I may have missed the topic inside the main L6 thread which i have skipped a couple pages and updates here and there… But since 26350 cells have become available, i’m thinking of shortening my L6 and wondering whether a ‘short’ tube was available or in the plans, or if i could lego with an existing light like the L2 (which i don’t have)?
Hmmm, if I’m following this, if the L2 and L6 tubes are interchangeable… My L2 tube has threads 1/2 way down to turn it into either a 1 cell or 2 cell light. Just buy another L2 tube and use the front 1/2 of it on the L6? Would that give you what you want? I didn’t try using one cell in the L6. I suppose I can. All I have charged at the moment are 18650 cells and one wouldn’t light the light. I’ll try again later tonight with a 26650. Or will I need 2 cells to get the voltage?
That raised a question for me. If I use part of the L2 tube on the L6 to make a 3 cell light, will it allow another cell in it for increased runtime? Will that hurt anything? Other than my arm?
I already tried the L2 as a single cell light with a 18650 and it worked fine.
@BrianK: The L2 has a 3V emitter and only needs one cell. Its driver does allow two cells though, hence the optional long tube.
The L6 has a 6V led and needs two cells - it wont work with one. However, with short 26350 cells you can fit two in a one cell tube and build a ‘short’ L6.
Right now the only way to achieve the short 2x26350 L6 is to swap tubes with a L2.
Thanks. I thought that might be the case about the voltage in the one battery L6. Would adding 1/2 of the L2 battery tube to the L6 to make a 3 cell L6 hurt anything in the L6 with the increased voltage?
The Convoy L6 requires 5.4V – 8.4V input voltage to power the XHP70, so you always need two batteries. One battery is not enough, and with three batteries the driver and/or the LED could be damaged due to excessive voltage.
I.e. using the short tube you can operate the L6 with two 26350 cells. This might not make a lot of sense, but looks very cool. :sunglasses: