Gnufsh
Enlightened
edit: Clip is back on, still no pictures yet, sorry (I have no idea where my camera charger is). Expanded mod description.
I put a SSC P4 (USV0I) in my SL Survivor LED with a copper spacer. I started by removing the reflector, which simply unscrews. To get at the light engine, I first had to remove the clip, which can be done by pushing the metal bar attaching the clip through with a small phillips screwdriver or similar poking device. This exposes the two screws that hold the light engine in place. Take these out and the light engine can drop out the bottom.
I simply de-soldered the old LED and soldered on the new one with a copper spacer from the SS inbetween it and the heatsink. I used AS5 on the thermal interfaces.
I was hoping that it wouldn't be necessary since the reflector didn't rest on the stock led, but I had to sand the reflector ever so slightly for ideal focus and to get it to screw on all the way.
The beam is much brighter, with about the same beam profile. In addition, I like the warm tint much better (it's good for outdoors/steam cutting). I'll update with beamshots when I find my camera charger. I will also post impressions of smoke cutting next time we do a live burn (or have an actual fire). The beam from the Lux III did an excellent job of cutting smoke, and I'm hoping the brighter (but still about as tight) and warmer beam should do even better.
edit: this next problem was solved:
I am having a problem getting the spring-loaded clip back together. I had to take it off to get to the screws to drop out the light engine. Now I can't get it back together. I'll take a picture this evening. Any ideas would be great.
I put a SSC P4 (USV0I) in my SL Survivor LED with a copper spacer. I started by removing the reflector, which simply unscrews. To get at the light engine, I first had to remove the clip, which can be done by pushing the metal bar attaching the clip through with a small phillips screwdriver or similar poking device. This exposes the two screws that hold the light engine in place. Take these out and the light engine can drop out the bottom.
I simply de-soldered the old LED and soldered on the new one with a copper spacer from the SS inbetween it and the heatsink. I used AS5 on the thermal interfaces.
I was hoping that it wouldn't be necessary since the reflector didn't rest on the stock led, but I had to sand the reflector ever so slightly for ideal focus and to get it to screw on all the way.
The beam is much brighter, with about the same beam profile. In addition, I like the warm tint much better (it's good for outdoors/steam cutting). I'll update with beamshots when I find my camera charger. I will also post impressions of smoke cutting next time we do a live burn (or have an actual fire). The beam from the Lux III did an excellent job of cutting smoke, and I'm hoping the brighter (but still about as tight) and warmer beam should do even better.
edit: this next problem was solved:
I am having a problem getting the spring-loaded clip back together. I had to take it off to get to the screws to drop out the light engine. Now I can't get it back together. I'll take a picture this evening. Any ideas would be great.
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