ti-force
Flashlight Enthusiast
I recently finished my Tiablo A9 SSR-50 mod, and I thought I'd share some pictures of my build with anyone who's interested.
I had to do some trimming on the star for it to fit:
I couldn't get the darn brass pill out of the light without damaging it, so I just left it in the light. I've seen pictures of older A9's and A8's where the pill was removed, but I think Tiablo tightened up there tolerances or something; It's really pressed in there tight
.
I had to open up the reflector for the emitter to fit:
I'm using the Shiningbeam driver because I had it on hand. I've added an additional 7135 to the board to raise the current an additional 350ma. I'm hoping to get between 3.1A and 3.2A at the tailcap. I would've already measured it, but I'm waiting on my new (more accurate) DMM to get here. If I can't get the current with these drivers, I'll just find another driver solution or possibly run it direct drive.
A shot of the business end with some of that beautiful UCL glass:thumbsup::
And a shot of the light. I think this is my new favorite light; I love the size and weight of this light:
I also modded the switch to handle the additional current. It's just a bare switch with 2 legs that have to be soldered. Click here for the KD link.
I used one of my Tiablo A9 two-mode switches, removed the switch from the board and replaced the switch with one of the KD switches. There was a little more to it than that, but it's pretty straightforward.
KD Switches:
Modded Tiablo Switch:
Tiablo Modded Switch on Left, Quark Tactical/Turbo Switch on Right: (notice the resemblance)
Okay guys, this is my first time for beamshots, so maybe you can give me some tips. I don't think these are really up to par.
First I'll include pics of the lights and then the beamshots. Both lights are Tiablo A9's. One of them is unmodded and the other, well, it has an SSR-50 in it. Here goes:
Now for the indoor beamshots. I think I should've backed away from the wall a little further; that's why the picture of the aspheric A9 Q5 emitter is actually out of focus. Is there a general rule of thumb for the distance from the wall?
First up, standard head with UCL glass for both lights:
And now the aspheric shots:
I know this thread is getting old, but I took some outdoor beam shots last night and I included this light, so I thought I'd share it in this thread. It should be noted that I used the stock, non-modified SMO reflector for this picture. The opening of the other reflector has been bored out, and it produces a wider beam. It's not a long distance shot or anything, but it's all I've got at the moment. Also, I didn't have time to compare it to the stock A9. I wanted to, but I ran out of time, so I'll include some other reference shots. From each light to the pine tree is roughly 23 feet. I had to take the pictures behind the lights because the camera wouldn't zoom out far enough to capture the spill. All camera settings remained the same for each light.
Control:
Fenix TK11 R2
Tiablo A9 SSR-50
Quark 123-2 Turbo
I had to do some trimming on the star for it to fit:
I couldn't get the darn brass pill out of the light without damaging it, so I just left it in the light. I've seen pictures of older A9's and A8's where the pill was removed, but I think Tiablo tightened up there tolerances or something; It's really pressed in there tight
.
I had to open up the reflector for the emitter to fit:
I'm using the Shiningbeam driver because I had it on hand. I've added an additional 7135 to the board to raise the current an additional 350ma. I'm hoping to get between 3.1A and 3.2A at the tailcap. I would've already measured it, but I'm waiting on my new (more accurate) DMM to get here. If I can't get the current with these drivers, I'll just find another driver solution or possibly run it direct drive.
A shot of the business end with some of that beautiful UCL glass:thumbsup::
And a shot of the light. I think this is my new favorite light; I love the size and weight of this light:
I also modded the switch to handle the additional current. It's just a bare switch with 2 legs that have to be soldered. Click here for the KD link.
I used one of my Tiablo A9 two-mode switches, removed the switch from the board and replaced the switch with one of the KD switches. There was a little more to it than that, but it's pretty straightforward.
KD Switches:
Modded Tiablo Switch:
Tiablo Modded Switch on Left, Quark Tactical/Turbo Switch on Right: (notice the resemblance
)
Okay guys, this is my first time for beamshots, so maybe you can give me some tips. I don't think these are really up to par.
First I'll include pics of the lights and then the beamshots. Both lights are Tiablo A9's. One of them is unmodded and the other, well, it has an SSR-50 in it. Here goes:
Now for the indoor beamshots. I think I should've backed away from the wall a little further; that's why the picture of the aspheric A9 Q5 emitter is actually out of focus. Is there a general rule of thumb for the distance from the wall?
First up, standard head with UCL glass for both lights:
And now the aspheric shots:
I know this thread is getting old, but I took some outdoor beam shots last night and I included this light, so I thought I'd share it in this thread. It should be noted that I used the stock, non-modified SMO reflector for this picture. The opening of the other reflector has been bored out, and it produces a wider beam. It's not a long distance shot or anything, but it's all I've got at the moment. Also, I didn't have time to compare it to the stock A9. I wanted to, but I ran out of time, so I'll include some other reference shots. From each light to the pine tree is roughly 23 feet. I had to take the pictures behind the lights because the camera wouldn't zoom out far enough to capture the spill. All camera settings remained the same for each light.
Control:
Fenix TK11 R2
Tiablo A9 SSR-50
Quark 123-2 Turbo
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