I am going to do another run of triple s2+ heatsinks, with slightly more thread tolerance to avoid fitment issues.
I have a new design concept that uses a large retaining ring with 20mm OD and .630” ID that can be used with 2 sided drivers like the the H17F. There’s enough thread clearance to make this work. The retaining ring itself will be used to tighten the heatsink into the light rather than slots cut in the copper. It will have more than just two retaining ring holes in it in case you slip and jack it up.
Does this sound like a good all purpose solution? I still have to test this concept but I will be cutting it tomorrow.
I already have these rings because I had to design and make them for a clients custom heatsinks. Well, not the exact ring but very close. It’ll look more or less like this:
It’s a triple heatsink, though I have a program for singles also. The white flats should work with this kind of setup but not the black flats. Black flats are basically obsolete now though.
Good thinking Dale. There will need to be a provision inside of the pill which will allow it to be turned out. The ret ring would unscrew, then the driver turned sideways, then removed via inside provision.
I made a duplicate copper pill for my Jaxman Z1 and made it a bit more robust, I think it really helped in the light I built it for and it needed all it could get as I had an SBT-70 in there making a lot of heat. Pretty straightforward build really, I don’t know how many Hoop would sell or if it’d be worth the programming time…