D.I.Y. Illuminated tailcap

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)

Btw where did you buy your yellow leds? Mine are more orange

Hello everyone .
I want 2 of these clear rubber seals , where can i get them from?
thanks

It should be these… The 0603’s are a PITA! I think I will go back to 0805’s.

Yellow LED

For Convoy S2+ i meant :stuck_out_tongue:

a user PM’d me this question

The S2+ will have just a little light showing through the ring around the metal switch. It will take more power draw for it to be seen vs a light with a silicone boot, and it will be mostly for looks, not as effective for locating the light. But man, it sure does look cool. :cowboy_hat_face:

Parts:

- Rev 5.1 ring for 14mm boots

- 0805 LEDs in your choice of color (the board has room for 6 on three channels of 2 LEDs each, but I usually use 3 in parallel).

- 0805 Resistors

- Clear gasket from Simon or nylon glove to waterproof.

  • Small amount of wire, preferably something small like 24awg or smaller

You do not need the switch, that come in the S2+ already.
The S2+ has that metal switch that I talked about, so it won’t take a silicone boot.

You will need to solder the LEDs and Resistors to the ring, then connect the vias (plated holes) to the standard switch connections in the light. It will not require moving the switch or spring to a new board. It would be helpful to have a power supply or something to test the ring outside of the light to get your brightness set without having to assemble/disassemble the light constantly.

Btw I will be making a new version of Rev5, with pots on the underside of the board, and 2 channels of 3 emitters instead of 3 channel’s of two. That will work better for how I have been using them.

Yes! That would be a welcome change for me too

Thanks Pd

It’s a little tougher outside the US a the moment but a bunch are on their way to Amsterdam yet as more requests keep coming in from different parts of the globe Simon is going to list them in his store soon. If you are ordering anything else from Simon’s Aliexpress store just send him a message with your order and he can throw them in with whatever else is being shipped.

Here we go, 16mm Rev5.2. One potentiometer per three emitters. Keep in mind potentiometers will probably need to be adjusted before installation in the light, as they will be hard to access once everything is soldered down.

Bridge point “P” (parallel) to put all six emitters in parallel under the same pot.
Bridge point “B” (Bypass) to bypass the pots and directly connect the LEDs to the Pos and Neg terminals (will need to use pots or resistors on the switch pcb, such as the Rev4 board.

Hey pdog… can you make the center hole a little larger so that it will fit over the square body switches?

Sure, won’t be tonight though, the desktop just got shut down.

Can you measure what size the hole needs to be, and how big the base of the switch is? (to see where I need to put the pos/neg terminals and resistors)

What version of 5 do you want it modeled after?

I have been sanding down the switch to fit the ring! Switch post is 8mm, body is 12mmX12mm and contacts are on opposing corners.

Do you want it more like Rev5b, 5.1, or 5.2?

I like the 5b… the one with 3 resistors and 6 leds.