Closed Official Haikelite MT09R *UPDATE Now including TA's Pricing for Emitter Upgrades* Closed

[hIKARInoob]

@Man Without Shadow

“We are removing this from both drivers the 35 high and 70.2.”

Does this affect thermal step down on the 70.2?

Which one? I double checked inside the carton box as well, maybe it fell out of the light or something, but I couldn’t find any.

[Man_Without_Shadow]

Thanks! I can see in the pictures where they attach to the driver…wondering where the other ends go when they leave the driver…

Do the RL, GL, K1, and B- stand for anything? or just arbitrary labels?

[NOT_Haikelite_USA_Of (NOT Haikelite USA Official)]

@Man Without Shadow

“We are removing this from both drivers the 35 high and 70.2.” Does this affect thermal step down on the 70.2?

This capacitor has nothing at all to do with temperature control or the UI.

Power issues are the only issues related to this.

TA and I are currently testing the thermal protection. I will update with the information we gather.

I promise you guys I have not stopped working on these lights.

Those of you that know TA are welcome to ask him and I am sure he will let you know I have been working on this long before the Holiday ended and with his help we are getting better results.

[Man_Without_Shadow]

@hIKARInoob

@Man Without Shadow

“We are removing this from both drivers the 35 high and 70.2.”

Does this affect thermal step down on the 70.2?

Which one? I double checked inside the carton box as well, maybe it fell out of the light or something, but I couldn’t find any.

Terry said they were removing that capacitor from both the 35 and 70.2…I wondered if it would affect the thermal regulation/step down on the 70.2…
(he just said it didn’t…)

Thanks!

[bimmernut318]

@hIKARInoob

@Man Without Shadow

“We are removing this from both drivers the 35 high and 70.2.”

Does this affect thermal step down on the 70.2?

Which one? I double checked inside the carton box as well, maybe it fell out of the light or something, but I couldn’t find any.

Too funny!

[SKV89]

@jasonxding

Hello ladies and gentlemen, beamshots video for triple XHP70

YouTube

Thanks alot! Beam shots were very clear. I bet it would be even more impressive if it wasn’t on auto exposure.

[Man_Without_Shadow]

is it beneath the yellow and red wire? or is that something else?

[Man_Without_Shadow]

thanks for the info! I’m not taking anything apart, or replacing anything… Just trying to learn what I see in the pictures…

[NOT_Haikelite_USA_Of (NOT Haikelite USA Official)]

@JasonWW

@Haikelite USA Official

We are removing this (capacitor) from both drivers the 35 high and 70.2.

I’ve only seen one picture of the 70.2 driver (your picture) and it had no capacitor. Are you saying some of the other 70.2 light drivers DO have this capacitor as well? Here is your picture. !{width:95%}https://i.imgur.com/RYowmSv.jpg! .

That was a pre production sample. It should bre in exactly the same place on the 70.2 driver.

[mortuus]

To all that wonders about that charger if its gonna actually ship out, I asked Dale if i could buy 1 of that powerbank/charger and he replied ,

The powerbank will be ready for sale next Wednesday.

Will pubic the info when it’s ready. You are in Groupbuy, we can offer one to you at special price.

Dale

[Phil_84]

Does anyone know if the NW variant of the 70.2 will still be sold officially later on? The colors will be restricted to black and white/silver, but i havent read anything about available LED variants.

[Wieselflinkpro]

Sorry, I did a Mistake with the tracking number. I changed LX… to LS… to get the following result.
But with the correct number I do not get a result.

Here is my old/wrong content

I have concerns with the tracking of my MT09R with XHP35.

I got a tracking-number from Dale and the first results are form 2018-03-07 as you see in the following. But my main concern is, that I live in Germany and not in the USA!

China
China EMS
Vereinigte Staaten
USPS

2018-03-12 16:01 ISC LOS ANGELES CA (USPS), Processed Through Facility, Your item has been processed through our facility in ISC LOS ANGELES CA (USPS) at 4:01 pm on March 12, 2018.

Ziel : Vereinigte Staaten - Abfragezeit: 443 ms

• 2018-03-12 16:01 ISC LOS ANGELES CA (USPS), Processed Through Facility, Your item has been processed through our facility in ISC LOS ANGELES CA (USPS) at 4:01 pm on March 12, 2018.

• 2018-03-07 20:08 CHINA, YIWU D EMS, Processed Through Facility

• 2018-03-07 18:22 Origin Post is Preparing Shipment

• 2018-03-07 18:22 CHINA, Acceptance

[Phil_84]

@Wieselflinkpro

I have concerns with the tracking of my MT09R with XHP35.

I got a tracking-number from Dale and the first results are form 2018-03-07 as you see in the following. But my main concern is, that I live in Germany and not in the USA!

China
China EMS
Vereinigte Staaten
USPS

2018-03-12 16:01 ISC LOS ANGELES CA (USPS), Processed Through Facility, Your item has been processed through our facility in ISC LOS ANGELES CA (USPS) at 4:01 pm on March 12, 2018.

Ziel : Vereinigte Staaten - Abfragezeit: 443 ms

• 2018-03-12 16:01 ISC LOS ANGELES CA (USPS), Processed Through Facility, Your item has been processed through our facility in ISC LOS ANGELES CA (USPS) at 4:01 pm on March 12, 2018.

• 2018-03-07 20:08 CHINA, YIWU D EMS, Processed Through Facility

• 2018-03-07 18:22 Origin Post is Preparing Shipment

• 2018-03-07 18:22 CHINA, Acceptance

If you dont receive yours, you can have mine ;)…
But maybe only the tracking number got mixed up by Dale?

[Wieselflinkpro]

Sorry, I saw I did a mistake. I changed LS and LX in the tracking number. But my tracking-Number with LX has no result yet.

[pooptoast]

So about this capacitor. My 70.2 version seems to be working fine, would removing this capacitor have any positive effect on the light? Improved output perhaps?

I’m not terribly worried about voiding my warranty, I figure even if I still have a warranty, sending it to and from China is not logistically realistic.

[SKV89]

Both of my 70.2s also didn’t have any problems but I’m also curious if removing the capacitor will bump the lumens further and by how much. I read Terry said it would further decrease parasitic drain so that’s one bonus.

[NOT_Haikelite_USA_Of (NOT Haikelite USA Official)]

@SKV89

Both of my 70.2s also didn’t have any problems but I’m also curious if removing the capacitor will bump the lumens further and by how much. I read Terry said it would further decrease parasitic drain so that’s one bonus.

Put a set of 30q's in it and test it. You get a touch more start up amperage with the 30q and when it hits that resistor it can't filter it properly so the light does the only thing it can ot resets.

That reset is the blink that people were seeing.

Then loosening the tail cap even just a quarter turn backed off spring compression a little and lowered the amperage no by just a tiny fraction and would all the light to come on.

I seemed to notice a very slight output increase after removing the capacitor. But being totally honest that could as well have been temperature, humidity, hell even the glass on my tube could have been cleaner.

[mortuus]

@Wieselflinkpro

Sorry, I saw I did a mistake. I changed LS and LX in the tracking number. But my tracking-Number with LX has no result yet.

A few lights didnt sadly go out before chinese holidays started, might be thats why u still havent got an update.

[jmm244]

Has anyone other than Terry with the classic turn on blink problem (like @bimmernut318) done the remove the capacitor mod on their group buy light?

Curious minds want to know…

[bimmernut318]

@jmm244

Has anyone other than Terry with the classic turn on blink problem (like @bimmernut318) done the remove the capacitor mod on their group buy light?

Curious minds want to know…

I have not as I am just seeing this in the last day or so. I am hesitant to do anything just yet as I have been in contact with Dale and in a holding pattern waiting to see what he is doing. Another day or so and I may have to rip this thing apart!