Manker E14 Quad XP-L HI V2 1A - FET 17 - 18350 - Fw Clicky Sw - 2500lm.
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Battery tube was too long at ends, leaving gaps, showing orings so I filed it down a little from 37mm to 36.5mm and blackened the copper head to see what it would look like.
The head was glued, it was not strong stuff though, quite chewy.
Wrapped up head & body well with G-tape and ran the light in turbo mode until very hot.
Twisted off bezel, difficulty rating – 4.
All XP-G2 emitters present and accounted for.
Plastic screw washers – washering, screws – not made from cheese.
Soldering – not too bad.
Thermal paste coverage – Fail, MCPCB – Fail.
This damage obviously kept the board raised slightly on one side so I’ve lapped it flat but this is as good as this MCPCB will be.
Raised bumps around screw taps & sharp edges around central wire hole on driver side countersunk fixed.
Extra long 24 AWG silicone wires replaced with shorter thicker 20 AWG.
Preliminary readings - 7.42A Max.
Swapped single driver spring for 2.5mm copper stud
Installed four XP-L HI v2 1A LED’s and changed polarity of the MCPCB.
Eventually changed the driver to a 17mm MTN FET with GuppyDrv Rev1. 8.51A Max.
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Installed battery tube anti-rattle film – this is just thin sticky back plastic film (I like carbon fibre effect)
Measure inside diameter of tube, multiply by 3.14 and this will give the length you need for a nice tube insert.
Reverse clicky changed to forward clicky with wire spring bypass, sanded down switch retaining ring from 3.1mm to 2.42mm and used a thinner brass washer.
Tritium vial installed in lanyard slot
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Manker E14 Quad XP-L HI V2 1A - FET 17 - 18350 - Fw Clicky Sw - 2500lm.
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