc holing the star in was also hard to get out. It is forced rather than screwed in. They really assembled this thing with vigor.
The star is 27 mm.
Though the pill is somewhat odd, it's large and fairly heavy. the pill top/shelf has huge holes (X pattern), but what's there is very thick and just might be good enough to pull heat and provide support for a tapping a couple of screws.
Anyone know where to get a 27 mm. direct copper star? Also a 27 mm copper disc would be useful. And how about a 28 mm adapter or a 28 mm driver?
The Maxtoch 26's are the closest (MtnE or BG), or work down a 31.5, but lot of work. For the driver, I would piggyback one in - using the stock driver as a contact - done' lots this way, and it's a cavernous pill.
Thanks Tom.
hmmm, Banggood page says “3xAAA” in several places —- AAA not AA.
Can anyone verify? Also no choice there of emitter, what’s it got?
I bet you have a plexy-laser service as well somewhere around. I have one, found on ebay.
He makes all kinds of stuff - what you want.
Someone like him can surely make a spacer to fit a 20mm DTP Star in a 27mm fitting.
My three color nut model has a 3 x AA holder. It is bigger than 26650 size in order to hold 3 x AA.