What did you mod today?

Two mods this last week:

Swapped driver in early-version Eagletac D25A Ti

  • Previously I had a FET driver with Guppydrv rev 1 inside.
  • I replaced it with a FET driver with Toykeeper’s Crescendo firmware. This is the first time I’ve tried Crescendo and it is quite nice. With the new ramping firmware with shortcuts to min and max, a lighted switch and 95 CRI SST-20 FD2 emitter, plus Eagletac’s excellent clip, this makes a really fantastic and classy looking EDC.

Modified clip for Acebeam TK17 Ti

  • This is a pricey light that I got at a huge discount. A lot of that price is probably from the pretty solid silver and gold clip.
  • Unfortunately, while the stock clip may look good, I consider it completely unusable as a clip. The biggest problem is the gold accents that bend over the side of the clip have tips that catch on clothing and belts. The clip will literally tear up and destroy whatever you clip it to. Also, the silver isn’t elastic, so the clip screws tend to unscrew themselves.
  • I replaced it with a heavily modified convoy clip (enlarged holes, dremeled indents near the base of the clip, end of the clip chopped off and filed down).

Exactly where they came from and they are good ones.

I’ve been tempted to make an E2L-based 18350 EDC myself, just to use a smart-tail board I have from gchart.

Wow, those are really good looking hosts! Look to be 26650, so one could use 18650, 21700 and 26650’s.

Today I swapped drivers between a Helius Beta VI penlight and a Lumintop IYP 365, changed out the XP-G2 in my Lumapower Incendio V3 for a Nichia 219B, and turned a cheap 3xaaa light into an 18650 triple. Can’t wait to get my parts in I ordered from various websites for other plans in the works.

That is very cool. I’m a flatworm with computers so flashing chips is out of the question, which I am ok with except for gchart’s smart tails, I’d love to be able to use those.

Quick mod,45°pebbled lens (right) on C01R


Bought here
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/32989679045.html

I just rebuilt two Polarion packs and one of them is fine (14.4V), but the other one shows this exact issue (only 5.55V between P+ and P-). It’s probably noteworthy that the PCBs were different and the one that works looks older…

The voltage between V+ and V- is 14.4V, so the pack is correctly built. Balancing wires are showing correct 3.6, 7.2, and 10.8V, respectively.

I’m afraid they have built in a “safety” program that kills the output after seeing a severe undervoltage (or after some amount of charge cycles? they repeatedly mention that the battery is good for 400 cycles only…).

Does anyone know how to reset that?

congrats on your mod of the 2019 RRT-01… I did not know the reflector needed replacing, but glad to hear the ones we use for the 2012 model, that moderator007 sourced from kaidomain, works in the 2019 model also…

very sorry for the damaged driver, I hope you manage to get it fixed.

fwiw, with the V10r Ti+ reflector, I find the unshaved LH351D produces a perfect beam… I like the 2700K… shown in a V11R

the beams:
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Did not do much of the work myself. But finally had the time to play with my Bob_McBob SC64 with sw30 219b.

Set the modes up nicely and added a Ti deep carry clip and a wrapped tail magnet.

Nice clip and magnet :+1:

It might be pre-2019. I only really know it came with XM-L(2?) and no tail switch.

here are two RRT-01, both are no tailswitch versions:

the 2019 uses an XP mcpcb, does not require removing the driver when splitting the control ring (the design is same as V10/V11 sunwayman)

the original uses an XM mcpcb, and requires removing the driver before splitting the control ring assembly

Thnx! Really like your ‘’old school’’ Jaxman E2L edc.

I just received a Ti S Mini
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I want to change the LED.

Do you think a 219b can work in a Ti S Mini if I change the Tir to a 17mm Tir for 3535 footprint ?

Certainly if the optic fits. Certainly not if you use the original optic. Maybe good to have an xml2 as backup. It’s not a very hard mod to do btw, just work your way around the bezel with a knife to open it up. Have you seen the video by - X3 - ?

Why wouldn’t the original optic work with 219B?

I have many lights that have reflectors or optics sized for XML2 or XPG.

In my experience, the emitters are interchangeable. The beam might not always be perfect when swapping LEDs, but they always work well enough.

I tried the optic over an 219 when I opened the light the first time and it was not nice enough for me. I have a feeling Jon is a bit snobbish about his beams also.

yes, Ive been reading the teardown threads, including for the S1 Mini… which is where the Yaji Tir are mentioned.

And Ive read that the main obstacle to a S Mini mod to 219b is the stock XML2 Tir… hence my interest in a Tir swap to Yaji 3535 profile.

Ive not confirmed if the S1 Mini and the S Mini use the same size Tir, but I did read that the 17mm Tir fits the S1 Mini.

Urban Widsom or Urban Legend…

I trust Geuzzz, since hes actually done it, and also X3…

so… just covering bases…
I can start with a 219b in the stock XM Tir, to confirm how horrible it is…
then have a couple backup options:
backup Pebble Tir,
backup XM-L2 LED

there is also an Aspheric Tir that I find very appealing

fwiw here is the stock XML2 beam:

sw30, sw45k, NW XM-L2:

thank you both for the brainstorming… Im working up my courage to slip a blade between the bezel

Wow!!! That’s pea-soup green! :confounded: :confounded: :confounded:

Definitely needs a new emitter. Just about anything would be better than that.