too much heat. dome popped off? led is trashed
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I replied to this already and it said sent; don't know where it got to.
Thanks for the replies. I'll hang on and use it for something as it still works at the moment.
Just wasn't sure what the short term end result would be.
If that didn't p1ss me off I dropped the only 12v battery holder I had while testing the new XPG triple bits and broke the farker.
Made my day.
I built a slightly different version of my 1st light which was 2 x leds in 25mm alum pipe with a 350mA boost puck, 1 x 5 + 1 x 10 degree optics.
It was a decent helmet light and could be powered by 3 x AA or 6 (3S2P).
Now it's in a 54 x 23 alum case with a 1000mA buck, 3 way switch (off, low, high) and will have 11.1v (3 Li-Ions) but it doesn't produce any more light.
I think the boost driver in that case did a great job. I'll rebuild it as a small helmet light or use it for road riding.
It looks like a way to have a light weight, cheap, easy to build light.
No heatsink required, light head weighed 60 gms + mount 20 gms.
Thanks for the replies. I'll hang on and use it for something as it still works at the moment.
Just wasn't sure what the short term end result would be.
If that didn't p1ss me off I dropped the only 12v battery holder I had while testing the new XPG triple bits and broke the farker.
Made my day. I built a slightly different version of my 1st light which was 2 x leds in 25mm alum pipe with a 350mA boost puck, 1 x 5 + 1 x 10 degree optics.
It was a decent helmet light and could be powered by 3 x AA or 6 (3S2P).
Now it's in a 54 x 23 alum case with a 1000mA buck, 3 way switch (off, low, high) and will have 11.1v (3 Li-Ions) but it doesn't produce any more light.
I think the boost driver in that case did a great job. I'll rebuild it as a small helmet light or use it for road riding.
It looks like a way to have a light weight, cheap, easy to build light.
No heatsink required, light head weighed 60 gms + mount 20 gms.
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