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

First I would not even bother trying to convert the XHP35 mt09R to the XHP70.2. It is just not worth the hassle. Better off just getting an XHP70.2 version and selling the XHP35.

You can get the high CRI LED’s from a number of places but in your case since you are not in the USA KD is the best option I am going to guess. They have some 80cri 4000k LED’s that are pretty nice.

Thank you!

How to buy Texas_Ace MT09R

I sold out of the hand made drivers a long time ago.

You can get the factory made MT09R and upgrade the FET on the driver and the LED’s to be like the the ones I made before though. You can PM me if you want me to do this for you.

I’m curious about the MT09R weak FET driver. Any idea if the one directly ordered from Haikelite’s AliExpress store will surely have the weak FET, or is it a hit-or-miss (some good and some bad)?

How about the MT03 TA Devourer from Haikelite’s store — will its driver also be likely to have the same issue of possible weak FET?

I have some of my MT03/09 drivers left
Infineon FET of course

I am guessing they all have the fake FET, they said they would fix it at one point but I never saw any evidence that they did.

Although it is hit or miss if the fake FET will actually fail.

I have the impression Haikelite thinks they are ordering legitimate FETs, but their supplier isn’t.

Seems like many Chinese companies don’t want to deal with the hassle of imports and 20-25% import taxes.

Yes, suppliers lying to the manufactures is shockingly common in China. LED’s tints are even worse since very few manufactures can test to see if they are what they claim or even care.

Been dealing with this for months trying to find SST-20 LED’s and been flat out lied to a few times so far with the LED’s all being from the normal FB4 bin as everyone else but the supplier claiming they were FA1 bin. :person_facepalming:

I could be interested by your drivers.

What is the price and Lumens and time usability ?

Thank a lot !

I don’t have anymore drivers for the MT09R sadly. Although the red drivers that come in the MT09R now can be modded to be like the ones I used to make. In which case it does not take very long to do the work if you can’t do it yourself.

I could sell my light……

That might be your best option.

Does anyone have idea of XHP bining on this MT09 puppy ?

Cause I need to build a much more powerful image projector ( than my SR90 olight based one)
So I hesitate to build from scratch or use this as base.
Considering that I will reuse all my optical stuff.

Thanks for your advises :slight_smile:

I don’t have the skills or time to mod a light. I would like to know if you mod any other lights? (emisar, fireflies, sofirn Q8, etc.)

In stock form the LED bin varies depending on the tint. I am not sure what they use now days but in the past the NW was the best bin, something like an N2 IIRC. The WW and CW were lower bins.

I do take on mods for other lights from time to time. Just depends on if I have time and if the parts to do the mod are available.

I will save up and purchase the MT09R and have you perform your magic, Thanks.

Well, my xhps in my mto9r finally smoked. So i took the driver and used it in my imalent dx80… it was a lot to figure out… but my question is, im running all 8 xhp70’s in parallel on 2s4p batt pack from dx80, just rewired. Can i add a second fet chip on the empty spot and run 2 together.?. And can i buy these drivers still?

Yes, you should be able to add a second FET, although honestly you would be better off replacing the other one as well so both are the same model, from the same batch for the best chance at success.

I do not offer these drivers anymore, the designs should be in the Texas Avenger driver thread, if not I have them floating around someplace.