Texas_Ace MT09R Modding thread, 20k+ lumens, 80CRI, can start fires? Yes please.

Here are some reviews of these mods by members:

For those just ordering the drivers, the wiring is pretty simple.

LED + to LED + pads
LED - to LED - Pads

Black switch wire to the RECTANGLE switch GND pad
Red switch wire to the RECTANGLE switch V+ pad
Yellow switch wire to the circle SWLED pad

Snip the end of the blue wire off and stuff it down into the driver cavity.

Everyone should recalibrate the thermal settings of the lights to your own preference

The firmware is setup for a 55c thermal regulation by default but the temp sensor has a ~15-20 degree range which can have it too hot or too cool for some people. If you want your light a different temperature you can easily recalibrate it in the firmware.

See the Narsil Cheat sheet for more info. You want the thermal regulation setting. It is menu 3 when in ramping mode, option 2.

These posts are in order from the MT09R thread to bring everyone up to date.

I just placed an order this morning for another $400 worth of LED’s and components and if the 20 MT09R’s that terry is trying to get to fulfill the waiting list comes through I am sure I will have to make a few more orders like that. I am both hurt and glad to see an order like that lol.

I just got NKresho’s light finished, he got some 5000k emitters from my personal stash and his light is now doing ~21k lumens.

I am going to try and get the individual driver orders finished tonight and then going to call it a night. Might get another light done in the morning tomorrow.

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OMG! This light is now a work of art! Was just out in a field blasting 4000k 80cri’s…awesome tint (everything is brown here right now…took it up against another 9000lumen CW light I have and this thing had way more throw and the tint a nice natural yellowish, while the CW was certainly stark white and blueish. Could definitely tell your light with its tint was a better light up than the cool white. CW was kinda washed out, glarey…while the 70.2 4000k 80CRI was much much brighter, but didnt seem to throw any glare. Almost a magical tint compared to some CW’s and NW’s I have. It almost did appear 3x brighter…if one can even see that…it certainly had way more throw and filled up a much bigger area of the field and trees I was at.

Thanks again for this upgrade…it is quite amazing! Be nice if Haikelite was putting these out for less than the $250 it cost me (base plus upgrades). If they could guarantee they were making the light you sent me…they would knock it out of the park and light up the forums. Its like an insane Q8 now!

Ramping is perfect speed, and its so reassuring to watch it obviously step down as it gets too hot.

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This is the reason why I didn’t buy Q8 :smiley:

Finally had time to go outside with my 70.2 and …. Man Without Shadow has already said it better than I can. For me this is now a light worth $250.00

I think it is worth it just for the tint, but the wow factor is right up there with it.

Nice!!! I bet you have a pretty big shadow now, Mr. Man Without Shadow. :stuck_out_tongue:

I’m really glad you took this project on TA, sounds like a blast… literally.

Me too. I have sent my both mt09r in xhp70.2 and xhp35 for the upgrade… i am a big fun of cw… so i went with the 5700k tint.

Thanks for the feedback! Glad they are proving worth the time and effort. This is why I do this whole flashlight thing.

I just hope that Haikelite (and other manufactures) take note of the results that just a little more thought, time, effort and yes, money into a light can have. I have offered my help to many manufactures but most don’t see to take it seriously.

Makes me think about just making my own flashlight brand and doing it my way………. :innocent:

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Good to see that several of the lights have arrived now and are working for the end users. It is always a little never racking with a new driver design to see it working in the wild.

I do agree though, this light is now one of my favorite lights. I can’t wait to try an mt03 though, the one I built the other day really looked great for a monster flooder.

Yeah, the results are making it worth the time. Like usual I never expected it to take so much time when I accepted the job lol.

Plus modding these lights is helping to make up for the “discount” I gave haikelite for the drivers themselves. The funny thing is that had they just had me do it from the start as I offered, they could have paid me 2x my asking price and still come out $10k ahead of the losses they have sustained from these bad drivers. :person_facepalming:

I love seeing happy people with monster lights, that makes it all worth it in the end though. Even I get a smile every time I turn on my MT09R. It is so much more refined then my prior 18k+ lumen lights and a FAR better tint.

Yep, your lights showed up today. Not sure if I will get any done tomorrow or how many. Got a birthday in the family so I will be busy most of the day.

I should get to it the next day though, I hope to knock out most of the lights I have now then.

lol TA I can't let you have all of the fun...

This is what a real TA driver can do.

I wish you do start your own brand! You will have my full support!

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You stole the idea for my follow up video lol.

Most likely will still do it, just cause. It is fun setting stuff on fire for some reason.

Damn, I hope you do!
I am fresh in this hobby, but persoally, i would buy all the lights you would make!
As a matter of fact, I am just now trying to get my hands on one of these MT09R’s, since you upraded them :slight_smile:

LOL we still have to stay with the please don't try this at home...

I honestly just wanted to see if the stock NW emitters would do it as easily. I know what the output I am getting is so I was pretty sure that it would work without a problem... Honestly it sets it off much faster than I had though it would. I think we timed it to around 15 seconds and there was flames.

Okay guys I have spoke to Dale and I will be posting tomorrow what we have agreed on. I hate that I an keeping you all hanging for 24 more hours but I have had to arrange shipping to a different location which is a totally different story.

It does look like I will easily be able to cover anyone that is still interested and I will do the official post tomorrow of exactly what should be shipping to me.