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Here is the insides of the headlamp. I'm not sure what the purpose of the shield is. It's not thick enough for a heat shield. I think the small component sunk in the thermal paste is the thermal shutoff sensor.
There was a blob of paste on top of the star that connected to the shield.
Note the star is a TV1J. Nice flux, crappy tint and a good vf.
Here is the pulled out board next to the lens holder. The lens just drops out.
The following picture is the XP lens on the left next to a Freon and a NX05.
It is a much lower profile and about 2mm larger diameter than the other lens.
As the LUX-III appears to be easy to change, I'll be putting in a TWOJ. I lost the Luxeon lottery on the present LED in the XP as the tint is a lousy sickly yellow with a strong hint of green.
More information. As I'm changing the LUX, I did some current measurements.
Low=50ma
Medium=175ma
High=335ma
Boost=600+ma (my meters limit)
All in all, the unit apprears to be way underdriven, except for boost mode that most likely drives it at spec.
There was a blob of paste on top of the star that connected to the shield.
Note the star is a TV1J. Nice flux, crappy tint and a good vf.
Here is the pulled out board next to the lens holder. The lens just drops out.
The following picture is the XP lens on the left next to a Freon and a NX05.
It is a much lower profile and about 2mm larger diameter than the other lens.
As the LUX-III appears to be easy to change, I'll be putting in a TWOJ. I lost the Luxeon lottery on the present LED in the XP as the tint is a lousy sickly yellow with a strong hint of green.
More information. As I'm changing the LUX, I did some current measurements.
Low=50ma
Medium=175ma
High=335ma
Boost=600+ma (my meters limit)
All in all, the unit apprears to be way underdriven, except for boost mode that most likely drives it at spec.