I’m measuring 17mm on the driver and 19mm on the thing that screws in on top of the star, to hold it in place. So I’m guessing it would take 18mm star
If I pull that part off, I’m afraid that it won’t work, so I’m not sure if it has solid pill or not. It looks like it has one of those plastic circles that will get torn up if I pull off the thing holding the led. If you can tell me what to do, I am curious, though, if it has a solid pill.
Sorry, I checked it repeatedly, not sure if it’sthe site or me. If it doesn’t work later, I might have to retry later.
Basically you have the led+star in the pill. Then there is a piece that screws in and holds the star, and has a hole for the led. That piece is about 19mm, so I think you should be able to use 18mm star.
I thanks that white piece of plastic is electrical isolation. And I don’t have another one and the end of my spanner wrenche is sharp. I’m afraid it will get torn up
I received the one order from here. It looks like the same as yours. The good thing about this C8 is that it takes standard C8 pills. It can serve as a good cheap C8 host.
Got mine in and it is an OK little light for $4 shipped. Seen much worse. Original tint has bluish color, but much whiter than I would have expected. Reflowed a Nichia 219A from FastTech onto the aluminum board and it makes for a nice Warm White little light… a good improvement for less than $1 with the new LED. The pill is hollow, it is the middle section and the driver and LED are press fit from their respective sides. There is plenty of wire to pry the LED out and desolder it for reflow. If I get in any blank noctigons, I may file one down to this diameter, but the stock one is not running hot at all. The driver is one mode, but looks pretty good and runs no problem on a 3.2V LiFePO4 AAA with a noticeable improvement in brightness… Good find cajampa!
Plastic lens, but Hugsby XP1 lens fits, needs an Oring up front too…
I have the Soshine ones from FastTech, they seem to be good, I do not know if they are the best though.
The 10mm sinkpads are too small for these, there is only a shelf and they would need to be about 2-3mm wider, thus the filing down of the 16mm… Either way, good little light, even stock, for the money…
Aha good point, i didn’t think about the shelf, but you right then starting from 16mm is the only way.
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I will probably pick up some of those Soshine cells next time i order from fasttech, do you know any small cheap good chargers for them? I can use my opus but i am thinking for gifting.