MJ-10 Canister information requested

[dmdrewitt]

I have purchased a TnC 27mm CR123A light on B/S/T (my 2nd TnC light. My first is a 5W SF-18650 X-XY0S which I was lucky to receive from Kenster )

The new LED in the new light looks to be Lux III, and on the reverse of the canister, it is labeled

TNC USA MJ-10

From this description, does anyone know the type of driver (inc. min / max Vin) and also the drive current to the LED?

Thanks in advance

David

[Bogus1]

Hi David,

The MJ-10 is a 350mA driver. MJ designed and built these canisters to work with regular AA cells at 1.2v-1.5v. Some have had luck driving them even with 3.6v but they were not designed for this. I believe I have had one canister fail from 3.6v myself. I haven't had a failure yet at 3v but MJ doesn't support that voltage since it's a boost only driver. Obviously with higher voltage than rated so will the mA be higher as well for brighter output.

[dmdrewitt]

Hi Eric

Thank you for that valuable information

It certainly explains why this Lux III canister was so bright (I was using a RCR123A!!! - not anymore!)

Thanks

David

ps Has there ever been any talk of a Titanium TnC light ?

[Bogus1]

We have some new designs Chris has programmed we are considering building in Ti. Chris was the first to machine a run of Ti lights I believe (and has run a number of Ti parts) so TnC has experience with Ti.

[dmdrewitt]

Thanks. That sounds brilliant!!! I look forward to pictures / details in due course.

Merry Christmas

David