I think the idea is that rather than searching through the entire library of threads you can read down the index to locate topics. It’s old fashioned but works extremely well when limited to a page or two of thread topics. Searches perform better sorting though the overwhelmingly vast amounts of info on the web but there are times when I’d kill for an index like this one. Thanks G.
The Neutralizer:
Little Nellie:
Little Nellie & companion:
Haven’t modded for awhile… XM-L plateau.
Rich
Scaru’s excellent xm-l tint and binning guide. Some of this information is transferable to other emitters, it will certainly help to find your feet.
Scaru’s emitter comparison thread. Ideal to pick an emitter to suit a new host.
How about we ask Mr.Admin if we can vote on threads ?
If he's worried about thumbs down votes why not just make a thumbs up ...so threads in a group could be searched for by popularity .?
If all these threads are so popular they would be naturally floating to the top ..
I’m not quite sure I follow, the idea is to build a data base to point noobs to, hopefully, it will contain much of the necessary basic info for them to get started.
Thinking about it, I need to add some threads on li-po safety etc.
I also need to sort this thread out, just been pretty busy in real life.
Eventually it’ll have groups, so if someone wants to mod a Maglite, there will be a selection of links for inspiration, scaru’s emitter data is invaluable for making informed decisions on which emitter to pick for a specific application.
There are also simple emitter/driver swaps in some lights, if someone wants to “have a go” some lights are a better pick than others (forgive my bias, but the m10 springs to mind as a good first mod light).
Gords, I do plan to make another thread about battery safety at some point. I'll PM you a link when I make it. (Have to finish and proof the 2 I've done so far)
Edit: The reason I'm making these threads is I want to simplify some of the things that always confused me when I first joined up. That along with having some free time. :)
Yeah, keep us informed scaru, I’m on here a lot though so its unlikely I’ll miss it, :bigsmile: can you include some charger recommendations and links? It’d be good to keep it all in one thread.
I’m glad we’re getting this built up now, it can be quite intimidating asking the question in the first place, I’m hoping this thread will help people out.
We could also do with doing a thread on series/parallel wiring of emitters, to explain what can work and what won’t work, I personally think that building/modding lights is far more rewarding than just buying lights.
I was waiting on some drivers and bits coming in after doing my m10 builds, I was actually bummed to have nothing to play with, now I’m waiting on some hosts, more emitters and other bits, in the mean time, I have a supply of drivers and bits to update some of my other lights, hoping to get on them this week, more dining table builds, but I’ll try to share, its nothing fancy, but again may provoke people to have a go, get rid of the blinkies in a cheap eBay c8, maybe swap the cw emitter for a nicer nw option. 8)
Scaru’s rechargeable lithium cell guide.
Note :- rechargeable lithium cells charge to 4.2v and discharge to 3v.
Primary lithium cells come in the packet at 1.7ish volt and discharge to 1v ish DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RECHARGE PRIMARY LITHIUM CELLS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
wow,cool
Just wanted to drop in a ‘Don’t do what I did’ and not sure where else to put it.
I wanted a nice floody EDC that could crank 2000+ lumens if I wanted so I decided to throw an XHP-70 in a Convoy M1. I just got a linear regulated driver recently and while it didn’t cost an arm and a leg it was ideal and clean with 12 total regulators. I had seen other modders just throw the reflector over these XHP-70’s without any kind of fitting or cradle which is what I did. Everything was fine until I decided to go OCD and unscrew the head to realign the sink just a hare because it was ever so slightly off-center. I guess I screwed the head down too tight and the reflector ended up crushing off the little plastic (or whatever) around the 4 corners of the emitter fixture revealing the bare metal. I didn’t realize early enough this was happening and turned the light on shorting the driver out enough to kill it. I haven’t tried to figure out what died yet and right now I’m just direct driving it with some red efest IMR18350’s which at least lets me blast more lumens than from the regulators but I miss my modes.
Anyway I ended up just cutting out a small donut shaped ‘cover’ using some thick paper so the reflector doesn’t sit directly on that exposed metal and it works. I’m sure they sell these things somewhere because they make them for the single emitters but I haven’t seen any.