What did you mod today?

Convoy L2 with short tube, XP-L V6 1A dedomed, FET+1 and 2x spring bypass: nice beam, narrow spot, 280,000 cd at 6 ampere with Liitokala 5200. Handy thrower …

Nice result. I think the XPL V6 1A dedomed is the best option right now for output and luminance.

Excellent! :+1: How much did it tint shift, about 5700k?

Don’t know, was my first and only V6 1A, didn’t use it before dedoming. Is a bit greenish now, but still ok. I’ll order more of them.

Gas (chemical) or Hot de-dome?

Acetone

Tint doesn’t shift as much doing hot de-dome but it still shifts.

Lot of factors, including freshness of gas, ambient temperature and octane rating. Acetone, seems like that can give more shift than gas but again I’m sure there are variables.

Hot de-doming takes less than a minute and doesn’t stink. Haven’t done one in gas in quite a while now.

Thanks for the reply FM! Like it better than a XPG-2 regardless… :+1:

UltraFire UF-T1 XM-L2 FET10mm Driver & Momentary Switch

Nice CRX!

Today I glued some trits in the lanyard holes of my D25C ti.

I also never liked that the head always needs to be a bit unscrewed for the L-M-H setting. So I put a piece of kapton tape on the battery side of the pill. Now I can keep the head fully screwed in, as eagletac should have designed it :).

219BT 4500K Times 3



Thorfire TG06 modified to a reverse clicky with a pilotdog lighted tailcap, FET+1 with A6 firmware (couldn’t find my TINY25’s), and an XPL V6 3C.

Pardon the blurry photos.

Finished my motorcycle auxiliary lights today as well.

xhp50’s in 12v configuration with a 3 amp driver for each. 36 watts from each plus the highbeam from the 7 inch JW speaker copy. Also running upgraded wiring/relays for the headlight.

Nice. What driver did you use and have you posted your bike in the show us your bike thread?

I used two of these drivers.

These lights were used as hosts. Stock they’re pretty terrible. Tint was completely different between the two, and they came with XML’s that weren’t driven very hard. As hosts they are pretty good. I even reused the optics with the xhp50’s. All in cost worked out to something like $65 USD including a pair of 30A relays and wire.

I’ll get some pics up in the motorcycle thread after I get the belly pan mounted in the next couple of days.

Thanks. :+1:

Sorry to spam the thread, but I spent the day playing with my new reflow setup. It sure beats a heat gun/frying pan.

I modded another Thorfire TG06. This one will be a gift to someone who will appreciate nimh compatibility so I kept the stock driver. I swapped the XPG2 for a 5000k 219C. Kept the forward clicky since it works well with the odd stock driver configuration (HLM no memory). Added a bleed resistor to the stock driver. Then another PD68 Rev 5.1 lighted tailcap, this time in green.

I measured lighted tailcap draw on this one since it’s a gift and I wanted to give some idea on drain when not used frequently. This one pulls 0.24 mA from a fresh cell. Configuration is a 19.1k resistor for all 3 channels and green LEDs. Brighter than it needs to be, but my 36k resistors are still in the mail. Going off of info from the X5 group buy thread I expect well over a month from a fresh 650ma efest.

Installed four XP-L HI v2 1A emitters and changed MCPCB polarity of my Manker E14

Nice! How is the beam pattern with the XP-L Hi in this optic?

It is a purer white than the XP-G2’s which were on the green side.
The hotspot is tight & surprisingly round with minor irregularities around the edge and the spill fades out to the flowery pattern but you wouldn’t notice it in normal use. I do like it better now than it was, but i like the XP-L HI 1A emitter.
Damn bright! :smiley: