Yep, they look sort of “black and white” or achromatic versus proper light sources. I wouldn't call them awesome for this reason. They “blow up” the light meter figures, but who cares if you don't like it.
How did the reflector behave? If you're asking about rings or other artifacts, found none as far as I know.
Square, yes I know. Does the pitch equals that of the standard? Not sure, never measured a brass pill but 10 mm (1.25 mm pitch times 8 steps) seems a bit short to my eye. Maybe Simon should order a pill threading conversion, then sell his stock?
In all honesty, when flashlight parts combine or lego it is a pleasure. When they don't where they should, @#$%.
Hodor, I think the answer is yes, but not exactly. The reason for “not exactly” is the S12 uses that SST-40 driver in ∅22 mm format, which comes tuned for up to 6 A.
You can play with sense resistors to change the max preferred current though, i added an R050 on the existing R010 which theoretically makes it 7,2 A as Barkuti earlier discussed in THIS thread
I picked up an S12 host and ordered one of the new drivers. I’m going to try to modify a 17mm/22mm adapter to work. I want to make a XP-G3 photo red triple, but not sure how the red LEDs will hold up with this driver since the forward voltage of these emitters is quite a bit lower than blue/white LEDs. Haven’t played with red LEDs much. I figure either the LEDs will let out the magic smoke or the driver will get very hot. Maybe heat conductive potting compound around the driver will help?
The driver will be burning off ~50% of the wattage. Heat management will be necessary. A buck driver will be much better suited here obviously, but there’s only one way to find out how it will hold up
Yup, figured heat would be an issue in the driver. Do you know of any ~2.5v buck drivers that can do ~1.5A per emitter in a triple? I didn’t have any luck when I searched. Mtn seems to be perpetually out of stock on most of their drivers.
That is possible because these drivers feature thermal regulation / temperature protection. Since the voltage delta is huge, the flashlight should perceptibly dim down after a good deal of seconds in high. Remove the onboard NTC, and I bet soon you will see magic smoke coming out of it.
To properly build a triple with deep red emitters, I would choose some boost driver if available. For a Convoy S12, this ∅22mm Manta Ray “XHP50” driver with emitters mounted in a series MCPCB would make a real bright red flashlight. Or you could also go :-D rampage with the “XHP70” version (no idea if the KDLITKER MCPCB fits the S12 well, though).