What did you mod today?

Swapped Convoy 519A 4500Ks into my Jaxman i2, YLP Unicorn, and Lumzoo GH10

So its done.Sofirn Sc32 reflowed with xhp50.2.Its a little pocket rocket.Interesting that the optic is fit with xhp as it was fit with the original sst40.And the size is pretty different.Shines brutally good.Hot on turbo after 15 seconds but its the smallest xhp50 torch i know about…Maybe any Eagletac model.But this is pretty small.10 cm…Nice model really small and bright.Now a hot rod.Sadly i dont know how to post pics here.Iam in the forest.And its briiight

I did my first spring bypass on a BLF Q8. The soldering isn’t the prettiest, but all of the joints are solid enough. I scraped some of the solder mask off the traces on the bottom board near the screw holes and soldered the bypass wires to those.

Looks great! I believe the next step is brass screws for the board, if you can find them.

Hey there Friends! I havent posted on the Mod page here in awhile, but this weekend I did a mod for a customer that i am quite proud of!

My first Novatac SPL !

I definitely didn't even want to attempt it out of fear of failure (and ruining the light), but it came out pretty good. I had hit some bumps along the way like needing to make my own 1.5mm wires to extend the leads from the driver bc they wouldn't reach my reground 16mm mcpcb pads. I also had to use a centering ring i had luckily left over form a GT Micro mod.

A huge thank you to JonSlider for showing me the way on how to even get this light apart, and for leading me to the Amazing CRX mods on what the MCPCB needed to look like! Thank you Jon, and CRX too! My mcpcb doesn't look anywhere near as clean as theirs do, but I tried my best! the light works and the tint... well, a dedomed sm405 Nichia 519a, it looks amazing of course!

Nice Artie. Great to see a “vintage” light up to date. This one is still on my modding bucket list also.

Thank you! I had not planned on being successful, so when I was I was quite happy lol. All in all I guess it wasn't a terrible mod, but since it wasn't my light and I have no idea how hard these are to replace it I broke it, the tension was high lol. I'm glad it worked out tho. It's acrually a really nice light I would've never given a second look unless I handled one. I think I may try to find one to mod for myself.

Nice. My “4500K” 519A (Convoy) that I swapped into mine read about 4200K on Opple, original TIR

Nice job Scalleywag! I just recieved and modded my first Unicorn last week. I tried putting 519a in and running Panasonic GA 3500mah, and i got a decrease in output and High CCT on turbo, so i went xpl-hi in the end. I have noticed that with a lot of lights like the Olight warrior mini original, the Sofirn TS21, and some more. But i was surprised the Unicorn was pushing too many amps for the 519a. or i am doing something wrong?

The Unicorn is fully regulated, 2.8 or 3A I don’t remember exactly, completly safe for a 519A, something went wrong if it went blue.

Yep, that’s on the way now!

What thefreeman said. It’s fully regulated. Could the reflows be bad, or something wrong with the LEDs?

Come to think of it, you do a lot of modding over on Reddit, I’d be pretty surprised if you were getting bad reflows…
The TS21 has full-FET and bad heatsinking, so that one doesn’t surprise me at all - “angry blue” as we call it. Not familiar with Warrior Pro’s driver but Olight is known for good regulated drivers in general

Congratulations! :slight_smile:

so glad you got it modded… the beam and tint look Great!

they come up on Ebay for 30-$50… and can be unlocked to make each of the 4 modes programmable output…

Great Little Tac Lights :wink:

Bunch of new mods recently:

From left to right: 18500 battery, Wowtac A6 shorty, Jetbeam TCR-01, Jetbeam RRT-01, Sunwayman V11R Camo.

Interesting that the lights increase in size as you go left to right in the top left picture, but the batteries they use actually decrease in size. The leftmost light is the smallest, but uses the biggest battery.

These lights received the following mods:

Wowtac A6:

  • I modded this one to fit an 18500 cell (also pictured). Not bad for a 77mm long light.
  • I shortened the battery tube using Old Lumens’ “human lathe” method. I used a hacksaw to cut the battery tube into 2 pieces near the tailcap. Then I used a drill with a grinding bit to ream out the inside of the back of the remaining body tube. This reamed area forms a socket that the remaining portion with the threads slots into. The 2 sections are then epoxied together. I tried this method once before also with an A6 and got great results. I had the technique a bit more refined this time so there are no scratches and the join isn’t visible.
  • Before joining the 2 sections I used a Birchwood Casey Aluminum Black pen to darken all exposed aluminum around the join. The join itself is at the top of the knurling near the tailcap and is completely invisible. It looks like the tube was manufactured in one piece.
  • I also used a tungsten etching pen to etch rough knurling inside the 2 sections to be joined so the epoxy would have better grip.
  • I had previously converted this A6 to a triple, but I swapped the emitters to two dedomed 4000K Nichia 519a and one random cool white XPL HI. The mix of warm and cool gives fairly good color rendition with high R9 and rosy tint.
  • Tailcap spring replaced with Be-Cu low resistance spring.
  • Replaced clip with an Eagtac D25C clip screwed into the tailcap.
  • Swapped black lens retaining ring for a slightly thicker silver one from a Thrunite T1.

2. Jetbeam TCR-01:

  • Converted this one back to a triple. Emitters are two dedomed 4000K Nichia 519a and one random cool white XPL HI, just like the A6.
  • Replaced ring grease with Nyogel 767a damping grease. Much better.
  • Clip is a custom-shortened Convoy clip. Stiffer and longer than the Jetbeam shorty clip, while also leaving the ring completely exposed. Also, the polished steel clip looks great with the polished titanium flashlight body.
  • Driver updated to the 2020 version RRT-01’s driver.
  • Tail spring replaced with modified Be Cu low resistance spring.

3. Jetbeam RRT-01 (2012 version)

  • Emitter swap to dedomed 4500K 519a
  • OP reflector
  • I had previously nicked the anodizing during modding. I covered up the nicks with Birchwood Casey Aluminum Black pen.
  • Replaced ring grease with Nyogel 767a damping grease. Much better.

4. Sunwayman V11R Camo

  • Replaced ring grease with Nyogel 767a damping grease. Much better.
  • Emitter swap to dedomed 4000K 519a
  • Adjusted the switch. This light uses the stock Titanium switch button externally, but internally it uses a Steve Ku electronic switch module originally made for his titanium V10 mod. I only had the electronics portion of the switch, so I had to fit it in place using various scraps of plastic and metal. Unlike a typical electronic switch I rigged this one so the button has some travel before hitting the microswitch on the board. And there are a couple extra springs added to keep the button away from the board when not in use to minimize chance of accidental activation.

Wow… very nice :+1:

Swapped a 219B sw30 into a Lumintop Frog

I really wish it had Anduril on it but getting flywires soldered to those tiny QFN pins was not happening that day :frowning:

Great job on the A6, Firelight2! I’ve been working on something similar but yours is better in every way. Mine is also a 18500 triple now but it currently lacks a clip. I really like that light for modding.

Thanks. Love this Nyogel 767a. It makes these magnetic rings feel deluxe.

Love the TCR-01 too. It’s my favorite magnetic ring light.

The Wowtac A6 is definitely one of my favorite mod lights.

  • Inexpensive
  • Super fast shipping from Amazon
  • Great knurling
  • Good UI (similar to an Olight). It’s not as good as Anduril2, but good enough.
  • Good output
  • Very compact for an 18650 light.
  • Makes an excellent mod host

I feel the same on both counts. 767a is a fantastic damping grease for my TCR-1, also my favorite Rotary Light.

on the new 2020 RRT-01 the 767a really helps improve the feel of the ring. otoh, I managed to put too much 767a on a V11r, so that the rotary dial resistance was actually too high. I solved that by spraying a bit of isopropyl onto the outside of the dial (no disassembly), and working the dial back and forth and wiping away the alcohol with diluted nyogel residue.

Congrats on your mods… :beer:

Modded a Convoy S8 today, some more info here (should have posted that in this thread instead).