What did you mod today?

Probably, yes. Simon made a new ramped or bevel style centering ring for the XP-L and it works very good, but it doesn’t help much for those that use XM-L2 emitters or other’s in the same footprint.

I loved my quad m2, the only problem i had with it being that with the way the o-ring sits on the optics liner it was not waterproof, as water could get in the light by going around the brass liner (see image below for a poorly drawn example).

So I sanded the sides of the liner so that the oring would be pushed towards the body forming a complete seal, and swapped the oring for a thicker, GITD one.

After some testing it seems to be completely waterproof now, and the GITD oring looks rather nice, so I’m pretty happy with the results :smiley: .

Nice catch on the solution, makes a really nice little light doesn’t it? :wink:

Actually, Im not sure that you can use any inner bezel type light with one o-ring under glass and be sure in waterproofness (only exception is P60 with L-shaped sealing). When it is possible, it is better to add one more o-ring between bezel and glass.
P.S. Inner bezel is fail, I can understand why it is so often used. Outer type (like X6, C8, M43 etc) is ways better solution.

I love my M2, but I want to replace the glass lens but the stock one has an odd thickness to it so most replacement glass won’t let the bezel to screw down all the way. I also have a quad setup for mine.

Finally printed out the BLF Q8 diffuser. The first try the side text was too thin so it had holes in the letters so then I changed to use protruding letters on side instead of sinked.

Work in progress

On the light:


Powered on:

The Q8 is on 1500 lumens ramping level without diffuser andthat is what I saw with naked eye with diffuser on:

Does it not melt with 8000lm?

Updated the UltraFire UF-10 with a Nichia 319ATE SM655 D440 6500K emitter for a nice hexagonal spot.
MTN FET driver, 16mm Noctigon, reverse clicky, 16500 cell.

319A Version rough numbers:
5.2A Max
Flood - 1036lm
Zoom - 392lm
Lux - 17000
Lux - 900
Throw - 260m

I had originally modded this light with an XP-L HI but always wanted to try the Nichia under a plano aspheric, I like it better now :+1:

Although the camera doesn’t pick it up quite right the centre picture gives a rough idea of spot pattern.
It doesn’t quite reach the sky and has lost some throw with the new emitter but is still not bad for a compact wee pocket rocket :wink:

XP-L HI Version rough numbers:
4.5A Max
Flood - 1120lm
Zoom - 406lm
Lux – 29000
Throw – 340m

That looks amazing.
Next best thing to a circular spot is a hexagon :smiley:

thought about covering the cone with aluminum foil?
getting more light to the side

Yeah the hex shape is something different to the usual square.
MT-G2 would look great too.

I got ToyKeeper’s Andúril UI into a Meteor… the hard way.

Squeamish Meteor fans should brace themselves before clicking. :open_mouth:

Wee cousin’s 21st today so I made a brass tritium key fob as part of a present. Going to the party later, damn I feel old :laughing:

Trit tube looks great CRX. Nicely done, spacing looks perfect. Really like the inlay glow spinner too. Hope he has it for the 20+yr trit life.

I was messing with a Convoy BD06 today. added a couple 380mA 7135, bypassed the springs and swapped emitter from 1A tint to a 20mm Noctigon XM-L2 T6 4C.
The T6 came in a Red s2+ I grabbed at a cheaper than host price. Kinda just bought it for the emitter and maybe another project someday.
BD06 is a nice 26650 light and has the 12 mode Biscotti. Has rings in wall shot but not bad for something to use out side. Measures 3.65A at the tail on my DMM and 4.15V KeepPower black. Not sure why its slightly higher than the total of the 7135’s but I’ll take it.



I really like how the charging circuit has indicator green/red that show in the main reflector, love that aspect of this and have been wanting to get one for a while now. Just always seem to be spending dough on other things.

Nice work, nice shots of the driver too. I bumped power output on one for a friend so I got a chance to see how this one works and it made me want one! :smiley:

I think it has been said before that 350mAh 7135 regulation chips will many times come in around 360 or 365, it’s the higher than that select ones that they call 380mAh. So you are more likely to get more from the 350mAh labeled chips than the average 380, if that makes any sense. That would explain why you’re seeing 3.65A instead of 3.56A. Dunno…

Thanks DB on the 7135 info. For wires I went 22 on the driver spring and 20 AWG on all the others. Plenty of room in there.
There was a deal on the BD06 last week for $19. Worth every penny. I like the build of it for the most part. Plastic spacer under the driver retaining ring could use some redesign to omit. But the 105 minimalist driver that still charges is nice and still using the 1288 as a side SW was a surprise. Side SW push is stout with the little extra spring under the button. Don’t see it getting turned on by accident even if in a tool bag. There are some rings in the spill but a pretty nice spot from the XM. This thing could certainly take a beating for years. With the extra 7135’s it gets warm in hand, I don’t think thermals (timer or sensor) are needed. . I have grown fond of the 26650 and tube size in hand.

Do you mind telling us how do you disassemble the board?
I also have this torch and would like to do some mods but the board seems to be glued.

wondering if anyone can help, I’ve just done a spring bypass on the driver and tail switch springs on my BLF A6. I now only have high mode, it wont switch to any other modes. Does anyone have any insight as to why this might be??

Thanks

DoNkEyConN

That usually happens when the led-minus connection touches the body somewhere, thus bypassing the driver entirely and the led is directly connected to the battery. It can happen somewhere on the driver board or in the wire (insulation damaged and exposed wires touching the body), or even on the ledboard.