What did you mod today?

Nice, djozz! Anodising is something I'd like to try someday, too. If I might suggest, consider buying a cheap high speed steel bottoming tap and that will allow you to get a few more threads in those holes. The hss ones from China are decent enough and sometimes you can get them for just a few bucks. Alternatively, you can carefully grind down and clean up a normal plug tap to make it bottoming, just go slow and keep it cool. What you have is probably fine but considering the leverage and small fastener diameter + aluminum I'd feel more comfortable with more threads if it were mine. That anodising turned out really nice looking, good job.

I find the build to be quite sufficient. Most of it is even pretty good - like you said, the charging port inside the end cap is a nice design. However, as others have noticed with the D25S, it lacks a gasket for the front piece of the optics assembly. I think I would still trust it in the rain, but the D10 is surely better for water resistance.

Today I picked the driver from the Emisar D4 (v1) - which had a damaged switch - and “transplanted” it into the Acebeam H20 (headlamp).

For a while I’ve been wanting a better UI on that headlamp. Given that the switch of the D4 was damaged, I took a chance to mod the H20.

These are the original settings:

I had to diminish the driver diameter to make it fit the head’s hole. I used my “dremmel-like” tool with a sandpaper roll.
Then I replaced the wires.

And then I soldered everything!

Simple mod, great improvement in the UI :wink:
I still have some doubts about the heat management on the driver part, but I won’t bother too much for now.

This Just In!

Acrylic paint with Strontium Aluminate…
TechnoGlow Aqua Acrylic

it goes on like a thick honey consistency… dries to the touch quickly, about 30 minutes or less…

fun times… looking forward to night :wink:

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Oh wow, that looks good. Might order some to put around the centering right on a couple lights. Wonder how it would do with the heat?

it is acrylic paint… google says acrylic tolerates up to 320F… might not be proper for a centering ring… not sure

its kind of thick… might be a bit tricky to put on the centering ring, in a way that does not alter how the reflector seats… also dont know if a tiny amount around the led would be very visible.

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its kind of thick and does not flow flat… I did a second coat to even out the low spots… and Im quite happy with it now:

Simple pocket clips - never thought about adding it here, but figure in case nayone i ever looking for ideas. I use copper washers or wire to make the electrical connection for lights that aren't meant to have the "captured clip (i.e. fw3a clip installed onto the emisar D4 & DT8). I did about 20 minutes of dremel work to widen the KR4 clip to fit the e07x body. I used the bench top grinding wheel to narrow the "arms" of the Olight M2r Pro clip to fit the D4s. I think one of the best and easiest is the Convoy s2 clip on the D4. never falls off no mod needed.

Convoy C8+ triple. MTN Fet, modded S2+ reflectors, custon aluminium spacer and lh351d leds. Doesn’t heat very much even on 100%.

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Some nice modding there Haukkeli. What is the beam like?

Very nice actually. Picture at ~1, 5m

Nice mod, it is a bit like the Sofirn triple C8 that they used to sell (they still do?). Did you use a triple MCPCB or or three separate ones?

Three separate 16mm ones.

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Sweet idea jon !! Very nice accent and you gave everyone new options to mod lights and lanterns. :sunglasses:
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Great mod Haukkeli :+1:
Can you post more pics please :smiley:
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Sorry, I don’t have any photos of it being dismantled and it’s quite tricky to assemble after being in parts. Only other mod I have on it is pocket clip from Convoy store and spring bypasses. Those reflectors are filed down to correct diameter and then connected with JB weld.

Same C8+ showing the clip.

@Haukkeli:

That’s an interesting take on a triplet. Combining 3 x S2+ reflectors plus the aluminium spacer gives me ideas.

Not described but I presume much fiddling to have the 3 separate MCPCBs and reflectors all ligne up. Nice workmanship!

It wasn’t that hard. MCPCB’s move nicely on top of a spacer when there is enough thermal paste and you haven’t yet pushed them all the way down.

If I was hinted at this mod about a year ago, I would have undertaken it. I had ordered a Sofirn C8F with the 3 LH351D emitters – but was lost in the shipping. After a much longer wait, Sofirn agreed to send another. However, they had no more in stock and I had to wait some more for the manufacturing schedule. All in all, 158 days (~5 months).
Aftermath: But in the following days of that 2nd order, so mysteriously showed up the 1st order. So now have 2 lights.

My stock lights don’t heat up much on high – 1800lm. On turbo (3600lm) it’s a different story. If your’s doesn’t heat up at these levels, I would suspect the shelf extension may not be transferring thermally to the head sides. Does it have much contact with the bowl? Nevertheless, the Sams are tough emitters and are a great choice. All milky white and just the right balance between throw and flood.

I use them on my bike. Best combo of throw with spill. Mostly on High with some moments on Turbo, and after some 2 to 2½ hours, change to my second unit.

It heats up, but it takes quite a while. That spacer is heavy piece of aluminium.