Prototype off-road/boating spotlight - King COB!

I think if I can get my hands on an extension tube for my Convoy L6, I’m going to put a Vero29 in it. I’ll have to cut down a Lenina to fit in the head but it would be brighter than any other L6, probably cheaper than my 21x LH351D concept and more unique.

Would be cool to see this; have been thinking along similar lines as well, though not sure what the balance would be between runtime and output…

I’m still missing some dimensions and models but I suspect a Vero29 won’t fit but I think I could make a V22 work with a LEDiL FN14637_OLIVIA-S

I take it back. Olivia won’t fit and the holder for the V22 is the same size as a Vero29 so there is no advantage there.
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Looks like the best option is to turn down the Lenina to fit. The bad news is that the whole thing will probably easily overheat, it probably needs a copper tapered plug for the COB and assembly will be a royal pain.
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Then again, if it was easy, it wouldn’t be any fun.

I just got a batch of CAD models from LEDiL and the Vero29//Lenina adapter won’t fit in the L6. The only option I’m seeing would be to modify the mount and then glue or tape it directly to the Vero29. However, it would also block the screws I was planning to use to mount everything into the light. I suppose I could drill hex driver access holes in the plate and then the screws would be captured….

Can’t machine the head to fit?

I think I can make it work if I can remove the plastic bits of the Vero29 from the actual COB assembly… or just use a CXB3590 and machine my own adapter for the Lenina.

I don’t think I actually need the mounting lugs… just a tight press fit boss similar to what the LEDiL adapter plates actually have in the Lena series.

I cant work out to post photos but i used the L6 reflector with cmt 2850 and taskled HBflex in a scratch build. But it fried the driver, i think the shelf was too thin and ambient heat got it. Happened twice and now im waiting for more drivers. I will redo it with copper inserts for the led and driver i will also put them back to back with a gap in between so the copper protects the driver from the led.

Would like to see it. Easiest way is to upload your photos to imgur and copy the url to the box when you click on the add photo box above the comments box.

As I said earlier, my evil plan involves a tapered copper “shelf” for the COB and the HyperBoost will be mounted to the back of the shelf with thermal tape.

Bezel got used for something else. The switch is an automotive push button with led.


Pretty cool!

Some “fog lights” im working on, not sure how to do the heat sinks, the drivers will be mounted outside the lights.

It is a big light with 5 x 26650. I dont do drawings trial and error works out more costly but good fun.

Well, I can confirm that with some minor modifications, a LEDiL C13867 will fit over a CXB3590. So, I think I’m probably going to design a custom spacer for the L6 and put the CXB3590 in there and then get a Vero29 for the Battle Lantern. Both will get Lenina-S reflectors.

So, I took the test rig out with the reflector double stick taped to the heatsink (lol) and the front lens light pipes like CRAZY. It is actually almost painfully bright.

Screen grab with the Lenina-S, a Vero29se and the new and improved front plate.

I did some tests with the CMA3090’s I have. Couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t get them powered up… until I figured out I was sent the 72V versions instead of the 48V versions! Does almost 12.8klm @1.2A, and up to 175-180% at max current, 2.4A. Not as bright as the Vero29 at 68V (18.5klm), but the LES is a lot smaller too, about 6mm in diameter smaller. Gets hotter faster. Have not tested the CMT2890 yet, but the output is theoretically approximately the same as the 3090, just at a lower Vf (51.2V) and higher current (1.6A). The LES is about the same size as well. What’s nice about the 2890 is that I can run it at max and draw less than 6A from an 8s config…

Have not tested the Vero29, CMT2890, or CMA3090 yet with the Stratus LED reflectors. I would have to make a custom interface to bolt everything together, and possibly shave down the bottom of the reflector at least for the Vero29. It does focus with the CXB3590 however.

How much current were you trying to push into the CMT2850?
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The L6 head should be able to handle about 40w or so if you had it clamped down well. Before I disassembled my L6, I ran it on turbo outside for at least 10min and it didn’t really seem to get all that warm. allegedly the L6 on turbo, should be about 30w.
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The “manual” for the HBFlex leaves a lot to be desired. It sounds like it natively supports an e-switch interface but there is no documentation that I can find. I may e-mail TaskLED about this.
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— I actually typed this post yesterday but it seems I never hit “post”. Also, now I realize that you were just using the L6 reflector and your own version of the L6 head. —

Half the fun for me is drawing some of the parts. But in the case of the L6, I knew that a drawing of the head would be needed since I don’t have x-ray vision to see what the wall thicknesses are and where there is room inside the head.

I lost the contact name at TaskLED but they were pretty helpful with whatever questions I had. Not sure either about the e-switch other than to change modes?