Thanks for the update, bought one right away.
It is nice to hear about the challenges in the manufacturing process. Would love to see more about the micro-arc oxidation process, how it works and the challenges it presents.
Does anyone know about a good video on it?
I didn’t even see that part…. hope its ok lol. I just saw MAO available now in the title, didn’t know of flaws at that point. Maybe it refers to the ‘Wurkkos’ brand name which appears from the photo’s not to have gone on very well.
After anodization some parts get a second run in the mill (for example threads). If you are not careful the anodization might get damaged (clamping, coolant, chips). The white and rough anodization makes this even harder.
I expect MAO to be much thicker and deeper than normal anodization. But maybe the manufacturer hasn’t correctly parametrized the process.
I know there have been reports of frying the emitters with high discharge cells, but the TS10 is smoking on turbo with stock emitters and the included Wurkkos cell.
This might not fry the emitters immediately but can shorten their lifespan. If you have this light, go easy on turbo if your battery is fully charged.
There may also be contamination on the LEDs, always clean with isopropyl alcohol after mounting/soldering. In addition, the optics press the MCPCB down to the heatsink, so it should be run at low level at most without it.
Made this same discovery yesterday and shared it on a flashlight Discord channel, but didn’t want to go public before doing further experimenting.
Without bezel and TIR there’s nothing applying pressure on the MCPCB, thus very little of the heat is transmitted to the flashlight body.
From my additional tests, applying pressure on only one point on the MCPCB, no major smoking happens. The TIR applies pressure evenly on three points, so I wouldn’t expect there to be issues when it’s properly installed.
Unfortunately couldn’t do more tests, as the toothpick I used for applying pressure slipped, and flying went one of the emitters. :laughing:
Time to make a tint mix now with the 6000K emitters I ordered alongside the TS10…