What did you mod today?

Completed my first reflow today. 3 Cree XP-E2 528nm Green on a Noctigon 20mm 3xp mcpcb. I tested it with my multimeter and was thrilled that they all lit up. This will be going into a green Convoy S2+.

Good job!

Finished the Green Convoy S2+ with the 528nm Cree XP-E2’s from my first reflow. Its a has a very nice Kryptonic glow :slight_smile:

I want to change the switch on my Convoy S2 UV so I have momentary.

Is this the one to get?

Too big. You need this one for momentary.

Thanks.

One more thing. Can I just get the switch without the PCB and spring?

And do I need to modify the rubber boot or something inside?

You will need to enlarge the washer/spacer hole (metal or plastic) that sits on the switch, because the forward switch is larger than the reverse switch.
Also, as it is taller, you will probably need to cut or trim that inner “tongue” from the rubber cap.

When soldering the switch to the PCB, make sure the solder or the switch metal pads don’t protrude so that you don’t risk provoking short circuits.

Loving the Luminus SFT40! Been modifying old modified lights. :smiley:

Built an Convoy L2 host with the SFT40 and it’s a really nice light, but then I’m biased as I really favor the L2. :wink:

I'm not a modder, but I love the SFT40 as well.

I “stole” GetKongs T3 triple idea and did it too
FWAA TIR lens and MCPCB together with the 17mm 5A Convoy driver and a spacer built from multiple 16mm 3535 copper MCPCBs I had laying around

But I couldnt leave my FWAA in my spare parts bin so I made it into an XHP50.2 mule:

I love L2. Built like a tank. Mine still has a sliced ​​SST40, from pre-sft40 times. Very impressive with Texas Avenger driver.

Built 2 Convoy S2+ triples to go with the green one, all with Cree XP-E2 emitters.

Colors are:
730nm Far Red
450nm Royal Blue
528nm Green

L2 love here, too. Put the SFT40 in there with a Led4Power driver and Simon’s new plastic lighted switches, 26800 single. I wonder what I will ever do with the old LD29 driver…those seem to have disappeared for good now.

Nice! What are you driving the blues at? I have some XT-E royals (453nm I think) from Digikey waiting for a blue T3 host to arrive. I’ve done a lot of exploring with UV lights and mods, curious to see what the royal blue picks up outdoors.

Thanks! They all use the 17mm Fet +7135 driver from Mountain Electronics. The emitters are using a Noctigon 3xp mcpcb. I don’t run them at Turbo, and they run just fine at the lower settings. However the only light that really doesn’t like to be driven hard is the Far Red one. It is good at the lower settings, but will start stepping down quickly if driven hard. When Simon releases his driver for Red emitters with multiple modes, I might try it. The Royal Blue and the Green will go turbo and light up the room with vivid color lol.

FET + 7135 Driver - 17mm - MTN-17DDm

I’m looking forward to that blue-room. I don’t know if I’ve ever experienced that deep royal blue color up close (maybe at a concert?). I got extras to play with but I’ll probably run the stock T3 driver. I could only find the current Cree datasheet and it appears to have bins that are higher than what was probably on a previous version…could only find those previous lower bins for sale, too. So I’m not sure if the thermal resistance or max current is the same (sheet says 1.5A, graphs look good though). If one goes pop then I’ll regroup. :slight_smile: I may do up a C8F triple with them, too.

I love all the colored lights lately, and matching hosts to boot. The C8 family that tactical grizzly did was pretty awesome to look at.

The colored hosts from Convoy really look much better in person than in their product pages. Very nicely colored.

Nice mule @LunaLoves. did you have to drill new holes for the power leads?

Nice color collection @bobvoeh.


I did a refresh on an smooth bodied Emisar D4 today. Brought it up to date with Anduril 2 and reflowed in some lovely warm Nichia 219B SW 3500K.
No native Aux’s though, so that mod ’ll be for another day. :slight_smile:

Awesome mod PC, that is about as good a setup as one can have.

Yes, I did have to do that.
New leads and two new holes