It is this same one, the post that you link is about finding out that the bulb was not a led, so the mod was not as straightforward as bypassing the switch and adding a resistor. So I collected some parts and today I did the actual mod with the boost circuit.
Still 260 micro-amps I guess, the QX5252 is supposed to deliver a constant current and in this case I made it so low that a near-empty battery should still deliver that.
I was thinking this the entire time I read the post! “Didn’t someone do this already? Deja vu?” I’m glad someone else remembered it as well. Great spectrum on that original
Swapped a 4000K LH351D into a JETBeam Mini-One! Much better than the XP-G3. Wasn’t too bad but the bezel is definitely glued and was a PITA to get off.
I had to make a new bezel on this copper light because the focus wasn’t right. I rubbed off some of the patina with the constant handling doing the mod.
I finally got around to fitting the lume1 driver to the TiCu so it now matches the damascus :heart_eyes:
I modified an Astrolux A01. It had the dreaded next memory mode (NMM), so I tried the pencil mod trick.
Here’s the flashlight and head:
I used a tweezers to removed the pill:
I wasn’t able to reach the capacitor on the driver for the pencil mod trick and eventually the negative LED wire broke off. But then I was able to write across the capacitor with a pencil and put everything back together:
Unfortunately the NMM stayed the same. So I added some more pencil to the capacitor and then surprisingly it kept the mode to only low. I then removed some of it with a toothpick, and what do you know, it worked! After all these years of dealing with NMM, the flashlight finally works like it should.
Modded a Sunwayman V11r to LH351D 2700k
it turned out really nice:
The beam is quite good, much better than with 219b and E21a.
Sometimes things just work out right, easily, the first time.
The larger die LH351D LED is a good match for the V11r reflector, that was originally paired with an XM-L2 from the factory.
low is 0.02 lumens, maximum is 385 lumens w 16340 at startup.
Im extremely pleased with the minimum output range, and pretty much blown away by the max output. The size and quality of the hotspot and the mostly smooth gradient blend of the spill, as well as the tint, are all excellent.
The LH351D transformed a light whose beam I was never quite satisfied with, due to a large shadow, midway out the spill, into a light I really enjoy using.
This is my first realization that the LH351d is a better match for a light whose reflector has a large opening at the bottom, than the smaller die 219b that I have used most.
I dont find the 2700k LH351D green tinted, it seems mostly golden to me.