i assemble omten 1288 in my flashlights for a long time ,buy i didnt get any reply that the switch was broken .
and the alarm low voltage of 7135 driver is still about 3.0V.
i heard that some friend in this forum said that their 1288 switches were broken ,but the switches were not the omten .
any evidence to the show omten 1288 is a bad switch ?
we can not judge it directly only by our intuitive impression 。
and last, dont worry that the aluminum holder will damage the switch . because when i assembled the C8 flashlight ,i use big strength to tighten the brass ring on the swtich .and no problem happened
last ,why i updated the C8 ,
first ,the pill of old C8 is not good ,sometimes bad contact between the pill and host .
second,greenish tint around the light beam ,new reflector solve this problem
third,i use 1288 switch on my most of flashlights ,because i’m ready to design a universal remote switch for those flashlights
of course the data writes 1000mA,so many swtiches writes 1000mA,this is just type data ,
BTW ,pls recommend me some switches that the data writes 3000mA ,or more.
following are some photo of 1288 inner structure
Some of the most inaccurate and deceptive stuff I have seen specified on that website for many years. Even if this one turn out to be true regrading the switch, my initial statement still remains.
BLF member tested few omten switches,and you can see,the bigger the switch-the lower resistance,which is logical because of bigger contacts.
Switch in older design was perfectly fine,did anyone report failure of that switch?If not, why changing something that works for years?
If your idea was to reduce size of tailcap,here's the picture of convoy M1,new C8,old C8 tailcaps:
M1 tailcap has smallest diameter and it's just few mm longer than new C8 tailcap.Old C8 has obviously the biggest tailcap.
But if you look inside,little surprise:
Convoy M1 has identical parts and switch size like old C8!
IMHO,M1 style with all-brass parts+brass ring on tube+big switch has best tailcap design.
I like 20mm switch pcb standard,it's much more flexible(you can easily put smaller switch if you want) and many flashlights already use it.Another good thing is more reliable copper braiding,compared to spring-only style:
I solder copper braid inside of brass plug,and then onto pcb.This way you get lower resistance,and there is less mechanical stress on copper braid-solder connection compared to spring-only style.
These are just my opinions and suggestions,it's your flashlight-your decisions.
Wait a second, I don’t think that is new Convoy C8?
Because the new Convoy C8 should have bigger opening at the reflector bottom and there should be a white centering piece according to the picture posted by Simon,
And isn’t the new C8 has SMO reflector?
