My Convoy L6, lighted switch, TA FET driver plus mods

Yeah i am really happy the way it is now. i think going higher would just produces more heat with little increase in lumens. Throw was 78kcd and now 99kcd. not bad i think.

Oh i forgot to tell you that i am using a thin 24gauge LED silicon wire as i need to lengthen the cable so that the driver is easier to work with and i dont have smaller than 16ga, could that also cost me amps?

Yeah, that can do it.

Thanks for the Help Jason. :+1:

My convoy L6 does feels like Giant D4 now.

There’s a lot more features though. Like memory in ramping mode. Did the D4 have batt check, 3 fast clicks? I like that one.

Jason i wonder do you ever sleep? i just woke up few hours ago and fetch kids to school and here you are still answering question. :smiley:

Got to try that memory in ramping mode thingy I read the narsilM manual, but to be honest i am rather bewildered i am sure i’ll get the hang of it someday and yeah D4 also have batt check since it is basically a scaled down narsilM right?

As far as ramping and normal operation goes it feel similar to D4, i just feels that D4 output is severely limited by its size i dont have that feeling with Convoy L6.

I usually sleep days and work nights. Plus it’s my day off so nothing much to do.

A lot of stuff was cut off of the D4 firmware. Memory in ramping is exactly what you think. You turn on the light, adjust to the brightness you want, then turn off light. Next time you turn it on, it’s at the same level. I tend to use both of my sig lights at about 75% (?) of turbo. It’s almost full brightness, but run cooler and last longer. After that’s it’s click on, bam, click off. Over and over again.

I do security work at night, so I’m always using my lights.

Here’s my video on changing settings in NarsilM.

Here’s my video showing a few basic narsil stuff.

I’m gonna do another video showing all the features of Narsil soon.

ah i see no wonder :smiley: ,
I guess you have a perfect job for the hobby and that L6 sure fits the job nicely, i never found a really useful stuffs for my lights as i lives in the urban area and every corners are nicely lit up, i need to make an excuse to use them :innocent:

btw. my TA driver doesn’t have “indicator light” feature as the pin is currently use as voltage reference so i just use the LED side button instead as power on indicator just like you did. Now few more weeks for my transparent side switch from Simon to arrived.

the one using Supfire helps a lot.

thanks.

Yeah, I forget why sometimes. It’s because the 2S design needs that extra leg on the mcu to read actual battery voltage (not the lower voltage the LDO produces for the mcu to operate on). Jeez this stuff is technical. Lol

You can give up low voltage protection to have the indicator feature, but that’s not smart. Lvp is more important.

yeah that is true but you know we like LED even the small one. :wink:

I didn’t say LED, I said “indicator” feature. You can still have basic LEDs for the switch, but you don’t need the fancy programmable switch LEDs.

Thank you, JasonWW

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Very cool. I see you chose the thickest part of the switch hole to file your grooves in. The top and bottom are thinnest and a lot quicker and easier to file. No big deal, though.

Also, be prepared for people to try and buy it from you. Lol

i did try filing the switch hole but found out that the one i tried was thick so i cancel that, didn’t know there is a thinner part.

I thought I mentioned it, but I might not have. Anyway, I updated my original post with that information.

It’s very easy and quick to file the top and bottom lips because they are very thin. Check this pic to see how thin it is.

ok i just add the SMD LED on the side switch pcd i am using 1206 SMD LED, now all i need to do is to wait for transparent side button.
I am using 8.7K resistor with parasitic draw at the tail of about 0.8mA, with 4200mah battery this should last for about 7 months and still plenty bright at night.

thanks for all the help .

nice work guys.

going to do my switch this weekend

Where did you get the lighted switch pcb?

Looking for options to do this with the GT.

stock light PCB already have the slots for 1206 SMD LED :smiley: