ohaya
March 24, 2013, 10:18pm
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gords1001:
that switch pcb does look suspiciously like a driver, I would guess to get modes you’d have to look at squeezing a driver in the head.
nice work on getting the switch sorted though, I’m thinking that at the moment its a nice little direct drive light.
I would suggest stripping the head to assess whether you have some space for a driver (you’ll probably have to make a pill from copper plumbing parts.
I would also suggest that when/if you order the driver, order another driver, emitter and host and build one up, I think you’ve had fun here and I think you’d have fun with a diy host too. 8)
Hi,
I’ve read that a strap wrench, which I don’t have yet, is needed to get the head off, so I haven’t tried that yet.
In post #5 of this thread, Modding the TechLite Lumen Master (aka the Costco Special Cree Flashlight) , there’s a link to an image of the LED (in the head?), I think: http://i.imgur.com/i5uPxAL.jpg .
Is the design of that techlite, where the “smarts” is in the tailcap, rather in the head, an unusual one? At least from the various reading that I’ve done so far, it seems like it is?
Jim
