Coming a bit late to the game with FW modding, I needed to get hold of some FW3X models as lume1 donors for some of my mods.
That left me, on the one hand, with “empty” FW3X hosts with no driver and, on the other hand, some FET+7+1 drivers that were swapped out of those other lights.
As I have recently been enamoured with FW1As and FW1A Pros, I decided to create an FW1A with these “left-overs”. As far as I know, there were no factory-made black aluminium FW1As, so this puts an FW3X host to good use for a custom light.
I had to source some 3mm FW1A MCPCBs for this (from Jackson Lee) and drill additional holes in the FW3X host’s shelf to have the wires come through in the right place. I also needed a suitable bezel, fortunately a Reddit user came good after I posted a WTB. As usual, I wanted to add Aux LEDs and chose red, yellow/green and ice blue LEDs to put on a Tri-LED Aux-board. To support 3 colours, I upgraded the FET+7+1 driver with a T1616 MCU.
For the emitter, I chose a 5700K 519A to get a high CRI, high CCT thrower. To make it as throwy as possible, I’m using a Jarmay MUAW-2205 optic, which also makes for mesmerising Aux LED patterns.
This has turned out very well and I’m wondering why Lumintop never issued a black aluminium FW1A.
Here are some photos:
A crenelated titanium bezel goes well with the black aluminium host
The optic
Red, yellow/green and ice-blue Aux LEDs
This optic makes for some very pretty Aux LED patterns
With the Tri-LED Aux board, the Aux colours don’t fully mix, instead making patterns
I’m very pleased with this one.