D.I.Y. Illuminated tailcap

Yes!

I received some clear gaskets yesterday (thanks J-Dub!) including a few extras. If anyone needs one please let me know and I’d be happy to drop some out in the mail :).

Now to get some PCBs on order. I believe it should be Rev5.1b for 14mm boots and I just use this above the stock switch in place of the metal washer? Which ones would you recommend for modding a S2+ metal boot tailcap?

That would be the one! I need a couple, but was on the early list!

Thanks for the quick confirmation and please let me know if I can help in any way.

Did you ever get this problem worked out? I’m afraid I might run into the same issue on my S2+ and I don’t need another reason to drink :).

Great idea sending some to RMM. I hope to get a few myself.

BTW, Kaidomain has 10mm translucent buttons now.

Awesome. Let me know how they work out. I have more. I’m going to try to get maybe 50 or so in the mail to Richard in the next couple days.

How many did Simon send you?

Hey mattlward. Was I supposed to send you some clear rubber seals or are you talking about something else? If you need some send me a PM with your address and how many you need. Most of the rest I’ll ship off to Richard.

I don’t recall exactly but it was over 200. I just counted what I still have. 147 left and I think I sent out somewhere between 70 and 80 in total already to those who asked. So, I’ll probably send 100 or so to Richard and then a few here and there to whoever needs them. Anyone I send them to will get more than they need giving the opportunity to pay it forward if another BLFer needs a few. If anybody wants some just send me a PM.

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The bummer is Simon was supposed to send a bunch to djozz too. When I reminded him he said the equivalent of “oops”. He’s going to make some more though. It was my intention for him to just switch over to clear for all the future S2+ models to make these switches easier going forward. Waiting for confirmation on that.

Would love to get two if you still have extras. Sent a PM.

Replied :), got some heading your way! Looking forward to seeing some more successful mods.

Did you ever get this problem worked out? I’m afraid I might run into the same issue on my S2+ and I don’t need another reason to drink :).
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I did get it working… the board was bad. I moved all of the parts to another board and started in on the first one with an ohm meter. I found a short on the board that was still there with the components removed.

A 100 ohm bleeder worked for me. I have to check what resistors I used in the tail though.

Hey all. I just got confirmation from Simon that he intends to go forward with switching the S2+ metal switch inner seal to the clear version across the board but he want’s to do some testing first. Have any of you guys that I sent them to installed an tested them yet? Simon is looking for feedback on how well they work so if you’ve used them please let me know how well they work and if you see any potential issues. Post pictures if you could. Either in the thread here or a PM to me is fine. Also some news for those on the “other side of the pond” as they say. Simon had another batch made and shipped to djozz in Amsterdam.
Looking forward to hearing some (hopefully good) reports.

I meant to install them in my already-modded lights this weekend and I had too much family stuff going on. Didn’t find the time. I’ll get it done one evening in the next few days and report my findings here. I’ve also already sent some out to a few other folks who’ve been working on these lights, but they probably haven’t had time to arrive yet. I’ll follow up with them.

I completely understand. Family certainly comes before flashlights. No rush buddy just let me know how they work when you get around to it. I still have to get around to sending a pile of these off to Richard.

how does one get that metal tail cap apart? I can’t seem to separate the buttons.

Ok, I figured out that the parts do not separate… I feel really stupid at this point. So I pulled a working switch and LED ring from another light to try it and I just get no light out of it. I found that i had to put kapton tape on the 2 solder points for the wires that tie to the switch, the board lights fine. I am assuming that these will have to be really bright to work.

Picture with out switch button installed. No light gets thru, at all!

On the metal switches, it’s definitely more for show than function. It looks awesome, but it does require more light (higher power draw) and it only has a small viewing angle (from the top)