Interest in Intl-Outdoors 32mm Noctigon 4x XP-G , *Hank is going with a second run, YAY!*

In for 4.

Please update my interest to 40 boards (20 set’s), no reason to buy fewer than I have heatsink’s for and risk this happening again.

I have just been informed that a second run will be put in for within the week, takes about a month to get em.

:slight_smile:

Glad it’s working out. I’m in for at least one if your selling, otherwise it’s a build for me. I’ve got 3 already lined up in the group buy so gutting 1 or 2 sounds about right. Now if only in a 26650 form.

Hi Dale, is spacer required for Eagle Eye X6, Ledil CUTE-3 35mm optics and Noctigon 35mm combo? Any other mod required?

Ledil Cute-3 is 15mm tall, X6 reflector is 24mm, LED shelf recess on the X6 is ~2mm, so about 10-11mm on the spacer…

you will need a spacer.

Take a look at www.farnell.com. SS one is the most narrow, M is medium and W is wide

Yes.

Search for 35MM TRIPLE OPTIC. Shipping is usually carried by a courier.

I bought the optic on ebay, it appeared to be a dutch seller so I had it the next day

I have not used it yet...

Thanks Ledoman and Hikelite.I found the same wide optic c10756 at Farnell and e-bay seller top-quality-tools .I’ll probably go with the e-bay seller as the postage is known and reasonable.

Regarding Farnell in general.
They use 48H delivery UPS courier for which they charge 5EUR no matter how much you buy. So Farnell is fast and cheap in terms of European costs.

Hikelite wrote

Good to know

This kind of stuff has happened yo me so many times in the past. I am scarred for life because of it. That’s why I tend to over buy on limited time buys.

I would be in for a couple.

I used 2 scrap pieces of 1/4” thick copper and a sanded down copper star, so it should be approx 13.5mm as the spacer. Double check that, as my memory is atrocious. I reflowed the copper together while in the head of the light, also reflowed the XP-L’s at the same time… this ensured that all the copper was “one piece” and centered properly. Then I used Arctic Alumina Thermal Paste under the base copper at the emitter shelf. I can remove the lead wires from the Noctigon and the entire copper assembly will pull out in one piece. :slight_smile:

There only needs to be wire clearance at the shelf, as the inside of the light is 1.25” in diameter (just under 32mm) so there’s room inside the head if you have a 20mm stack under the Noctigon.

I have a 1.25” x 12” bar of Aluminum in 6262 on the way, will be making a solid filler that will be in contact with the entire inside of the head for maximum heat path. If this works out, I’ll be talking to a machinist about CNC’ing these for Richard and he’s going to be looking at having the pieces for a “kit” so that minimal work will be required to set it up. :slight_smile: (Fingers crossed…)

I got the Cute-3 W in and it’s horribly wide, costs a lot of light. Looks like shark leather or something, very very rough looking with a deep recession over the middle of each emitter that leaves a peak in the middle of the lens. (Not even close to flat across the top of the lens) Never seen a lens like it before. The Cute-3 SS has a nice beam profile, big central hot spot that spreads out nicely and merges with the spill. I’d really recommend the SS version.

I have another SS that I’m about to file the top off of and sand/polish out, I’ll let y’all know how that works out and try to get the 3 comparative beam shots tonight.

Dale, how do you think the wide would do as a light for a mechanic working under the hood (limited to around 1500-1800Lm to prevent overheating/extend run time)?

I hope that works out.



I'm okay with wide as long as it's smooth.

All taken with G1X on a tripod, Manual , ISO 1600, f/5.6, 1/60th of a second exposure. Distance is approx 14’ to the fireplace. Sony C5 is down to 4.03V

Base, then Wide, then Soft Spot, then Soft Spot Polished

I can’t tell a lot of difference with the polished Soft Spot, perhaps some brighter but I’m not seeing a tighter beam profile. Charging the C5 now to see if total output went up with the polish.

Obviously Wide costs output. But it’s a flood of light for sure, might be better off leaving the triple as a mule…. didn’t think to shoot that for comparison.

Edit: These are XP-L V4 3D emitters, by the way.

Dale that clown though :~

This is all 3 Optics, Wide, Soft Spot, then Polished Soft Spot

Wide

Soft Spot

Polished Soft Spot

And I noticed that the Wide is somewhat shorter than the Soft Spot…

Not in focus, I know, manual focus with a close-up lens on the front of the point and shoot camera. Sorry.

These Cute-3 lenses are the ones designed for Intermatix emitters, whatever those are. They fit over domed XP-L emitters fine, supposedly also fit over XM Class.