As previously mentioned WOW. I cant help on the wiring at all. I do have a question though. How do you plan on stopping this light from rolling of the table and onto the floor?
Thin metal is nearly impossible to work with so I'm not sure which bit looks rough. If it was me doing this I would have lots of metal screwed up in a ball. Nice work buddy.
I think I really have no choice other than to go with each battery direct to one star. I just do not have the room for 18 wires in that center tube and 18 wires would leave more room for my constant errors. Wiring the first example cuts down 8 wires that would go out the side of the heads. I can manage the rest (I think).
It's the lesser of two evils, although I would rather do it the way in the second example.
Now you did it… now I’m thinking about reworking the Gadget. Yours is a much more elegant solution, and mine weighs a ton. Beautiful job so far!
Your wiring dilemma is the reason I outputted the tailcaps in parallel to an external switch. With one switch, the drivers don’t get ‘out of sync’ with modes and if one does when changing batteries, I just cycle the appropriate plug in and out.
Ok. I'm not following but still reading. No, I'm following but not following but reading. Gees this thread is confusing. I dont understand much but following looking and reading. Damn theres that following word again. Is there anything to follow here. I give up. Thanks OL for a confusing thread. I recall somewhere above that you were having a hard time as well. Ah, I feel better now. Were all confused.
Another fascinating project in the making! Thanks so much for the detailed explanation and meticulous photo tour. This one goes Frontpage and into the “Featured Mods” section.
@RBD - Thank you, but I want to use IMR. I do not think anything else will give me 3 amps per battery. If worse comes to worse, I will buy four of the Efest, but I will wait to see what everyone says. I think they will have to be IMR, to give the full potential to the light.