Lenser K3 Crazy Nano Aspheric Thrower -XPE 10280

[ma_sha1]

I have some wire glue but never really find a place to use it, not strong enough to glue wires together that's for sure.

 

[D2000]

I have some wire glue but never really find a place to use it, not strong enough to glue wires together that's for sure.

oh? What do you use it for then?

EDIT: The bulk of the work is done - the battery's came today. I bored out the tailcap and have soldered up the diode. It's curing with some silicone over the positive terminal to insulate. Didn't use epoxy coz thats a pain to clean off. Would you have recommended that method?

Ill set it into the pill with wireglue when it arrives (hopefully soon) and that should take care of the heat dissipation.

The XPE2 is MONSTROUSLY bright. I accidently closed the circuit before looking away from the diode and had a dot in my vision for almost 40 mins. Can't wait to have it all working - but i must be patient :)

 

[sunny_nites]

I use wire glue when I need to attache a live connection but cannot solder it for what ever reason. It does provide a very good conductive connection but it does not seem to provide a good mechanical connection, so I will usually back it up with some something else. Like threaded mechanical or epoxy, silicone, etc.

I agree epoxy can be very messy!

 

[D2000]

I use wire glue when I need to attache a live connection but cannot solder it for what ever reason. It does provide a very good conductive connection but it does not seem to provide a good mechanical connection, so I will usually back it up with some something else. Like threaded mechanical or epoxy, silicone, etc.

I agree epoxy can be very messy!

Okay great - thanks for all the help; both of you :)

 

[D2000]

beam shots to be uploaded soon!

 

[D2000]

I've taken plenty of beamshots but they all look quite crappy and not worthy of posting. I'll do some on my CanonT3i and see how those come out.

 

[D2000]

BEAMSHOTS! - Bear in mind, I'm not a pro - i just tried to capture what i was seeing realistically.
Hallway: 8 meters/26foot: f-stop= f/5, Exposure= 1/6 sec, ISO 400

Outside to the center of the paddock tree.
71 Meters/232 feet - pretty close to what i was seeing

86meters/282 feet.

30 second exposure for giggles.

In reality it was lighting up the back wall of trees - over 150 metres/530+ feet, though i could not capture it clearly enough.

 

[ma_sha1]

Congratulations! You finally did it.

 

[D2000]

Cheers man.

 

[the_guy_with_no_name]

Congrats on the build D2000!

How about I send you a couple of 10250 nukes as a completion gift?

You might even squeeze out a few more lux.

Tgwnn

 

[D2000]

Congrats on the build D2000!

How about I send you a couple of 10250 nukes as a completion gift?

You might even squeeze out a few more lux.

Tgwnn

Wow that would be really appreciated.
Send them on over if you want to mate - we'll see what we get out of them :D

I'll send you a PM with my address.

 

[Mattaus]

Sorry if I missed it but what sort drive current is the XPE2 seeing in your mod D2000?

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[jason 77]

I think the design of this flashlight has changed, as I ordered one and this is what came in the mail today.

This looks different than the other flashlights in the posts above?

 

[Fieldmaster]

I think the K3 (expensive with 4 buttonbattery's) has the same size as the Olight i2EOS powered with 'only' 1x AA.


Mvg,
Frank.

 

[jason 77]

I think the K3 (expensive with 4 buttonbattery's) has the same size as the Olight i2EOS powered with 'only' 1x AA.

It might be but the Olight doesn't come with the aspheric lens like the K3 does. Plus the (expensive 4 button batteries) is a moot point, as the mod to the K3 flashlight in this thread gets rid of the button batteries and replaces them with 1 10280 li-ion battery.

 

[jason 77]

does anyone know where I can get a version of the K3 lenser that matches the ones used in these mods above? I don't think I can use the one I bought as the head and tail switch assemblies are not the same as the ones as the OP had.

 

[5pyral]

These are really cool! I like the small lights that you can easily EDC. It's great to have bigger lights too, but you don't always have the ability to carry them.

 

[alex21]

Still potential in this mod or is there a better host candidate?

 

[Mattaus]

I can't say for sure, but I am yet to see any smaller aspheric hosts doing the rounds...

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[D2000]

Hey Matt,

Didnt see you post. I'm not sure what kind of current I'm working with in the K3 - I cant test it right now.

And agreed - the K3 is as small as they get for this mod.