X0 taken apart. What now?

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The IC appears to be able to push 1.5 amps. I can't tell from what I see in that picture where you'd hack it to increase the current.

A lux III should work with no modifications, but may or may not be at optimum current levels. It's easy enough to put one in just to test it.

Daniel.
 

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Wish I had a good idea for you to thank you for all the good info. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif Only other thoughs: a cyan just to see how much further you could see. A warm white for no paticular reason. They appear to have already implemented a syncronous rectifier so effeciency is already likely good. I'm currently guessing 1.75 W in. Mine draws 300 mA on fresh cells. We don't know the Vf or actual current of the stock Luxeon. In theory would amount to 1.2 W of course. Yes, you could put a Lux III in. Might be a minor color shift from being under driven, but would likely still produce more light. How much? I don't know! I'm still looking at the circuit to see if I can figure out where the current is set. Most likely is R (next to C1) which is labeled R10 (should be 0.10 ohms) but I haven't figured out how.
You would think the modders here would come up with something. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/poke2.gif
 

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Is the lack of respones an indication the X0 is perfect as is? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/poke2.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/poke2.gif
 

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Is the lack of respones an indication the X0 is perfect as is? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/poke2.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/poke2.gif

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You forget - We're at CPF.... The perfect light doesn't exist....
 

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flashlightlens.com said:
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gwbaltzell said:
Is the lack of respones an indication the X0 is perfect as is? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/poke2.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/poke2.gif

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You forget - We're at CPF.... The perfect light doesn't exist....

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I've been carrying my X0 for a few days and confirmed its not perfect. Next light will likely be "from scratch". But I can't think of any real mod for the X0. I was just trying to prod /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/poke2.gif the people here to coming up with one for you.

BTW - the X0 has convinced me I was wrong about wanting to eliminate a hot spot.

Best,
George
 
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