Hello All,
I’m a relatively new member who has a nack for taking things apart and putting them back together.
I got into flashlights pretty heavily last september (whenever I signed up) and have been low-key collecting ever since.
I have a KD C8 that recently began malfunctioning and I’d like to modify it.
Issues:
I hate the tint - it’s almost purple!
The switch seems to intermittently misbehave. At times not allowing access to all modes.
I had the C8 apart and back together when I realized how simple it might be to modify (and when I found fasttech.com for the first time).
What I’d like to do is get a warmer emitter, keep the driver and poll and change the switch.
Fasttech’s website has me a bit confused and I was wondering if anyone could tell me if the following would work together…
I am at a loss as to what tail switch to get.
I include the driver becuase the light currently pulls anywhere from 2.15 to 3.4A at the tail using my DMM. This is the only light I have that varies so greatly and I don’t know if the driver is working properly. I say that because the light is bright, but doesn’t seem that bright.
Additionally, the descriptiong of the pill asks for a 20mm star, but I”m pretty sure the light is using a 16mm star ATM. If I go 20mm, I’ll likely grab this led.
Any direction here would help.
Lastly, if someone could point me in the direction of a good thread on detaching the driver from the pillar, that would be great. I don’t see how it would be done easily. I’m assuming desolder the driver leads first, then find a way to pry it out?