Supbeam K50 - new search light

Yes.

charging current is 2 amps.

Each 18650 is loaded whit 500mAh.

Thanks for sharing. I like the change to a parallel battery set up and how the holster extends the full length of the flashlight and appears to be sealed at the bottom. I can't wait to see how this light responds to modding.

Yes you are right man, the batteries are in parallel from the picture in Markus’s review here,

And borrow the picture from Markus,

No. It looks like the batteries would be parallel, but they are not. The battery holder gives 16.8V to the driver, but somehow (don't know how, yet) charges the cells with ~5V voltage (= parallel?!?).

Yes, very weird, but true.

And here's some bonus pics..

Size comparison to some of my lights:

Reflector size compared to TN32 (& X60): [makes TN32 to look so tiny.. ;)]

Suprisingly this big reflector doesn’t outthrow TN32, even though K50 is hardly driven as well.

Doesn't, or then, maybe it does.. wemmwemm measured 245kcd, which is more than TN32. My sample is obviously a pre-production version and it doesn't reach 1600lm either ("only" 1320lm OTF 30s) => I assume that (not measured yet) it's mildly driven => more modding potential.. ;)

This guy calculates that it'll throw much better even if it's not driven to the max.

How interesting. If its not to much trouble, could you please unscrew the connecting screws and remove the top plates off the carrier? It would be interesting to see whats between the two plates on each end to manage that.

I can try. The other end has epoxied screws, but hey.. I'll do whatever for the review! :)

Thanks for trying. Good luck getting it open. This might give us some great modding ideas for other flashlights.

No problem. But you have to wait.. I need to perform all measurements and take beamshots first. There's always a risk of ruining the light. ;)

Maybe after next weekend. Let's see.

Sounds good. Im sure you’re probably at least as interested as I am as to what sits between those plates. :wink:

What??:open_mouth:

And yeah, I’m also interested in what they do with the battery carrier to achieve that, thank you the :slight_smile:

He's getting 640k and thinks he can get more.

vinh is taking orders

estimated 670klux :slight_smile: