What did you mod today?

As probably most of us I was always using 1D’s or 1A’s for dedoming. As I have replaced the 3D xp-g2’s in my Emisar D4 for 5D I had some 3D’s to play with.

I dedomed them and really like the tint. Put one in my otr i3 and one in my B158. Liking this much much better :beer:

No green?

This is what I did last nite.

Swap stock LED from Thrunite Ti3 with Nichia 219x from Fasttech. Pics taken using same setting and manual white balance, hopefully they show the actual tint colors.

Before:

After:

A little on the lowest mode, but none at higher modes. Less green than other dedomed leds and less than my domed 5c L6.

LD-3
3A 2S for XHP50.2
2 Thermistor

XHP50.2
40H(2-step) 4000K H4 90CRI

LED Reflow soldering

LD-3 17mm to 20mm

soldering

Smooth light cup

L2

Left:XHP50.2(L2) 、Right:XPL Hi (L2)

Very nice pictures :+1: , where did you buy the emitters ?

Interesting. I also have four 3Ds from a D4 that I didn’t like. So I’ll probably try it as well.

The XP-G2 3D is my favourite for dedoming, the resulting tint is rather yellow, but I can confirm without green.

That’s great to hear! I’ll take yellow over green anytime.

nice tint.

Hard to find again.

:person_facepalming:

Ooooh, niiiice!

This week I received a cheap AA/14500 zoomie! The tint was the blueish I ever had, so I decided to mod it and gave it a XML2 T6-3C I had laying around. After swapping the LED, I made another mod and gave it an improvised “shelf” to the pill as it didn’t had one! I also added a spring to the driver
Here are the pics of the mod !

an Euro cent is steel, I doubt it enhances the performance, as aluminum is a way better heat conductor

You’re right Lexel, but I have no copper or aluminium to make an appropriate shelf and I was afraid that the LED could get ver hot without something below it to conduct at least a bit of heat. :frowning:

I will use 14500 batteries so it is probable that this gets hotter than using a AA battery.

Also, the coin helps to raise the LED a little bit so the beam is different, and that was a thing that I wanted too!
If I can buy a bit of copper, I’ll change it!

Thanks for the hint on this, it will probably help on other mods to come :wink:

Convoy L6 got a MtnE Fet with D4 and a lighted side switch. 10.1A after 30sec. Pleasure to use this one now.

http://i.imgur.com/CRC1TNO.jpg
I got complaints my old light was too heavy and when I dropped it and it failed I decided to reuse parts to make this abomination. I burned out all my drivers trying to get a c8 to work as they kept shorting out. this one uses a resistor, so it’s weak but serviceable.

https://i.imgur.com/xX2qGqB.jpg
Here’s the empty c8 host and extension tube. i’m in ireland so anyone who wants to pay for postage can have it. send a pm.

edit, no more pm, the host is gone now.

Added 2x7135s to 3 Convoy C8 and flashed Biscotti in to them.

That triple XP-E in a zoomie is crazy. I want to know what the beam looks like zoomed in.