FENIX TK 40 "UPGRADE " to xml t6

LED Flashlights – General Info Multiple AA / 14500 Flashlights
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so my tk40 driver is toast . im not too knowleagable with drivers and will need help

Plan is to replce driver and also replace the mce with a xml .The mce star is 20mm one and iv found replacement xml wirh 20mm star on

Light mall for 7 bucks …

as i sad im a newbie when it comes to drivers and emitters . battery voltage is 8 AA . 2 pairs giving 4 to 6 volts . iv open the whole flashlight apart !!! Lots of space for driver . I plan to solder the good new driver on top of Burnt driver . now the driver is a 3 wire one cos it has an elctronic clikie switch .

so my tk40 driver is toast . im not too knowleagable with drivers and will need help

Plan is to replce driver and also replace the mce with a xml .The mce star is 20mm one and iv found replacement xml wirh 20mm star on

Light mall for 7 bucks …

as i sad im a newbie when it comes to drivers and emitters . battery voltage is 8 AA . 2 pairs giving 4 to 6 volts . iv open the whole flashlight apart !!! Lots of space for driver . I plan to solder the good new driver on top of Burnt driver . now the driver is a 3 wire one cos it has an elctronic clikie switch . Cant finda 3 wire driver for xml !!!Pictures to follow….

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where do i buy a 3 wire driver from ???

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I have no idea about this TK40’s driver.
If there is space around 20mm, LD-29 is one of my list.

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Try to post image of driver (both sides)

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!http://www.modelbouwforum.nl/forums/members/walterk-albums-algemeen-picture25160-tk40-parts.jpg! !www.modelbouwforum.nl/forums/members/walterk-albums-algemeen-picture25158-tk40-mce-cree-detail-parts.jpg! Its potted and unaccesable. But *!* because your driver is wasted anyway, you can drill or dremel around the copper contact pads and remove the driver. Just keep the copper contact pads to glue them back in place with the driver. Finding a driver is not the problem, making room for the driver is more work. I don't see how you can mount a driver on top of the existing pill.

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Here the pics are.

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Il post pictures Of the driver once i get home . I banged it on the table and it came off . ! Thanks for the help guys . Much appreciated !!! This is my is my first led liht mod and ITS FUN !!!

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there 10 mm space under the driver so lots of room

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this the one il buy from lightmalls to replace the 630 lumens mce. im hoping to get 1000 lumens from this light if you guys can find me a driver thatl fit in there and do the job!

this is old warhorse that has died which i need to bring back to life J)

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So where do the 3 wires go? 2 to Led and 1 to the electronic switch?

You may want to pm Drjones as he sells a TK35 compatible driver that may work with yours.

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3rd wire screws to body :frowning:

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Are you sure the tk40 uses an electronic switch? That sounds like it may not be.

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Mine does.

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Ok, then I'm out of ideas. :(

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Yes sir ! the battery carrier has a contact at the back which contacts to spring on tail cap . the clickie in tail cap is electronic click . Light press needed only . Definatly not a reverse or forward clikie . im thinking of modified the carrier and adding a forward clicky switch. thatl require taking out the negative points from the front of battery carrier .

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Scaruuuu dont give up now ! 8)
i will get a 1000 lumens from this thing urrrgghhh !!!

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Just PM DrJones. He makes and sells Electronics Drivers so he can definitely hook you up. Simple 7135 drivers are about all I can handle. :( Good Luck. :) Oh yeah here the description of his programs are from this thread.

I sell drivers like the NANJG105C 2.8A with custom firmware. I have written three firmware programs for these:

  • luxdrv, for usual flashlights with a clicky. Key features: Ramping; programmable (i.e. modes are configurable by the user, by a number of taps), the number of modes can be changed, too; battery indicator. Special UI that allows to have many modes without the need to cycle through all of them.
  • lumodrv, for flashlights with an electronic switch, like UltraFire T50, SkyRay King, UltraFire H3. Unfortunately all those light are not quite modding friendly. Key features: Ramping; hidden extended modes; double-click to high; momentary mode; battery indicator.
  • lumo35drv, for flashlights with a clicky (for power) and an additional electronic switch (for modes), suited for the TK35 and it's clones for example (requires modding to parallel battery setup). Key features: Ramping; hidden extended modes.
  • I also can do some custom firmware; recently I sold some drivers with varying frequency strobe only.

The driver hardware always is a linear driver using AMC7135 current regulators:

  • Input voltage: 3V-5V (more like >3.3V to stay in regulation), well suited for driving an XM-L with a single Li-ion cell or multiple cells in parallel. Driving multiple XM-Ls is possible with a master driver and some slave drivers. Driving 2 XM-Ls in series with 2 Li-ion cells in series should work in a special setup (i.e. if you know how to do it. Don't connect >6V directly to the driver!)

Links: luxdrv -- TheKlone35 & lumo35drv and a review -- lumodrv

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has your tk40 led gone dark brownish in colour ? I felt mine was around 300 lumens on turbo ! Thats why i screwed up the driver by doing crazy stuff to it

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Thanks scaru !
Il get a bunch of drivers and try diffrent methods and see how it goes !
scary whats a normal driver you know of that drives a xml really hard . 2 wire normal driver . il remove the electronic switch , put a clikie . Reroute the negative to body .il solder the driver to body . I think …umm . Sheeesh .phew phew