What did you mod today?

Boruit D10 headlamp new driver and LED. Came apart easily enough. The MCPCB was really stuck with some old thermal compound. Heat gun softened it up and it came off. I cut a notch out of the edge of the driver to run new, longer wires to the LED.

So for the switch, I was tired and wanted to try something quickly, so I used hot melt glue - a big old blob right on the MCU, a plastic washer in the middle, and another blob between that and the switch. This could turn out to be a problem if the driver gets hot enough to soften the glue.

519A 3500K (domed) to replace the ugly purple XM L2.

I used it on medium mode for a couple hours over the weekend and so far so good, but I am a little worried about that glue becoming a problem. It’s a solid headlamp host, especially considering it was about $5 (not including new driver, LED, and my time, of course).

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