P60 Dual XM-L on copper project

Flashlight Modding and DIY Parts
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I decided to make dual XM-L P60 :bigsmile:

First, i drilled the reflector with a 16mm hole saw

Then i cut a piece of 16mm copper bar and drilled 2 holes in it for the cables. One hole broke through the side, but it doesn’t matter.

I’m using an Led-tech copper pcb that will sit on the copper like this

Here it is with the 2 XM-L’s on it

This is how it will look installed in the reflector

I’ve not decided if this will be direct drive, or use a driver, but i’m waiting on drivers and blank 17mm pcb’s to arrive.

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I love that Cu heat sink. Nice work! Im looking forward to your beam shots. It should be a mega-flooder.

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Yeah, i can’t wait to get it powered up :slight_smile: I’ll drill a smooth reflector too so i can compare the beams.

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NICE project! … and thanks for sharing.
I look forward to seeing and hearing more about it!
If you have another XM-L P60 it would be great to see comparison beamshots.

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Yeah no problem, i’ve a direct drive XM-L P60, and an XM-L2 P60 running about 4.25A

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DD should make for a nice (if not short lived) hand warmer. >)

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Nice work, I like the way you used the PCB! One question: why not have the reflector sit on the pcb so more of the reflector is used?

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Yeah, things could get toasty :slight_smile:

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I hadn’t really thought about that. I just had a 16mm hole saw and wanted to see what it looked like with the copper pcb on show.

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Can’t wait to see the end results (and beam shots).

You could stack 7135s on a driver for 6 amps and end up with lower modes for longer run times and less heat.

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Nice. I've never seen a LED base used this way. I'm looking forward to the next instalment.

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Very cool...Im tuned in

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I have drivers, blank pcb’s, and 7135’s on the way, so I’ll see how I get on.

I can’t take credit for the dual led on one pcb, Nailbender sells dual xp-g’s on a single pcb. This might be the first dual XM-l though?

I’m contemplating dismantling my direct drive single XM-l p60 so I can get this one up and running :slight_smile:

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I couldn’t wait any longer, so i’m making it direct drive.

A bit more progress

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I finished this today :slight_smile:
One Led wasn’t working, so i had to remove the pcb and remove the led’s, test them, and reflow them again.

So, here’s the finished product

And the disastrous beamshot :_(

I’ll have another go at this with a bit of modification and a new reflector at some stage.

An interesting thing though, it was causing problems with the 7 Amp protection circuit on my Enerpower+ 2900mAh/3C cell(pulling nearly 8 Amps from the cell), and when i put in a Senybor IMR (Panasonic cgr18650ch), it pulled 12 Amps J)

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12 amps for 2 emitters, nice! But the beam is far from pretty. :D

Btw., could you set the size of your pictures to 100%?

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I’ve made the last 2 pics a bit bigger, but if i make them any larger they don’t fit the page.

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LOL! I had a feeling your beam shot would look like it did. You’re too far into the reflector to get anywhere close to the correct focus.

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I did that about 2 or more years ago , dual XP-G , and Dual XM-L ..

The dual XP-G is better as the emitters are smaller , but you do get the do-nut hole , think back to SSC P7 and MC-E

https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/2143

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I meant smaller. :P

You can set the size to 100% in the posting process in the "appereance" tab. 100% in the first field for dimensions, clear the second one.