Klarus XT11 with 4 IMR 18340's (16.8 volts) shoved down its throat. Results. Pics.

ledmitter_nli · Aug 12, 2012

A makeshift body extender made out of a segment of pipe insulation with an aluminum foil lead to the tailcap.

So much for operating voltage between 3.4V-8.4V lovecpf

enomosiki · Aug 12, 2012

Congratulations. You have just voided the warranty on your XT11.

ledmitter_nli · Aug 13, 2012

enomosiki said:
Congratulations. You have just voided the warranty on your XT11.

No worries

ScaryFatKidGT · Aug 13, 2012

How did it not go :poof:

?

ledmitter_nli · Aug 13, 2012

ScaryFatKidGT said:
How did it not go ?

Beats me. But the brightness in those pics is deceiving. There's a piece of white paper in front
of it. It isn't really any brighter than normal.

I did notice there was no stepdown with this kind of charge and got much hotter after a few min than normal.

The components must be over heating from the overdrive.

enomosiki · Aug 13, 2012

The buck-boost driver is overworking itself. It's not a matter of will it fry; it's a matter of when.

Oztorchfreak · Aug 18, 2012

enomosiki said:
The buck-boost driver is overworking itself. It's not a matter of will it fry; it's a matter of when.

I have a Klarus XT11 and I would never dream of doing that to it.

I thought driving it with 2 x RCR123s worked it hard enough!

I reckon that it really is a matter of when and not will it go POOF as well.

Why did you do that experiment?

How many XT11s do you have in your collection to warrant the possibility of blowing that one up.

Did you do that experiment behind a tough bullet proof panel as is done on "Mythbusters" for safety or did you just leave the room for a while?

I would have a fire extinguisher handy if I tried that!

CHEERS

tobrien · Aug 18, 2012

I'm crying it's so beautiful

edit: perhaps it's the same driver as the XT20?

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