Hardwiring P7 emitter

customlight · Aug 4, 2008

Has anyone done this? i cant seem to find a single mode driver solution for this emitter. I am going to be running 3x18650's and cant seem to find the right board. Can someone please point me in the right direction; also is hardwiring a no no, what will happen? thanks.

willymcd · Aug 4, 2008

I am going to be doing something similar, 4x18650 in parallel, going into a MTE SSC P7 2 mode light, using a differn't tailcap with no circuitry... this setup that they are using for P7 maglites looks good, i will probably just do that! run it at 3A...

Norm · Aug 4, 2008

Metatron · Aug 6, 2008

customlight said:
Has anyone done this? i cant seem to find a single mode driver solution for this emitter. I am going to be running 3x18650's and cant seem to find the right board. Can someone please point me in the right direction; also is hardwiring a no no, what will happen? thanks.

if i am not mistaken, the p7 will take 6v tops, so 2x 18650's might cause u some angst.

Drewfus2101 · Aug 7, 2008

Metatron said:
if i am not mistaken, the p7 will take 6v tops, so 2x 18650's might cause u some angst.

Even if you get a P7 with the highest Vf, there is no way it will take more than 4.5V.

As far as a driver, this is the only one I have ever seen with a V in that high:
http://www.kaidomain.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductId=1866

It will take up to 15V so your good there. I assume that you mean in series not parallel for the battery setup. Someone will find a way to jump a wire on that board from one pin to another to remove the modes and set it to "high" at all times.

monkeyboy · Aug 7, 2008

Here you go:

https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/201981

you can use up to 25V with this driver. It's quite large though.

Hardwiring P7 emitter

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