My XM-L T6's finally arrived today so I decided to throw one of them into my brother's Tiablo A10-G -clone.
He hasn't really used this light much because he prefers something that he can actually use indoors so this flashlight has spent most of its time in his toolbox.
At first I was thinking of replacing the XR-E with an SST-50 led but the price, thermal/power requirements and runtime issue would have been a problem in a single-cell light so I ended up with XM-L
Time to open it up =)
The reflector is 50mm deep and it has 52.8mm OD so this is a very nice host, although a bit pricey for a chinese flashlight.
The pill is solid brass.
I made a sandwich with the stock 5-mode driver and one 4xAMC7135 pcb, tailcap currents for the modes are:
Low 0.1A
Mid 0.75A
High 2.44A
Strobe -
SOS -
I figured that 2,4A drive current would be more than enough as I don't have proper batteries. It's better to play it safe when running on cheap trustfires.
AMC7135 sandwich with the contact board:
Tailcap needed some treatment to fix the resistance issue, it had only 2 small through hole vias on the ground ring of the pcb.
I centered the XM-L with the plastic isolator ring that was used with the XR-E, the XM-L fits in nicely.
A few beamshots just to show the beam profile. I really suck at photography and I don't own a proper camera.
Door width 30cm, distance 3m
I think I'll hang on to this light for a few days before I return it to my brother.
XM-L + a large reflector is a really nice combo. :candle:
He hasn't really used this light much because he prefers something that he can actually use indoors so this flashlight has spent most of its time in his toolbox.
At first I was thinking of replacing the XR-E with an SST-50 led but the price, thermal/power requirements and runtime issue would have been a problem in a single-cell light so I ended up with XM-L
Time to open it up =)
The reflector is 50mm deep and it has 52.8mm OD so this is a very nice host, although a bit pricey for a chinese flashlight.
The pill is solid brass.
I made a sandwich with the stock 5-mode driver and one 4xAMC7135 pcb, tailcap currents for the modes are:
Low 0.1A
Mid 0.75A
High 2.44A
Strobe -
SOS -
I figured that 2,4A drive current would be more than enough as I don't have proper batteries. It's better to play it safe when running on cheap trustfires.
AMC7135 sandwich with the contact board:
Tailcap needed some treatment to fix the resistance issue, it had only 2 small through hole vias on the ground ring of the pcb.
I centered the XM-L with the plastic isolator ring that was used with the XR-E, the XM-L fits in nicely.
A few beamshots just to show the beam profile. I really suck at photography and I don't own a proper camera.
Door width 30cm, distance 3m
I think I'll hang on to this light for a few days before I return it to my brother.
XM-L + a large reflector is a really nice combo. :candle:
