Hi BLF!
I have a Brennenstuhl LuxPrimera 140 flashlight, a 24€ light bought long before knowing BLF or other lights!
It is a 3 mode light (H-L-Strobe), outputs about 100-150 lumens (according to manufacturer) and it is powered by 3AAA batteries! It is a thrower and has a narrow but nice CW beam!
Some time ago I started to use it with a 18650 battery flat top, the only kind that fits the light. And…I think I may have overcharged it with this battery, maybe a driver component got burnt, once the light doesn’t work anymore.
I was already thinking about using the host to make my first (simple) mod, but now I’ll definitely have to do it to make it work again.
My aims are to use it fully with a 18650 battery, with more brightness and other interface modes. But here start the doubts…
These are the flashlight’s:
Driver (17mm diameter) : http://imgur.com/xkQqKNj
Pill (yeah, this is weird…): http://imgur.com/3XiDA9A
Emitter (16mm diameter): http://imgur.com/sh9zVY6
To mod it, I think I cannot use a driver with spring or something below it, ’cause otherwise the battery won’t fit. The distance between the driver and the tailswitch is somehow short.
This way I need your advice in order to decide what driver can be used in here. I searched the Convoy Store and found this https://tinyurl.com/y9rrmpls.
1 - Do you think this would be a good driver for this pill? Can you recommend me another one or a better one, please?
2 - Also: I was thinking about putting a XML2 T6-3B or a XML2 U2-1A in a 16mm plate (also from Convoy Store). Do you think these would be good (if using the above mentioned driver)?
3 – I have some concerns with the tailswitch. As it was supposed to be used with 3AAA batteries, does it run the risk to get burnt/damaged with the use of 18650?
I appreciate your help in this!
Please note that this is will be my *first mod *and that *I don’t have *technical expertise on these things.
Thank you in advance!! :+1: