Red XP-E vs red XP-E2

Flashlight Modding and DIY Parts
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Looking at these pair for red LED throwers.

I’m not seeing what advantage the XP-E2 has apart from a 5 degree tighter viewing angle.

Looking at running them with around 1.5A

Am I missing something here?

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This may be of some help.

https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/25262?page=1#comment-569264

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Thanks, much appreciated. :slight_smile:

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I’ve put these in a few hunting lights, and 1.4a works pretty well. Make sure you are using copper mcpcbs, and have a good thermal path.

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In the same thread MRsDNF the order codes come up (#55). The takeaway is that for second gen (XP-E2) you want to see XPEB in your order code on Mouser/Digikey/whatever. You may already be all boned up on that but I thought I'd go ahead and mention it since I had trouble with it initially.

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Cheers. Looking at Cutter.