Dear friends, as the title says.
I have always wanted to try and build a TIR optics flashlight but been held off due to the possible mechanical work involved and choices of various hosts and optics.
Can anyone give out recipes how to make single led and 3up?
Links to proper hosts and parts are most appreciated. There were similar posts for making p60.
Err. no response so far.
Ok, let me put it in a different way.
If I order from RMM the 3-up carclo optics (link ) and the triple XPG2 on Noctigon (link ), what driver should I use to give 2A to each led? What host? Regular P60 host like solarforce? What pill should I use? P60 pill would work?
Merry Christmas!
After reading part of the big post of “Noctigon 20mm copper triple XPG”, I think I finally got some logic out of it. P60 is not suitable for this because the pill is around 17mm and the reflector opening is 26mm. So a convoy S series (tube lights) would fit better for these board and optics.
Driver wise I can use stacked Q-lite.
And the height difference between the optics and the reflector will have to be compensated with a copper or aluminum rod with the center drilled for wires.
Right?
That’s what I decided in the last 24h reading the aforementioned thread again and again.
Though the copper rod is not just for filling space, but essential for heat sinking to.
I’m lacking tools, so I would like to try this mod using only a soldering iron and a dremel tool (for polishing the copper rod).
I would buy the copper locally, there are companies doing the cutting and milling for you.
(Would cost ~10€ for one heat sink of 22mm diameter, 20mm length and a 3mm hole drilled.)
I found this thread of dorpmuller very inspiring too:
I would probably go with a mix of both threads.
Plus I think that P60 lights are still usable, because there are many successful mods out there, wether it be Surefire, Solarforce or custom lights.
The overall outer surface area of the little lights and how well they shed heat into the outside air or your hand will be the ultimate limiting factor, the mass of the pill and/or its contact with the inside of the light isn't going to change that.