Review: Sky Ray 9xT6 - The King of HOT Rods?

Thanks for the high temp tape link from FastTech! That’s perfect. I’m going to mask my reflector as well.

Please keep us posted on what you find out about the increased output from your mods. Very interested. Thanks!

My driver is broken, nice burnt smell that’s it. All the other parts are easy to dismantle except the driver, is it glued in?
Tips please

It is not glued in at all. Easy to take out.

A pair of snap ring pliers on the back of the head will unscrew the metal ring holding it in place

The head comes apart in two pieces as per my pictures.

What new driver are you using?

Please make a picture of the burned driver.

I don’t have such pliers, I will get some and then let you know. You can’t see anything on it or at least I can’t see it that something is burnt.
Just smelled and doesn’t work anymore. If I have to buy an new one I give this Kaidomain http://kaidomain.com/product/details.S020165
a go should be interesting for 20 dollars

Hmm, I am very fascinated by this. Let us know if that works out for you.

just posting a reply on here so its in MY POSTS so its easy to find for future reference. does anyone know of an easier way to maybe bookmark a thread for easy future locating? sorry for the interruption, thanks, ted.
s. great beamshots, thank you and everyone else who replied for listing all the detailed info. really helpful for a newb like me, appreciate everyones efforts.

Tweezers will work to - i actually just use a pair of needle nosed pliers and be careful.

Good luck with that driver, let us know how it works out for you!

Richie086 else had tried but got a bum driver. This Thread shows his issues. I’m not sure how it turned out for him.

On the bottom right corner of the first post there is a “click to subscribe” button that will do that.

thanks camaro and werner. thats much better. sorry for nooBness.

Brining back an older thread. When I follow the link in the op it takes me to a “Trustfire” 9xT6 light. Although the pics are Sky Ray. Is this how it’s always been, or is it a different light now?

I noticed that yesterday too. If anyone is to purchase a Skyray through CNQ, I’d email them first for clarification.

The one I got from CNQG was an Ultrafire. I think they just give you whatever they get for the cheapest.

One thing I would mention for a long time: the kaidomain driver is for 9 LEDs in series so it won’t work with the stock wiring in the 9xT6. Stock wiring is 3s3p

Hi Werner,

When I tried using the KD 9x driver in both my Skyray and AK-47, it worked with 2 cells but would get screwy once the 3rd cell was put in.

But my question is this; why do the manufacturers wire these lights in 3s3p, is it better due to the very thin gauge wiring they use?
I have been considering rewiring my AK-47 in series and eliminating the 3s3p and using 22g silver wire, but just wondered what you think?

3Sx3P LEDs actually requires thicker wires than 9S since the current in them would be three times as much. Running 9S would might not be as efficient for the driver since it requires a higher voltage boost ratio.

Thanks Texaspyro :wink:

The KD driver is a boost driver so it only works when battery voltage is lower than LED voltage…thats why no one tested this with a positive result in this light. I wanted to hint that longer but I forgot and was reminded as I surfed through KD today…

If you want to test the KD driver than you have to change LED wiring, but thats not so much work as you only have to resolder the parallel wires in series.

The manufacturer do that because it is simpler, 3 LEDs in series can be direct driven with 3 cells and the skyray 9T6 driver is just a controller and a FET, the only thing which confuses me is that the driver is not on 100% duty cycle in high…???

Hi Werner,

I’ll check this out on my Skyray and see what happens :slight_smile:

I am tempted

Question, what would happen if using the KD driver, and I eliminated the parallel wiring, and used the 22g wired all in series? Would the silver wire be able to handle the higher current? Would I loose any driver efficiency?