Modded my blue S2+ from XP-L HI to an XHP50 with an rather antique BLFDD-Z, with both sides populated and the big old FET. This driver has been in 4 different hosts before and works as good as when it was new, bought from Richard more than a year ago.
First problem was fitting the driver into the pill, it was impossible since the components are way too out. So I used a blank 17mm board to make a sandwich and used thermal adhesive to keep them together.
First we solder the XHP50 on noctigon directly to brass pill.
Making the sandwich
Negative contacts. Spring was removed and replaced by a bass pill to save space for the 2x18350s.
Driver in place
Using stock XM centering ring
The result? A flood monster that draws 5.2A on turbo and in close range puts all of my other tube lights to shame, including triple XP-L builds. The only exception is that I can only use turbo for 10 seconds tops, but totally worth it.
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Came home and used a proper multimeter, charged 18350s to full and tested againā¦ Got 6.71A off the tail! I guess thatās nearly 50watts if the cells dropped to 3.7V. I didnāt know the XHP50 pulled this much.
Ceiling bounce test:
Olight S10 max (rated 500lm): 27
BLF D80 turbo 3.8A: 59
Triple XP-L HI DD in copper sinner 9.2A: 135
XHP50 S2+ 6.7A: 152
This thing is really insane, and even if I only use it for 10 seconds the heat will actually come out after itās been turn off.