ImA4Wheelr:
Appreciate the offer to take one for the team, but it doesn’t seem worth killing an MT-G2. Seems better to build a dummy load and test. Would have to be one tough dummy load though.
Your off the top of the head estimated current sounded right to me too. It wasn’t until later that it hit me that it didn’t ad up. Not sure if Ouchy is pulling my leg, but that tail measurement of 13 amp for 3S and Dry would scare the heck out of me if it happened to me.
As far as shorting the voltage sense resistor bank causing no more regulation, I think that depends on the circuit. I and others have done it to many 3S drivers with no harm even to xml’s. Ouchy did it with the new Dry and didn’t kill his MT-G2. I think it depends on were the bucking happens, but I have insufficient electronics knowledge to know for sure. The voltage sensor bank is usually for current regulator and shorting usually just sets to max current. The regulator attempts to deliver enough current to achieve a set voltage across the bank. When it can’t, it just delivers all it can (which is generally limited by design).
I agree. If you will remember back in this thread of yours
Finally, every inch of this long light is contributing to projecting photons. The finished light looks completely stock on the outside, except for a dedomed xml2 and AR lens.
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Distance to the pine tree is about 250 feet. The tree is about 70 feet tall. It looks close to house, but it about 150 feet behind the house from the perspective of where the picture was taken. The emitter is just a touch too far behind the reflector when the below picture as taken (was about 284kcd at the tim…
I blew 2 xml’s when I cranked the pot a little over 7 amps. I never figured out what was happening, I just know something had meet its limit. I think you had a few do the same.