Yesterday I ran a couple tests and found that level 140 did not cause smoking to occur, though 145 caused a small amount. It does not seem affected by temperature, just current - I raised the thermal limit to 55C and ran the light on level 140 with repeated jumps to ceiling, then on momentary turbo (140) until it got very hot and still saw no smoke.
On level 140, I am getting ~1,330 lumens, where before my 5000K B35Am was producing 1,600 on turbo.
The fix for this in Anduril2:
Advanced mode, when on, press 10H > wait for the 4th blink, then do nothing. This will deactivate Turbo and set max output to ceiling. Then when on, 7H > 2nd blink > press 1C and then 1H to set ceiling to 140. Do this second step for both stepped and smooth ramping.
I’ll do a quick video on this too to hopefully get the word out more.
I did the same like in the Luxwad Video with my D1 and DM11 B35AM and with a temperaturlimit from 50 degrees and ceiling 140 they work well and without smoke , thanks !
My main question still remains un-answered though.
There is a slight gap around the buttons retaining ring on my D4SV2.
Im wondering if this is a concern regarding water resistance?
Im a bit worried about using this light in the rain, and washing it under the tap with soap and water. I like to wash my lights.
The retaining ring is only seated about 85% of the way around the button leaving a slight gap on one side.
My other D4SV2 is fully seated 360°.
I received my D1 (B35AM 5000K with cyan switch light) and I like it. It has nice neutral tint and I think the cyan switch light goes quite well with the grey body. I would like to thank toobadorz and LuxWad for their research on the smoking of B35AM. Following their recommendations, I disabled turbo and limited the ceiling level to 140. I too get around 1300 lumens with my setting. It has relatively low lumens compared to other lights, but it is bright enough for me especially with the focused beam profile.
I would love to see RGB switch light instead of a single color led. I don’ think it is too complicated to implement since RGB aux light is already supported in Anduril. Can’t you just put the RGB aux light into the switch? Is it hard to implement?
The problem is not solved. My D1 (received a couple days ago) with B35AM 5000K smokes on turbo.
One solution to avoid the smoke would be to configure the light to reduce output. Users found that B35AM does not smoke if output is limited to 140/150. So, I disabled turbo and limited the ceiling level to 140. One thing to note is that this configuration can be reset, so it would be crucial that users remember to configure the light every time they reset or reflash the light.
If you let it smoke with the reflector on, it seems that the reflector gets stained. So, I would highly recommend that you avoid the smoke.
Hank said he would limit the current in the future batches, but it has not been announced yet as far as I know.
I´m not sure if you can see the post without logged in
The user Bobbers wrote:
“My D1 B35AM 4500K arrived today, Hank texted me yesterday that all the lamps are going through final inspection and that I can use the turbo as normal.
In any case, the first 40-50 seconds of turbo did not show any smoke on the LED :)”
And the user ennokin wrote:
“I ordered my D1 B35AM 4000K on 08/01 and he already sent me the new version. Turbo works without smoking, he also confirmed this to me by email.”
It seems the new version is ready. But we have to wait for Hanks reply
Hank, these look like discrete R, G and B LED packages as opposed to the RGB combos used for aux lights, is that the case? Could other combinations be possible?