Nice! How do you like the D40A?
Double up! Mmm!! Mmm!!
Double up! Mmm!! Mmm!!
Love it, it is very well made, got 2450mAh Eneloops (from nkon.nl) for maximum performance, but I like very much that it eats any penlite I come across (and penlites are usually sold in a packages of 4 
). The tint is horrible (don't like cool white), I am waiting for a 5D2 tint emitter from Intl-outdoor, that's the one going in, and then it will be perfect: this will be my camping light for the next couple of years.
Got a soldering/Rework station 
90 Panasonic NCR18650 anyone? :bigsmile:
That sure is a swell pile of batteries! :O
That’s a lot o batteries!
junkiexl, enjoy that reflow station. I really like mine.
I used it to do something I didn’t think was possible tonight; solder together the head of my solid copper DIY build. Took a good 6 minutes to heat up, but it worked. I’ll update my thread on how I did it tomorrow (hint: ambient air is bad).
Nice one! Where you got it and how much? Link?
Looks its has been scavenged from an electric bike battery or maybe something similar.
I would like to know also
Thank you Relic, your threads are very helpful
I Used the station to reflow a GPU chip on a dead (no video) Toshiba notebook. Worked like a charm!
Copper shim and Artic Silver paste:
53C working temperature!
Got this station on Ebay (US $79.90):
2in1 SMD Soldering Rework Station Hot Air & Iron 852D+ 5Tips ESD PLCC BGA
These are absolutely amazing motorcycle light bulbs. I just installed them on my 1998 Suzuki Bandit 1200s. I took a 40 mile ride in all conditions from city streets to pitch dark back roads with no street lights and lots of animals. From 10 mph all the way to 100 mph they put out a very impressive amount of light.
I used to use 55 watt low and 100 watt high beam and dreaded driving at night. These H4s are improperly marked they are 80 watt low and 90 watt high. They are 5500k so they are around a 3C tint so they attract no bugs and pump out an amazing amount of light on both low and high beam. Also they are not blue at all so they attract no unwanted attention from Johnny Law.
You get two for $13.75 so one to run on the bike and a spare in the tool kit. I couldn’t be happier with the price or the quality. They also come with two extension wires in case you are worried about burning out your harness lines.
They throw out a wider brighter beam than the stock ones on low beam and a much longer brighter beam on high. It takes a lot to impress me light wise on a street bike and these do it. I highly recommend these for any vehicle taking H4 bulbs.
Nice Job on the reflow! I have the 853D 3-in-1 (hot air, iron, power supply) which is working great. The 853D+ has the hot aire generated in the main unit and pumped through a hose. the 854D has the heating element right in the hand-held blower. Not sure this makes a huge difference either way, might be able to get more air flow with the 854D.
I really like having the power supply there to test reflowed emitters right after I solder them (my soldering station is at a different desk than my main work bench).
Finally got some a missing order and replacement for a defective charger.
mini crocodile clips
silicone diffuser
magnets
Ioncell usb charger
And also got this light meter and an avr programmer. I took the picture of the light meter in a light box I built yesterday. I'm liking it a lot.
I got liion charging circuit, well made…I will power one of these with a solar panel+stepdown module to catch some of the good old sunlight…
I broke my Plato wire cutter from fasttech while cutting the boards… :_(
Those board are pre cut, you just need to break them @ breaking lines.
Fiberglass boards are very hard to cut in usual way
I ever used a wire cutter to break them to avoid splitting the layers…the cutter was just cheap garbage and just for small wires…I think I could cut 10000 with a knipex without even thinking of a break…
if anything use a razor knife to cut threw. i would be more worried about using cutters on them then breaking them off on the lines