Well, I’m still not getting the current readings I want from my 2010, but they seem to be working better than the stock DMM leads. No way to compare with even better leads yet.
Lol, fair enough. I assumed all were copper cable but must admit I never really thought about it before. Why don’t you just buy the banana plugs and make your own with thicker cable, it’s pretty simple and prob give the best results. You could use house hold wire I guess, maybe the lead off of a high power appliance…
#$@%!!! My HD2010 is DEAD! Popped in 3 different cells (all above 4.14v), click the switch and NOTHING! Argh! The light was working last I knew! Last thing I did was put packing tape on the backside of the reflector to protect from shorts on the LED leads. Then it just sat for weeks untouched. Seems the LED is blown. The LED looks normal, no discoloring at all. When I put a battery in with the switch on and measure voltage across the wires attached to the star I am getting 4.15v. When I turn the switch off I get 0.00v like I expect. This does indicate the LED is bad/blown, right? Shouldn't the driver be sending lower voltage where I am measuring though? Or does the driver pass the full battery voltage to the LED? Oh, my driver was the "East-092" variety.
In any case, I was able to get some measurements on my protected 18650 TF Flame 2400mAh (from KD) with my 3 mode Manafont Ultrafire XM-L drop-in. Battery fully charged at 4.20v gives me 4.80A when pressing in on the driver spring a bit. My protected Tenergy 18650 2600mAh gives me 5.02A. Wish I could have gotten measurements in the HD2010 though!
Literally just finished sending Erik a request seconds ago for this exact setup! Although I am wondering whether or not to choose a T6 3C for "neutral white". I hear people like/prefer cool white for throwers.
I’m on it (buying from online stores will be quite expensive for just a simple leads, so looks like the only way will be… buy all that stuff in local store )
I can not ever get reading that high on my MF TFF 3000mah batteries in anything (dont like them and wish I had spent the money on something else |( ) ! I get high readings off my SF blue and white, and the cgr18650ea panasonics unprotected are always the highest especially right off the charger.
It's nice to see I'm not the only one getting high current from Solarforce blues. For whatever reason, those original protected 18650's almost always read higher than every other cell I have. (except King Kongs)