New XP-L High Intensity Emitter

[keltex78]

I finished building this up last night!

Using Convoy S6:

Triple XPL-HI on Noctigon:

…With the DD FET driver, and one of the new LG 3000mAh High-Drain cells, IT LIVES!

This light was built using the technique I mentioned here:

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 …

…only with a couple of modifications. As the wall of the PEX plug are not extremely thick, I found a brass pipe nipple that was the exact diameter to make a tight fit within the ID of the spacer I’m using. After cutting the plug to the length needed, I cut a piece of the nipple down to fit, then soldered it into the ID of the plug. I then filed/sanded the junction until it was a flat surface that would seat perfectly against the S6’s brass pill. I then soldered the plug/spacer to the pill, and finally, soldered the Noctigon directly to the spacer. It now has a DTP from the emitter, all the way through to the body of the light.

My next step will be to braid-bypass the switch spring.

Unfortunately, I don’t have an amp meter that can read the higher current levels, so I have no way of quantifying this light’s output. It is significantly brighter than my previous triple, XP-G2 @ 3A in a S3 host.

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