What did you mod today?

nick779 · December 18, 2018, 12:06pm

DB Custom:

Well yeah nick, you’re not really going to get throw from a tiny TIR in a multi optic. Black or White Flat either one… the TIR is just too small. You might decrease the hot spot size, but it’s still going to be rather floody, especially outside where distance gobbles up light.

The light in my Avatar has 8 LH351D, 4 of which are W6 power bin 70 CRI and 4 of which are U6 in 80 CRI, there are also 4 XP-L HD and 4 XP-L HI as well as the center de-domed and sealed SST-40. They all work in unison though. Tint overall is quite pleasing, beam quality is somewhat dependent on power level, quite well suited to walking in the lower modes and dang near a stadium light when fully powered up.

Yes, I have HD and HI emitters under the same quad optic, a D4S Ledil Angie in fact. Almost went with some Black Flats but they’re just too low powered. Effectively each of the 17 emitters present here are making 1500 lumens. Might be intersting to use separate drivers and a switch panel….

There is a Zanflare light with 4 independently adjustable heads with switches that allow each head to be turned on or off, perhaps different emitters could be used and different angles set up on the heads to create the flood/throw mixture you’re asking about?

Edit: Nick, have a look at the Zanflare F4 HERE

That F4 is a freaky light.

I was only mentioning the Olsons because of a recent post I saw of a D4 converted to them. The beamshots looked quite throwy for what it was. I just thought it may be interesting to have a small form factor tube light with two different optics and emitter options to give a potentially more versatile light depending on task.

ZozzV6 · December 18, 2018, 6:55pm

Today I stacked a Convoy C8 driver up to 12x 7135 in total. Flashed with my modified Babka firmware and replaced XP-L HI led with Osram white flat 1mm2 led and Astrolux C8 smooth reflector because it is a tiny bit better than Convoy reflector. Focus almost perfect first time and it throws very well

MRsDNF · December 18, 2018, 8:44pm

Nice mod Zozz. You must have terrific soldering skills.

ZozzV6 · December 18, 2018, 8:48pm

Thanks! I solder at work every day for almost 14 years now. You can minus 3 years from that at another workplace so 11 years of soldering left. But I think I soldered first when I was 8-9 years old

ZozzV6 · December 18, 2018, 9:09pm

The C8 with White flat:

And our Christmas tree at work by one of my collegue:

Tree with the C8:

X31 · December 18, 2018, 9:36pm

That Christmas tree is adorable !

DB_Custom · December 18, 2018, 9:43pm

For you modders, a battery test… I used the 458 Ham’r with it’s 17 emitters and 5 MOSFET’s to just find out what cell gives what… This is a single cell powering the Ham’r, 10 top cells, couple of surprises…

1. Samsung 21700 30T ————- 30.3A
2. Samsung 18650 25S ————- 28.0A
3. Golisi 26650 Gold ————— 27.0A
4. Sony 18650 C5A ——————- 26.2A
5. Samsung 18650 30Q ————- 24.9A
6. Sanyo 20700A Red —————- 24.5A
7. Efest 20700 3000mAh ———- 23.4A
8. iJoy 21700 3750mAh ———— 20.4A
9. LiitoKala 5000mAh (Black) - 19.5A
10. LG 18650 HG2 ——————— 16.7A

ZozzV6 · December 18, 2018, 9:48pm

Dale Where can I get Samsung 25S that will ship to Europe? I need some for a very high power build

Wieselflinkpro · December 19, 2018, 8:08am

E.g. Here https://www.akkushop.de/de/samsung-inr18650-25s-2500mah-max.–35a-36v-37v-li-ion-akku/?gclid=CjwKCAiA9efgBRAYEiwAUT-jtPpZO-ADExdhY11vqhRnQcTA3kD5eKKL61FEserbL8z5EVKJ_2NiCBoC4SAQAvD_BwE
But I didn’t found the country “soldering iron” in the list of countrys they ship the items.

Agro · December 19, 2018, 8:24am

That’s very bad for HG2! Were the cells old, abused or something?

Henk4U2 · December 19, 2018, 8:47am

He’s a hungry person.

Wieselflinkpro · December 19, 2018, 9:41am

OK, I knew somwhere in east europe.
Shipping is expensive, but possible: Ungarn:14,90 €

Henk4U2 · December 19, 2018, 10:12am

Ungerne, aber doch

ZozzV6 · December 19, 2018, 12:01pm

Yes! Hungary. Thank you!

DB_Custom · December 19, 2018, 12:56pm

A friend of mine that uses the HG2 also thought that read was low, he expected it to be as good or better than the 30Q. I have two of these, neither are very used cells, but not new either. The 30Q in this test was brand new, first time charged. I’ll recharge both HG2’s I have and test them both again to see if I just got something wrong…

DB_Custom · December 19, 2018, 1:01pm

Wieselflinkpro, I think SolderingIron is still a subsidiary Country located in the great Sahara, as a high desert country it’s population is low so shipping quotes may be difficult to find. Nice try though!

ZozzV6 · December 19, 2018, 1:05pm

DB_Custom · December 19, 2018, 2:43pm

A recap on the LG cells…With both of my LG HG2 cells fresh off the charger I see 16.7A and 17.0A from the two cells as tested before on the 458 Ham’r.

Wieselflinkpro · December 19, 2018, 10:49pm

I got delivery with some drivers from @Lexel today.

I modded the following flashlights:

- Astrolux MF04S with 8A Narsil Buck-Driver and Mod of battery-carryer. For the battery-carryer I used copper foil instead of a wire to make the new connection.

- Sklilhunt H03 with 3 channel FET + 7 + 1 Narsil

Haikelite MT09R XHP35HI Sand/Tan with 7,5A Narsil Buck-Driver (for sale in TLF in the next days)

Better he is hungry as he is thirsty. Without food you can survive more days as without something to drink.

DB_Custom · December 19, 2018, 11:15pm

Language barriers, Aaaaagghh!