KL4 with optics, and KL1 with reflector?

[rastaman]

Is it possible to change the marked parts (see picture below) of KL4 with KL1, so at the end we have a KL4 with TIR optics and a KL1 with reflector?

 

[Size15's]

I don't think it is possible.

Firstly, the KL1 is sealed much better than the KL4 - I have no yet seen or read that anybody has been able to open an KL1.

Secondly, the KL1 TIR Optic (and the X200A TIR Optic etc) are designed for the LuxeonIII - not the larger LuxeonV. They will not work with the LuxeonV.

Thirdly, the internal construction of the two bezels with regards to electronics and LED location make it unlikely that swapping the front component of the two bezels will allow them to interface correctly.

My understanding that a TIR Optic for a LuxoenV has to be quite a bit larger than for a LuxeonIII.

That said, it may be possible to convert a KL4 to run a Luxeon III. I'm sure it is quite complicated. Most likely it has been done by CPF's amazing Modders!

Al

 

[scuba]

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Size15's said:
I have no yet seen or read that anybody has been able to open an KL1.


Al

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I think someone did here:

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=869898&page=&view=&sb=5&o=&fpart=2&vc=1

 

[Size15's]

Thanks for the link (it did not work for me but I found the thread anyway).
Just goes to show I don't read that forum.

 

[Disciple]

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Size15's said:That said, it may be possible to convert a KL4 to run a Luxeon III. I'm sure it is quite complicated. Most likely it has been done by CPF's amazing Modders!

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Once again Don comes through.

http://dmcleish.com/CPF/LuxeonIII/

 

[xpitxbullx]

They're starting to crack open the KL1 (4th gen) lately. Chop just swapped my optic out for a relector. Better to tear open a $50 head that has a Lux-III in it already than to tear into a $125 KL4 and downgrade it.

 

[Chop]

Yeah, I just did a KL1 and I've done dozens of KL4s. If you do want a lux III with a reflector and just have to have it in a Surefire head, then doing it with the KL1 makes more sense, since the KL1 costs less and has a buck boost converter in it.

After you get through with labor and shipping costs though, you may have been better off just getting an Aleph II head.