Would you post a picture of the light?
wdkingery — I guess you’re running a fet setup to achieve 10+ —— I’m running close to the same setup in Solar Force P1D host (1 of their thickest wall host) with a modified Sportac module— It will run at max around 3-4 minutes—I had Richard make the medium around 4.5 amps still plenty of light —I’ve ran it upwards of 10 minutes—amperage most likely had drpped a bit—you’re right at 10 + amps I call mine the SICKNESS
yes this is the actual light that we have modified, for sale at fasttech. here’s a photo of it I stole from Bort:
here is Bort’s review of the stock/unmodified light.
this is what 3 XP-L’s under a TIR looks like:
Wow first post!
Yes, I don’t quite know the whole background to the thing, but here at BLF we have our own custom FET-based driver, known as the BLF17DD. RMM at mtn sells them pre-built, and it’s what I’m using in this flashlight. DD stands for direct drive.
The new XP-L in a 3up setup is seriously a new level of flashlight.
It’s like that time you got your first LED flashlight and were amazed by the output. (Mine was an overpriced Innova X5 with Snap-On written on it. I was so enthralled I bought another for my cousin cause someone just had to see this thing.)
The pictures I take come nowhere close to what I see— I quote Vinh about a light he had modded “makes me giggle everytime I turn it on”
OMG, you're killing me! LOL!!!
i am waiting for my XP-L emitters to arrive from FT for the same exact build. Now I know what to expect. :D Awesome job, bud!
i also have an EE X6 in the works with quad XP-L emitters. Emitters and driver should arrive next week. I expect 4000 lumens at least.
On another note, wait until you see what DBCstm just finished. :P
All of you are killing me!!!
I guess I need to speak to Richard about the triple I want to build. Not quite as beastly but .... Oh crap..maybe just build two.
I have the parts ordered for the same build as well. Looks amazing!
Man that’s insane. What’s the longest you can run it for before heat becomes an issue?
On triple at 5+A on a DD…not long…under 60 seconds (I am going to finally build me a BLF15.17DD and see if I can keep it around 4-5A w/o overdriving it too hard and set the turbo timeout for 30 seconds)
Beautiful thing is STAR firmware and it’s ability to auto throttle back to a lower current…got a 1/2 to full minute of sock em in the puss mega light if you need it, but the protection of the PWM going to approx 50% output automatically to protect itself.
I was even thinking of potting the inside of the pill to add a bit of thermal mass but it’s not really going to improve it that much
I have a regular S2 w/ aluminum extension epoxied in [better thermal transfer]), right now I have a regular Nanjg 105C w/ 4 extra chips on it flashed with a non standard STAR (instead of a click down from 255 to 120~ it steps down incrementally, 1 tick every .25 sec, but I think the FW programming borked and will no longer start in anything but moon mode and the modes won’t change, going to build the BLF15.17DD and put regular STAR on it)
dayam, this is insane. i was just thinking of ordering a s2 triple with the xpg2’s.
but now this has gotten more interesting. waaay more lumens!!
but sacrafice run time and run time on turbo.
about how much more throw does dedomed xpg2 have over this dedomed xpl? anyone know?
Dedomed XPL is about the same beam pattern as non-dedomed XPG2s.
Stock XPG2 w/10507:
Dedomed XPG2 w/10507:
I have a couple of triples in S series host— from my fooling around (testing) 2.5 amps seems to be the limit for extended run times-actually for this type of floody light that’s still lots of light—I’m building a couple XPL s with a 4.4 30sec turbo and a high of 2.5—Also has anyone else tried the 10511 optic the little bit of throw you loose it more than makes up for with smooth beautiful light—no kaleidoscope edges
10507 again:
10511 with the frosting polished off:
I’ve been swapping email toward a triple Rebel using this star and one of these optics. Heck, I’ll get several different optics and swap’em.
Comfy—never thought of polishing—I’m gonna try modding a 507 though from the underside—maybe light bead blast or blacken in—I like the hot spot but hate those outer effects from the internal reflections
I’ve yet to run it full steam for very long.
It does get warm quick, but I think it’s not as bad as originally reported, as it’s sitting on hundreds of grams of pure copper.
These lights are the best EDC I can imagine. I’ve been building them for a few months now playing around with different hosts to see which I like the best. I haven’t stuck a BLF17DD driver in one yet though. Might need to give that a shot. I’ve been running mine at 3-4A with a 60 or 120 sec turbo timer. They do get fairly hot even at 3A in 120 sec - though not nearly too hot to hold. But yeah. They are seriously awesome.
That sounds like a crazy man`s flashlight!
Hmm... I still want something like that.... in that format....
I propose naming this the Mtn Electronics triple STD. It'll literally create a burning sensation in your pants.
+1!