It would be nice to see this driver be able to handle using a single primary 123 battery. I don't know what would need changing in order to have that happen....it looks more specifically suited for 3.7v not 3.0v.
Can anyone spread some "light" on that for me? (pun intended :) )
Question : Has anyone tried giving a good tap to the flashlight that has one of theese drivers installed?
I recently bought two KD 6x7135 V2 LED Driver 2280mA , I've installed them in two UltraFire XM-L T6 WF-504B , used different settings , and if I tap anyone of them while on High Mode, it automaticaly goes to Medium Mode, the memory mode S1 brige is connected so even if the battery would disconnect for a fraction of a second it wouldn't have to do this. I've noticed this odd thing because I'm using them on my bicycle...
yes mine switches too if I hit it..a solution is to snug up the battery with tape or cardboard shims and/or adding a small standard p60 spring to the existing spring..I had to add springs to the old 105c drivers because the stock ones wouldn't contact the battery..i'll have to do the same thing to these drivers..
here is a link to pictures of what I did with the extra spring..the copper wire was left as it was more hassle to remove it than to just leave it..
The spring was also my first tought , probably when you tap it , for a fraction of a second there's a weak contact at the + end, and because of this the voltage drops below 2.8 V and the protection kick's in , which sets the output to 35 % ...
yeah the spring rate on these drivers is really stiff..so any shot is going to lift the battery off the spring and not allow for a compensation like you get with these weaker p60 springs..it's really easy to fit the new spring on the existing spring..you just have to make sure the diameter of the part going on the stock spring is tight then feed solder to join..
I bought some of them to give it a try, I tried adding an extra 7135 (350mA from the V1), but when I connect the chip the driver doesn’t turn on…
Why can this be? maybe the extra 7135 is damaged? or maybe they should be inserted in some specific order?
If someone did it before with this KD V2 I would like to know where to connect the extra 7135
EDIT: I did this before with the V1 version, at first it didn’t work until E1320 helped me with the order, and since then it always works… but this new driver is giving me this problem again
Here is a pic of the not working piggy mod, it is not fully connected
Hey FX-32, I haven’t tried stacking 350mA and 380mA chips together, but strictly judging from your picture, are the middle legs soldered together?
Reason I’m asking is because when I stack them, I usually solder together the larger tab at the back instead of the middle leg since they are the same anyway (if that makes any sense).
I am curious about how the modes rotate... a while back I installed the driver to a V6-T60, selecting hi/med/lo modes, no memory. However if I stay at any mode longer than a sec or two, then to go to the next mode I have to half-click twice. So for example I start on high, if I leave it a bit and want to go to med I half click twice. If I leave it at med and want to go to low I half-click twice again. If I do it fast I can rotate through the modes with a single click. Is this normal mode behavior?
Another possible reason for having only high mode. The led+ pad is adjacent to the Vdd pin on one of the chips(large ground tab on top, bottom right pin is Vdd). If the pad is shorted to the pin with solder you will get only high mode, leaving the controller screaming in the closet.