After lurking on here for quite some time, messing around and breaking stuff here and there and finally almost being too scared to even try I decided to do a proper mod!
I had and old STL-V6 lying around here which I mended when I very first joined the BLF, in fact it’s why I joined in the first place. Not being used any more I decided to mod it with a new driver and an MT-G2 LED which I’d had lying dormant in my mod box for some time.
I chose the FX6 22mm 3A version for the MT-G2 which fitted exactly into the brass screw in pill, and the led itself fitted right in with no modification as the hole was already large. This is a really nice setup as the pill screws directly into the aluminium polished reflector which also then helps dissipate the heat a little more.
The only issue I have encountered is the grouping……apparently they should be Very Lo(2mA) > Lo(1000mA > Med(1800mA) > Hi(3000mA) but for some reason they all look pretty much the same output (apart from vlow) - they are different, but nowhere near the mA shown. The very lo is there fine, but the lo,med,hi well there isn’t much between them, so it goes from virtually no light, to basically full. I would guess 2500mA,2800mA,3000mA (by eye,that is presuming that high is indeed 3000mA). If anyone could shine light on this it would be helpful!
Anyway enough uneducated, inexperienced waffle!
This is the light
Driver
Led
Pill (with old gubbins in still)
A few poor beam shots (I’ll do again on a clear night)
Vlow
low
Med
High
High on house further out
As you can see the modes look pretty much the same lol!
The beam has gone from what was a fairly tight spot to a wider more powerful one (but then it would with an MT-G2)
Let me know what you think even if you think it’s rubbish lol!
Happy New Year to you all!
