Looking good.
For the 2.5V red light.
Did you have to solder the driver to the pill? Retaining ring?
Earlier in this thread Simon said the red driver wouldn’t be suitable for the S2+ pill.
I did solder the driver to a pill, common in previous versions (2,8A Star FW)
I did not even try installing retaining ring which might even fit O_O
Perfect.
Thanks for the clarification.
I am new in building flashights by myself, could you please take a picture of how you have soldered driver to a pill?
I did solder a 8x driver to a brass pill for a S2 mod once, and it was a total mess :
As the pill takes all the heat, the solder won’t stick to it, I finally succeeded using open flame soldering, getting the whole pill enough heat that it could melt solder by contact … worked fine but the result is not pretty
Yeah, not so nice but it’s working
Much better than what I came up with !!
I found that the solder on sticks to the top surface of the pill
Thank you. I will try this myself.
ferrat_val you can solder to pills with heat guns. I for example own a 650W PG8018LCD, and it rocks:
Bought it here long ago (not affiliated).
A heat gun is in any case a very recommendable tool for electronics work.
Perhaps opportunistic, but do AliExpress coupons stack with discounts that Simon may give? I’ve got a project I’m working on, and am trying to do it in the most cost efficient way I can.
I recently got an M3 from Banggood in a flash sale not realising that a version with ramping (and charging!) had finally been released.
Yes it does. Apply your coupons, select some alternative payment method you can discard and then proceed to message Simon. Done.
Thanks, will give it a try.
Edit:: hmm looks like I can only do credit card or PayPal. I might have missed earlier in the thread if you do PayPal and then just not pay….?
You must see WebMoney, choosing WebMoney works. Choosing PayPal should also work no problem. Just dismiss the payment page in any case.
Alternatively, you can use AliExpress application 8.4.0 or earlier. With it you can select “other payment methods”, the archetypical way. The app checks for updates just on startup, it counts the number of times it asks you to update and after a number of refusals it ends up forcing you to update (or clear }) application data). This is solved by launching the app while on airplane mode, while it shows the launching advertisement. As I've found many times, old versions of software can be better.
Sat, 11/28/2020 - 03:32
Yeah, WebMoney doesn’t appear for me.
Looks like it’s a moot point now; the coupon I had was for Black Friday and has now expired, it seems. I’ll send Simon a message at some stage.
Simon, does the M21C tailcap fit on the M21C-U?
Can somebody help me please? I had M21B with SST40 for some time then bought S21B with CULPM1.TG and decided to switch leds - install SST40 into S21B and CULPM1.TG into M21B. I have replaced leds, but faced a problem with gaskets - the one from S21B is too small for SST40 and the one from M21B is too big for CULPM1.TG. What gasket should I order for SST40 in S21B and for CULPM1.TG in M21B?
To the best of my knowledge, M21B opening is 9mm, and S21B is 7mm. So 9mm 4040 and 7mm 5050.
Is it possible to add a backlit button (or something like that) to my convoy c8+ with Biscotti firmware?