Thanks for the update and pictures. How exactly is the driver glued in? are you referring to the control panel with the pushbutton, battery LEDs, and the 4 little screws, or are you talking about the battery contact board?
Thanks a dozen for the pictures! Really interesting “star”. I supposed the negative terminal is the body of the “star” itself, through the walls of the flashlight. It is held down by a retaining ring right? I wonder if there could be heat transfer issues because the only way heat could get out is through the sides of the “star”.
If you do managed to resistor-mod it, pls share with us. It is indeed an interesting light and I am sorely tempted to get one too! :bigsmile:
between the driver pill ( the one with power button ) and the battery tubing… it’s glued, I can see the driver with retaining ring… so when they put in the driver they must have glued that section afterward
This looks very close to the Nitcore P25 Smilodon, ( the head is the same and the battery tube is the same) with cooling fins similar to the EC25 model, and a different switch & meter.
I just liked the light because the battery meter… it’s nice for once if you don’t have to guess how much battery left ( well you still have to guess little bit but it gives you an idea ) , especially when you left it in the trunk/glove compartment for a long time… oh yeah not to mention it’s cheap enough you can just toss it anywhere
I’m curious on how accurate the batter meter is, ( what voltage the cell is at for each of the meter’s indications are. Also do the light shut down or give a warning when the cell approaches the low-safe limit of discharge.
well… we’ll never know now, I took out the 4 screws, and able to see the driver, good news is it’s has resistor on it, so it’s modable with resistor mod… bad news is, once I put everything back together… now the mode and the battery meter is not working anymore :_(