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Newly Enlightened
I wanted a triple P60 drop in but wasn't willing to shell out the cash to buy one so I did the next best thing. This is how I built mine.
I started with a couple of 3 up XP-Gs (1 neutral, 1 warm), some 3/4" copper pipe, 3/4" copper rod, Carlco plain, tight optics, KD V2 drivers, 380ma bin 7135s and empty P60 pills.
I used a spring clamp to help keep my cut straight and cut the rod at about 13mm.
Square up the heat sink with a file and sand smooth.
File the LED side lip off the P60 pill and attach to the heat sink with AA.
Drill a hole through the center then cut the copper pipe to cover the heat sink and pill leaving a lip on the star side and sweat it on like a plumber.
Attach the star with AA.
To fill the space in the head next to the optic I cut the end off the P60 reflectors and attached it to the copper pipe via AA.
On to the driver, KD 8*7135 V2 with 6 extra 308ma chips added.
And that's it!
I like them so much I made two more, XP-G2 and Nichia 219.
Below, Nichia, Warm, Neutral and XP-G2, all on medium around 1.0A
Thanks for looking.
I started with a couple of 3 up XP-Gs (1 neutral, 1 warm), some 3/4" copper pipe, 3/4" copper rod, Carlco plain, tight optics, KD V2 drivers, 380ma bin 7135s and empty P60 pills.
I used a spring clamp to help keep my cut straight and cut the rod at about 13mm.
Square up the heat sink with a file and sand smooth.
File the LED side lip off the P60 pill and attach to the heat sink with AA.
Drill a hole through the center then cut the copper pipe to cover the heat sink and pill leaving a lip on the star side and sweat it on like a plumber.
Attach the star with AA.
To fill the space in the head next to the optic I cut the end off the P60 reflectors and attached it to the copper pipe via AA.
On to the driver, KD 8*7135 V2 with 6 extra 308ma chips added.
And that's it!
I like them so much I made two more, XP-G2 and Nichia 219.
Below, Nichia, Warm, Neutral and XP-G2, all on medium around 1.0A
Thanks for looking.