Help building 1st triple (Convoy S8)

[keltex78]

I soldered my high-power triple metal-to-metal without any adhesives or fujik, to get the best possible thermal path.

Copper PCB is soldered to brass spacer which is soldered to brass pill…

And like Yourrid sez: It gets VERY HOT FAST!

Here’s how my pill setup works:

Convenient budget spacer for Triple EDC found... @ Lowe's!

I was at Lowe's a couple of days ago looking through the plumbing parts for a suitable piece to use for a spacer in my triple build. I'm using a Convoy S2 and the 20mm Nichia triple from KD for this project. After about 30 minutes of browsing, I located this "3/4 PEX test plug": it's a brass piece that looked suitable, only about $2, so I bought it. [image] On opening the package, I measured the plug and found some interesting dimensions: The OD of the head is... 20mm - Convenient The OD of …