Mods on the TS30S completed:
- add 20 AWG bypass to tail spring
- replace stock 18 AWG LED wires with high strand, high temp 18 AWG (Turnigy quality) - length is the same since they are as short as could be
- sand down machine marks on shelf surface (stock condition not so bad really), sand smooth the MCPCB -- to 2000 GRIT, new MX-4
- replace stock glass (no coating?) at 51.6 x 2.15 mm with UCL/p at 51.8 x 2.25 mm - fit well with stock o-rings, no changes needed
- flash at/near latest of Anduril 2
New numbers:
Same fully charged old (better) 40T at 4.21V:
Tail amps: 27.5 A (was 26.1 A)
Lumens, maukka calibrated PVC light box: 5636 at start, 4742 at 30 secs (was 5190 at start, 4460 at 30 secs)
Throw taken 1-2 mins after cool down of the 30s lumens test, 2 sec pause/delay: 268 kcd, 1035 meters (was 234 kcd, 967 meters)
Results:
8.6% bump in lumens at start
6.3% bump in lumens at 30s
14.5% bump in candela
In theory I would expect the same % bump in lumens as candela, but maybe the UCL/p lens mad a difference in the optics, maybe slightly thicker put more pressure down, getting the LED further in the reflector. I was hoping to see more like 10% in lumens, but hard to speculate differences between the spring bypass and lens. The stock lens could have been better than most, if it truly was untreated - it had no noticeable tint to it.
Hot air to remove the springs, cleaned up the PCB to remove the excess stock lead-free solder using solder wick:
20 AWG bypass to replace the inner spring, reflowed the spring back on with solder paste:
UCL/p installed, strong purple tint as they all have:
Before:
After. The new 18 AWG wires have a thicker coating and higher strand count:
Driver, classic FET+1 (BLF Q8, D4, etc.) plus charging:
A very nice MCPCB - 30 x 2 mm: