I had this one done 2 weeks ago as a request from a fellow CPF-
member whose name I will not post here, however,
he is free to post here and provide his feedback on the builds.
Anywa, lets start.
These are "sandwiched" FluPICc v2.1 with a 0.77" OD.
The heatsink are of the same diameter from copper and
these are bonded together using AA Thermal Epoxy.
Wire used is genuine greenLED Teflon Wire. :rock:
There original optics were replaced with McR-18 reflectors
which were sanded down exactly 1mm to bring it from 12mm
down to 11mm. The Solder-contacts on the Cree-emitters were
insulated to prevent it shorting on the metal reflector.
So far, I found this setup to give a better beam with better throw,
compared to stock Cree optics....
BTW, that First Run is mine :naughty:
The output in brightness is tremendous !
Stock Arc LS only produced about 40lumens at max !
Even with upgraded Luxes at 667mA, you might get 80-ish lumens.
With these Crees, expect to get at least that at HALF the current.
(so 80~90 lumens at 350mA) and double that at 667mA (150~170 lumen)
Questions and comments most welcome !
Last month I had a smilar mod done for myself also with a Piglet here.
member whose name I will not post here, however,
he is free to post here and provide his feedback on the builds.
Anywa, lets start.
These are "sandwiched" FluPICc v2.1 with a 0.77" OD.
The heatsink are of the same diameter from copper and
these are bonded together using AA Thermal Epoxy.
Wire used is genuine greenLED Teflon Wire. :rock:
There original optics were replaced with McR-18 reflectors
which were sanded down exactly 1mm to bring it from 12mm
down to 11mm. The Solder-contacts on the Cree-emitters were
insulated to prevent it shorting on the metal reflector.
So far, I found this setup to give a better beam with better throw,
compared to stock Cree optics....
BTW, that First Run is mine :naughty:
The output in brightness is tremendous !
Stock Arc LS only produced about 40lumens at max !
Even with upgraded Luxes at 667mA, you might get 80-ish lumens.
With these Crees, expect to get at least that at HALF the current.
(so 80~90 lumens at 350mA) and double that at 667mA (150~170 lumen)
Questions and comments most welcome !
Last month I had a smilar mod done for myself also with a Piglet here.
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