What did you mod today?

Good idea! :wink:

Infuriating to say the least, I like to take them apart even if I’m not doing any mods. :rage:

Or use the “TEVA”-method. In my case: clamp a (clean) hiking boot upside down between your thighs, press the bezel on the sole and turn. Especially thin bezels like that of my RRT-0 come loose quite easy.

If one makes me mad enough, I’ll drill holes in it and use a drill bit through the holes for leverage, fill the holes with JB Weld or something later. When I get onto getting it open, open it will!

I tried something similar. I used one of the rubber pads from the grocery store for opening stuck jars on the top of the bezel. Also tried sticking a large piece of the 3M indoor stairway grip tape on the bezel then pressing my palm into it and turning.

In my experience, these methods don’t provide nearly as much leverage as the tape around the edges of the bezel with pliers. And unfortunately, I had no success on this light with either method.

A rock solid 4.5A. Huzzah!
Feels good to get that chip stacking monkey off my back.

Very nice!
Low mode is “enough” low ?

Nice work Of. I had faith in your abilities all along. You have just put a big smile on my dial. :slight_smile:
Now what is the hot rod driver going into?

After just building fourteen red XP-E2 lights for other people (hunters), I figured I would build a special one for myself. The deep red Luxeon rebel has always intrigued me, and I needed a change from the XPE2s. This is the first rebel I’ve had mounted on a direct thermal path SinkPad II. These little rebels are rated for max 750mA, so I had to drive them at 1.5A per emitter. As already posted, I stacked a Qlite drive for 4.5A to run my triple. SinkPad triple boards are set up for easy series hookup, but not so convenient for parallel. You also have to remember to grind the edges, or it won’t fit in a 20Mm tube.

I started by building a little contact board to run the 22AWG Teflon leads from the driver pads. This mod wouldn’t have worked with silicone wires as they are twice as thick.

Attaching the 26AWG Teflon LED wires.

I had to expand the hole in the SinkPad, and still barely got the wires through. It’s a good thing I thought to stick an insulater disc to the roof of the pill, as there is no more room left inside. It’s jammed in tight. There is no room to store any slack wire. A real tight fit.

All the wires had to be sized and stripped to the exact length at the emitter. Time to add a Carlco optic and screw this baby into somethin.

A red triple should always be installed in a red host. That’s class.

Yep! It’s red alright.

Still red. My cat seems to like it.

Still red

Here’s the 18350 version for those who prefer a shorty.

Q: Why did Ouchyfoot build himself a red flashlight?
A: He has absolutely no idea.

Because he COULD!
Nice one, looks pretty stinking awesome! :smiley:

I’m still amazed how you guys do this type of mod. Nice work.
I see you have a cat picture ready to enter into OL latest giveaway. :slight_smile:

where can i buy illuminated tailcap?

Put an XP-L Hi into a Solarforce Pro-1 and hooked up a 2.8A driver I had, running a single 18650.

Works ok. :slight_smile:

Visit the link in my signature to order parts to build your own if you’d like. I don’t sell them personally.

Sometimes it’s the simple things…

I “modded” the new Trustfire TR-J20 and gained 1000 lumens plus a few. Easy peasy mod, as it were. My Trustfire 32650’s came in from Richard, they bested the BASEN 26650’s by that 1000 lumens. Sometimes the right cell choice is HUGE, taking this one from 17.64A to 21.71A at the tail.

The UCLp lens gained me just shy of 400 lumens as well. So for a lens swap and the right cells I’m up 1400 lumens. I’m taking it! :wink:

“Final” count, 12,765 lumens out the front.

Cut it out Dale! One of these days you’re going to ignite the atmosphere leaving nothing but a charred wasteland.

What driver did you put in the TG06? I am liking the yellows/reds/oranges!

Must admit I’m really liking that yellow gold tailcap. Todays mod was another s2+. This one with A6 driver, triple CU spacer and triple V2 1A. This was a first in that the triple was huge. I tried the carclo and multiple hosts all nogo. First glass only triple. A little too cool for my liking but it certainly fills a room. Heading outside now. Also finished one that did nothing but cause problems.

Are you accusing him of being an economist? :stuck_out_tongue:

A glass triple optic? Where did you get it? Can you post a link to it?

This thread certainly lacks pics…WE NEED PICS !