Flashlight as motorcycle highbeam assist

Opps 4.4Amps ?!

I will hook it to motorcycle electricity
Ok, tonight i will try to power it to see it perform :slight_smile:

I take this picture last night, Using Nikon 1 J2; F 3.5; Iso 400; Exposure time 1/4s

Top => Solarforce K3
Bottom ==> My scooter high beam (Mazda CX5 Projector with 35Watt HID)

Looks like what Fricklefrak says its true, i need more throw :bigsmile:
Is that worth to mod this K3 or Better change to another type of flashlight ?

Are you wanting to turn the K3 (or whatever else) on at the same time as the low beam (have them BOTH running for high) or only one or the other at a time, either high or low?

I think [if your wanting them both on at the same time] the K3 can do what you want. You can use a soldering iron right?

If you are only using your HID for high beam (not sure you can turn if off and on fast enough for that though), you can just remove the cut-off shield. I've see a few teardowns on-line and they all seem to have removable shieds. The one here as one screw holding it in place.

I forgot to tell that my current bike i working out is KLX140 with only have led projector as low beam (no high beam)
I put this scooter bike high beam as reference, my goal at least my KLX140 highbeam near this scooter (bixenon) HID highbeam

Yes, not very good but i can play with soldering :slight_smile:

Should i try dedome those led to make it more throw ?
or just push those led with higher current ?

Both would be best, but the MT-G2 is really tricky to dedome and you can easily damage the phosphor layer.
If you break the LED you can put another one in there. The new cree XHP50 would be a good candidate and would give you more throw at same output, but it’s not available yet…

I have MT-G2 4000K as spare and try to dedome
yep, i’m stupid enough to remove all those yellow thing (phosphor?)
even tiny wire i remove it too :_(

As for modify current, how it done ?
i seethose heavy modK3 use different led driver

Have you tried the dedomed LED? Looks like there’s some phosphor left…

Post some pics of the driver, probably there is a current sense resistor, you need to lower the value of that by adding a resistor (or more).

Just tried it with 5mA current and 1amp still running no problem
What purpose those tiny wire inside emitter ??? :~
But turn to violet color to my eye :8)

So inside MT-G2 have 66 small emitter :slight_smile:

If it’s blue now, you can buy an already dedomed MT-G2 from James:
FS: De-Domed XML2 XPG2 XP-L and MTG2 on 16/20/26/31mm Copper DTP MCPCB’s

I would probably try to dedome the LED from the light (let it get really hot and then gently try to pull the dome off) and if that doesn’t work, buy a dedomed one…

Well i have try it first, since i still have one left :slight_smile:
This is my best for doing dedome, had test it ==> YES, Now its YELLOW :wink:

Hope i can take outside beam shoot tonight

Nice job on the dedoming!
That looks really clean, how exactly did you do it?

Wow tjeret, that is probably the best MT-G2 dedome I have ever seen (Post 17). Congrats :)

Not sure about that wire you mention. Maybe for electrostatic discharge protection? Just a guess.

EDIT: If you post a picture of the driver, we might be able to help you mod it to higher current levels.

Thanks
I’m using hot air and using cutter to slice it (layer by layer)

I mean small wire from + to - like in this thread

I had try to open the driver compartment, but its very hard
maybe it’s glue down. I will try to use some clamp tomorrow

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Still raining yesterday, i can not take any picture after dedome
hopefully tonight will bright

I see. Maybe that is a diode for reverse polarity protection.

Man, you must have a very steady hand and good eyes to get that close with a blade.

This is after dedome
Sorry its taken about 2 hour after rain

I kind a like this yellow with a smaller hotspot 8)
Next step is crank up current :slight_smile:

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So the color of LED is set by dome ?
i mean, i have one left 4000K MT-G2
If i dedome it will be same as 5000K dedome ?

No, the color is mostly set by the phosphor, but AFAIK de-doming almost always results in a tint shift toward warmer color.

This is the driver itself

It’s worth to tweak this driver ?
any suggestion about driver that can work at least 18V input with 4A output :slight_smile:

Those three resistors (R270, R270, R33?) are most likely your voltage sense resistors. You can solder another one to the side of the small one (so it's easier to remove) and see what happens to current. There are formulas if you know the voltage drop across the bank, but I would just try adding one R3ish (.3 ohms) resistor at a time and remeasure current to the emitter.

A good way to rig the driver so you can add resistors and measure without reassembling the light is to solder wires to connect to your cells and then connect one of the LED leads to a DMM and then the DMM to the emitter. Here is an example. It's a little confusing because there is another driver piggy-backed in it. The fat Red and Black wires going straight up and out of the picture are going the cells. The L- wire is going down the DMM and then the DMM is feeding the emitter. Shorter wires reduce resistance losses.