Ok- You all know I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer. I just got my Astrolux S42 today and just now found out that no buttontops or protected cells work. And I contacted banggood right away to get the 40mm tube abd silicone cover. BUT- Just how are batteries orientated in this thing if both ends have springs? I always thought that the negative end of a battery went to the spring end of anything and the positive end the other way. I know I’m not stupid but I don’t even want to try the flashlight out with the smaller 18350/16340’s. Please help me as the springs on both ends make no sense to what I’m used to… Thanks onnha
the positive end goes to the head
there will be a new 18350 tube and USB cover
Banggood replied to the 18650 tube and say its the right one, only fitting unprotected flat tops
Thanks so much- I’m frustrated as banggood assured me before I purchased it that buttontops AND protected 18650’s both worked or I would not have purchased a light that I needed to go out and buy yet MORE 18650’s as mine as all protected. And I hope that they intend on still sending out the 40mm tubes. Thanks again
If you replace the driver spring with a brass button or a spring that collapse fully protected will fit
another for the time being fix, till new 18350 tube comes, is add a copper solid wire ring or washer in the tail cap, but then the O ring can get exposed
So I am in the final stage of getting the electronics sorted out
there are basically 2 options to go:
- The charging circuit works without the old MCU, but no status indicator LEDs as they are controlled with the MCU
- Letting the old MCU active but disconnecting the switch, the light shows proper charging indication and is always in the breathing mode draining 1mA from the cell down to 2.38V, when the MCU shuts down, physical lockout needed like lighted tailcap
I'd scrap the charger, least that's what I'm gonna do. More room then - I plan on adding some copper under the shelf, least it's some added mass. Probably use thermal glue to hold it to the shelf.
thought about it, but not about extending the shelf with a copper block from inside, you can easily double the heads thermal mass
yes adding some mass helps getting a longer turbo mode
The main issue with NarsilM is it does not support timed step down plus temperature, like v1.4 did, so I stick with v1.4
it is a lot easier to get it mechanical done scrapping the slave board with MCU and charger
Still can't figure why you would want both. Don't think I ever heard of any light using both. Are there? That's why I did away with it - could not figure a reason to have both active. Shame because there are bug fixes and enhancements in NarsilM.
I probably could get a compile switch in there to enable both modes somehow, just gotta figure out the UI for it the combined version. I got a ton of other things to do on NarsilM though, and haven't spent any time on it as of late at all.
The charger is one thing that I liked about this light. Being that it’s powerful and uses 18350 cells, I’d rather be able to charge it without waiting to get home and fire up the charger. I guess I’m stuck with the light as is.