Cross-reference: I also build XPE Soli #2 using Aspheric Lens here: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?p=2925491
Don't need another shelf queen, but can't resist the urge to complete the Lime mag family, so here it goes.
1. Start with Solitaire, pull out the bulb, pull out the plate holding up the
bulb socket, wire in battery positive & negative in the socket, a drop of super glue to keep it tight in place.
2. Cutter XPE R2 with 10mm PCB sit on top of mag rim for heat transfer.
Solder the wire in place. Tested with a Li ion, LED lights up bright.
3, Don't have a better way to mount the Carlos 10mm XPE optics,
so another drop of super glue.
4, Screw the head back on, no room for the plastic lens.
The optics is in touch with the rubber o-ring. I wish the optics is another
1mm larger, as I can see the rough edge just a bit. I had to cut the optics off from the square shaped optics from Cutter.
5, Now, for the tail.
Pull out the spare bulb & bulb holder & solder a 1.5 Ohm resistor to the bulb holder.
6, Stick it back into the tail cap.
7, Cut a round piece of non conductive whatever (I used Carbon Fiber Piece), yet another drop of super glue,
have the resistor lead go through the center & wind up in circles but flat. The Tail cap is done.
I am not using the mag spring, so the light is twist on & off with 10440 Li ion.
The 1.5 Ohm resistor will help limit the current to be around 500MA at full charge.
That's my estimate. As I've read that 2 Ohm resister was giving 400MA to Cree XRE on 10440.
Now, The Lime Family Photo, from Left to Right:
Lime mag sub 1D, P7 with tail switch.
Lime 3xAAA Q5, Enelope direct Drive.
Lime mag solitaire, XPE, Direct Drive with 1.5 Ohm resistor.
Don't need another shelf queen, but can't resist the urge to complete the Lime mag family, so here it goes.
1. Start with Solitaire, pull out the bulb, pull out the plate holding up the
bulb socket, wire in battery positive & negative in the socket, a drop of super glue to keep it tight in place.
2. Cutter XPE R2 with 10mm PCB sit on top of mag rim for heat transfer.
Solder the wire in place. Tested with a Li ion, LED lights up bright.
3, Don't have a better way to mount the Carlos 10mm XPE optics,
so another drop of super glue.
4, Screw the head back on, no room for the plastic lens.
The optics is in touch with the rubber o-ring. I wish the optics is another
1mm larger, as I can see the rough edge just a bit. I had to cut the optics off from the square shaped optics from Cutter.
5, Now, for the tail.
Pull out the spare bulb & bulb holder & solder a 1.5 Ohm resistor to the bulb holder.
6, Stick it back into the tail cap.
7, Cut a round piece of non conductive whatever (I used Carbon Fiber Piece), yet another drop of super glue,
have the resistor lead go through the center & wind up in circles but flat. The Tail cap is done.
I am not using the mag spring, so the light is twist on & off with 10440 Li ion.
The 1.5 Ohm resistor will help limit the current to be around 500MA at full charge.
That's my estimate. As I've read that 2 Ohm resister was giving 400MA to Cree XRE on 10440.
Now, The Lime Family Photo, from Left to Right:
Lime mag sub 1D, P7 with tail switch.
Lime 3xAAA Q5, Enelope direct Drive.
Lime mag solitaire, XPE, Direct Drive with 1.5 Ohm resistor.
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