I have this driver and in the SRK with 4 xml it only draws 7A off 4 vtc6, so I think the Achilles heel of this driver is the old type FET. I do not know if you’ll get 26A out of it. Plus, the UI in line is wonky and doesn’t work great so I ended up swapping back in the old driver because it gives the same performance as this one. Did you try looking on AE for a driver? I found an MT03 driver that might work, but it’s for 3 emitters…MT03 Driver $45.00 | Haikelite MT03 driver Flashlight Drive Board Circuit board 8.4V 21000lm XHP70 MT03Circuit 淘宝网 - 淘!我喜欢 but holy smokes for the driver and shipping it’s $80! You could possibly try a Q8 driver?
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Thank You for that info ! :+1: The SRK is an option new to me and I may get one just for testing purposes.
The Haikelite MT03 driver is an option I may have to use, Thanks for finding that ‘Sirstinky’ .
China stores are using DHL higher delivery rates due to late, damaged and lost packages. Sales will deminish over time. I have already canceled 2 projects due to shipping costs alone.
It does not perform well at 1s voltages but according to the datasheet it should deliver ~100 amps at 4.5V gate voltage. The MCU feeds the gate the zener regulated voltage right? The zener mtn uses is a 4.7V zener, so yea, the fet should be capable of high amp delivery with 2s config.
Edit: Looks like the SRK V2 uses a 5V LDO, not a zener. The conclusion is the same.
The LED tests I see on BLF show the XHP70.2 hit the peak before 26 amps. More like 20A. I don’t think you’re going to get 26+ amps to each LED but that may be for the best.
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I want to drive 4 x XHP70.2 leds at 6 to 8 amps each. Do you think it will ? If so, I will purchase one and test it on my Bench Power Supply. It will be another water cooled light so heat is no problem at all.
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Oh ok. With 2s4p config the driver should not have a problem giving them lots of current. With limited resistance in the circuit I bet 4x XHP70.2 would pull 60 amps or something on fresh cells. You’ll have to let us know!
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Nice Maglight mod ‘nmbusa’ !! And yes, I am starting to learn how to make a driver, but it will take time sinse I know nothing eletronically.
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Looking at this again, that FET will have ~.005 Ohm resistance nominal with 2S voltages. It would have a .15V, 4.5W loss at 30A, .3V, 18W loss at 60A. That’s a lot of heat to lose in the FET.
With some driver surgery, you know, slicing new gate / source pads out of the massive drain pad, then jumping them to the default g/s pads, you could mount a BSC009NE2LS5ATMA1 on there. That would have ~3W loss at 60A.