Happy New Year to all!!
Yes, a year later, I am finally getting around to building my Eagle Eye X6 triple using the copper heat sink designed in Nitro’s thread here:
https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/31250
I am using the Noctigon XP32mm triple MCPCB with three XP V6 3D emitters installed along with the Ledil CUTE-3 triple optics as are described in Nitro’s original thread.
While drilling the center hole in the Noctigon MCPCB, I accidentally slipped and one of the 3 LEDs was mechanically dedomed. It appears all 3 LEDs still function properly. The only difference I observe so far is the relatively warmer tint of the one dedomed LED.
I am close to completing the build (probably tomorrow) and plan to finish the construction, thus retaining the 2 domed LEDs along with the single dedomed LED.
My question is: Should I do anything to coat the dedomed LED, or just leave it alone? Somewhere else, I think I have read that a clear epoxy is used to coat and protect the bare Phosphor on dedomed emitters. If so, can anyone recommend or point me to the proper epoxy to use?
Actually, I am a bit intrigued to see what mixing the dedomed/domed emitters does to the tint and the resultant beam characteristics. Based on how much I like the results, I may order a replacement MCPCB with 3 domed XP emitters as I do not have the right stuff and skill to replace the dedomed emitter.
Thanks!