This thing had a fixed distance convex lens and cold white circle spot for a beam.
replaced with S2 lens and OP reflector swapped 20mm board with unknown XP pull thatās warmer tint. Driver is integrated on the board running under the electric lighter. Has micro usb charge port and can be used as a USB power bank. Itās a flashlight, powerbank and lighter.
Aluminum housing was Gold anno but aI couldnāt stand it. Stripped and polished now. Installed a fully charged pulled 18650 and tried the onboard charger, led went green drawing no current. Hope it actually charges to 4.2V, no more.
Maybe yāall have heard me talk about the LiNiMnCo cell from Powerizer in the past, I got Tom E on them and he loved em, both of us wish weād bought more while they were availableā¦ theyāve been discontinued for a couple of years. Anyway, I got the Efest 3500mAh cell charged back up and tested the F3X again, this time I got 7.06A for 2701.35 lumens, better with the reflector down onto the emitters, but still relatively low.
So I charged up one of my last remaining LiNiMnCo cells from Powerizer (Battery Space, but like I said, they no gottee). With this particular cell, the F3X pulls 9.95A and makes 3256.8 lumens. A 555 lumen increase by swapping cells! I do believe Iāll take it!
I donāt usually buy lights I canāt mod easily as I donāt have a huge need for them, and really only enjoy modding and building them. That said, I did get a Lumintop tool TI recently because I couldnāt resist the incredible price that gearbest was selling them for. I knew the head was glued and the e-switch, according to Rey, wasnāt going to handle a linear driver swap. I thought I could live with the MLH mode order, but quickly realized it just wasnāt for me.
I cracked open an Astrolux A01 and started doing some measuring. Itās a tight fit as the A01 uses a 2 board stack for the driver, and the tool uses a single board. The driver diameter of the tool is also much smaller than the A01. It look some time with a file, but Iām very happy with the result. I now have a Tool TI with the mode order I wanted and a brilliant moonlight level.
Thanks, yeah iām just experimenting, i thought it would be cool if i can basically fit the whole light in the diffuser and have it lit up that way for compactness.
Still working on it.
If I donāt win it :disappointed: in your 1000 posts GAW, please consider if youād be willing to make me a similar one. I really appreciate the unique personality of DIY handmade flashlights (& stuff in general) and love brass/copper (and wood) as material.
Was about to finish a 3up XP-E2 Convoy S3, but my cheap china-programmer refused to workā¦
Connection test gives me : ācould not find USB device with vid=0x16c0 pid=0x5dc vendor=āwww.fischl.deā product=āUSBaspā ā
Itās strange because I didnāt change anything. Had it working on Windows 10 some days ago. Tried two different drivers, both with the above resultā¦ Donāt know if I need a new programmer or if itās a software/driver related problem.
I have been tweaking my light canon, and Iām ALMOST at 1.5Mcd!!!
Sooo closeā¦ 61000 lux at 4.9m = 1.46Mcdā¦
I will post pics when I get to the magical 1.5!
Truly awesome Lux numbers, looking forward to seeing pics of the light and set up.
For what itās worth, Canon is a registered trademark of a camera company, your use of the word would be cannon, as in long thrower. (just a bit of OCD coming through, right is right, after all)
Wouldnāt a light ācannonā project a large diameter beam, like the old aircraft search lights? Maybe I need coffeeā¦ sorry
Wow!! Congrats on this site unseen project! Try a reading at 10-15 meters, betcha you will get over 1.5 easy... I think every light I've tested at 5m got a nice little bump at ~12m, plus it's actually more accurate.
