Swapped the stock 219b with a 519a in my Reylight Ti Pineapple, very happy with the result.
The MCPCB is very interesting, the wires from the driver go through the MCPCB
Forgot to take pictures of it
Yāall are gonna laughā¦
I had to build a driver for my buddies light, havenāt built a driver in several years. I built it for Bistro because he loves that UI and itās a mechanical clicky light. Anyway, I did something wrong and it blinks out at level 4, wonāt hit 5 6 or 7. I DO remember thatās likely to do with ground but Iām thinking itās the capacitorsā¦ I put a 1 ohm on the OTC and a 10 ohm on C1. Did I get those wrong? Honestly canāt remember, way too much Schtuff has gone on in the last 3 years.
I used a 4712 resistor on R2 and 2202 on R1.
Have the potential for a good bit of current here, maybe even 30A, so, probably got something in the wrong place on the driver.
Anybody?
Reflashed a TS10 to add lower lows, LVP to Aux, and turn off Aux while main LEDs are onā¦ thanks to gchart for the hardware and hex files
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Jon what is the MAO coating like?
I thought Wurkkos stated the more recent batches were released with the updated firmware ().
I have not seen MAO yetā¦ I have ordered oneā¦
here is a user report: https://www.reddit.com/r/flashlight/comments/xcjm3x/pas_protect_your_ts10_mao_when_you_unscrew_the/
I have seen one confirmation that a Red TS10 arrived w the new firmware installed. I have not heard confirmation about any factory reflashed Black, Silver, nor MAO yet.
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Oh. I havenāt been paying attention, didnāt realise they were making silver. Iām interested to know about this Mao batch since they reported it to be below their expectations.
here is a user report:
https://www.reddit.com/r/flashlight/comments/xcjm3x/pas_protect_your_ts10_mao_when_you_unscrew_the/
Love this thread!
Blocked from posting on it though because of my inorganisation with sorting out the relevant photos.
Any inclination to see what happens when you put the driver into direct drive mode?
Probably, the tail switch starts to get mushyā¦
Right, current draw direct can soar past 22A with a really good cell and thus, run time is atrocious! Constant current had itās appeal here to, in a small way, control the run time.
I found the fix for my Shocker build, from Del to djozz some time backā¦ an added resistor in a tombstone triad and problem solved! Now doing 5340 lumens and 595Kcd via three SFT40 emitters. (Molicel P42 18650ās are doing this, newer cells and maybe one of a few choices in better cells may show more)
Edit: I have a couple of X6ās with the 90.2 that pull 25A and make upwards of 6,000 lumens. The Samsung 25S is the only 18650 Iāve found that can do this.
FWAA with high power/efficiency AA/li-ion boost driver :
More detail on my thread : thefreemanās HDR Anduril 2 high efficiency drivers - update : FWxA boost driver - #319 by thefreeman
Thrunite Ti3 Ti NW
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The light arrived in non working order, spring was squashed, pill was threaded too deep (head would touch body when screwed down), the Tint and CRI was disgusting, and the body looked rough.
mod to 519a:
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replaced O ring, added extra thick Nyogel 767a to reduce thread slop and eliminate gritty Ti thread feeling.
Replaced reflector with Tir to eliminate tint shift (greenish yellow corona around hotspot), and gain some pill depth reduction (head no longer bottoms out on body). Stretched the spring back out, and hand polished the host. It looks much nicer now, and operates much better.
Opple data w reflector
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Opple data w Tir
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album with more picsā¦
This is a mod that turned out really well. Im very happy with it.
The light is now a pleasure to use, looks good, and feels good in hand.
How did you get the TIR?
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832436789535.html
25 degree pebbled Tirā¦ how to remove from holder:
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Modded a Sofirn Q8 Pro this afternoon. I really disliked the beam profile of the XHP-50.2 emitters so, figuring it was similar power I pulled those ugly emitters and re-flowed SFT40ās in their place. Replaced the tail spring board with an original Q8 board with bypassed springs. On Molicell P28A 18650ās it now makes 9140 lumens in a tighter whiter beam. Much better!
Edit: Forgot to mention that while I was in there I swapped the leads for 16 ga Superworm.
I modified Fireflylite PL09 quad for 6V boost driver. Driver I used is TheFreemans BST21 and I built it for 6V output.
Then I modified pcb for 2S2P
I also changed switch in a way that all leds are controlled by Attiny1616. In the picture itās still wired in a way, that 2 of 4 leds are always on.
Original aux board needed to be lifted up because of jumper underneath it. Plastic washer did the trick. I also changed all 16 0402 10kR resistors to 300R ones. Stock orangle leds were invisible on low mode. Now they are barely visible. Main leds are 519Aās in 4000/5700 mix.
Thatās all. Should be about 3000 high cri lumens with 5000mAh Samsung 50S battery. So long runtime because of big battery and high efficiency and still able to achieve big output. About 6V2A seems to be pretty sustainable.
Modded a KDIY K12 SST20 4000k CRI95 to accept a 20mm LED PCB with a LH351D 5700k CRI90. Not a planned mod, I stuffed up the LH351D order and it was the only flashlight I wasnāt satisfied with that I could fit the 20mm board inā¦ Stock size is 16mm, I filed down the 16mm recess on the brass pill until the surface was flat and elongated the holes for the wiring from the driver. That allows the 20mm board to fit.
Itās looking really promising- a more neutral colour, brighter and more spread. Iāll try it outside tonight.
FYI the KDIY was easy to pull apart- nothing glued. Even the LED board had grease rather than adhesive. http://kaidomain.com/KDIY-K12-SST-20-1000-Lumens-LED-Flashlight
Update- it was well worth the effort. Same driver, but the LH351D has more spread and more throw than the SST20. That was probably my first and last SST20.
Stock pill 16mm SST20 400k CRI95
Pill recess for 16mm driver removed, holes for driver wires elongated to clear 20mm LED PCB
20mm LH351D 5700k CRI 90 LED fitted
Couldnāt resist the Sofirn SC31 Pro in a gorgeous purple! Advertised at 2000 lumens via an SST40 it made 1830 lumens with the supplied 3000 mAh 18650. On lower levels in Anduril the tint was a little sickly, so, since I have emitters to choose fromā¦ fixed it!
Of course, NOW they start with the glue!
As itās a small tube light, the SST20 is on a 16mm MCPCB. Made my emitter preference harder but still doable
Driver is a nice assembly that slides into slots, well braced for the type C charging port.
Spent a little time burning my fingertipsā¦ had a 90.2 on a 20 mm board, my belt sander took care of that in pretty short order.
Tadaa! A nicely filled reflector! Had to pop the window and itās frame off the big die so the reflector would work well with it. Carved the opening at a slight bevel to make sure it played nicely with all those exposed bond wires! Now it makes 2920 lumens with the Sofirn cell, a new 25S though, wow! 3650 lumens! I didnāt even put larger leads on the driver! Very satisfying!
Great photos. Congrats on the modā¦ :+1: