Did u use a driver ?, any heatsinking, what led did u use, battery
Yes, yes, xpe, 14500
now a bit more detail, starting in that order:
Since this was more of a...let's see if I'm capable of doing this project, I opted on staying on a budget.
1. Driver = DX SKU : 25518
2. Self made heat sink from a 1/2 in copper pipe end cap that is readly available for very cheap at local hardware store. Since mine is potted to the body of the light I can't pull it out to show but this is it:
3. Emitter in this case is xpe. Why? Found it dirt cheap on eBay. Can any other be used? You bet. Just match the appropriate driver to it.
In my case the driver is potted to the open end of heatsink(16mm driver and star fit like they were ment) and led rests flat on closed end. Couple of holes for wires, trim length of copper so reflector presses tightly on star for good thermal connection and presto you have a dropin.
I also removed some thread from inside the head so the pill sat deeper into the head that way with buttontops, twist action is still achieved.
4. One protected 14500
Human lathe method to make it a single li-ion size and as soon as it was dark I started grinning
Honestly it sounds harder than it is. All this can be done in around one to two hrs and no major special tools required.
Plus having 200 or more lumens in this size will wow most ppl.
And because I wouldn't dream of using an expensive EDC in my line of work this has filled my needs way better than expected
Some ppl have pushed as much as 1000 and one member has the current brightest mini in the world.
Check his thread out for more ideas:
Match's 4M
