Re: TNT Triple-219 or Triple-XPG2 E-series bezel modding service...
Sorry guys, spent three days in hospital to do five tests and finally back in the saddle... today is rest and tomorrow continuing with modding/orders...
thanks for posting this, I'm definitely looking forward to doing this after studying abroad!
So Tana, is this correct for when I do it (will be in June/July)?:
$120 3 x XPE2 R2 3C (5000K) pushed with KDv2 3.05A 2.5-4.5V linear driver
+$20 TripLED mk2 upgrade package
+$14 McClicky package
+$?? stainless steel shroud for tail
and when you say "modes per request," what exactly does that imply? I'm a single-mode kind of man myself 99% of the time
Thanks man!
Eric, thanks for the help on the modes... Eric's right on the modes, I'd just add - stock config locks memory after 2 seconds... Customizing it can lower that to less than a second which serves much better so far... so picking any number of modes with or without memory is considered customizing the driver per request... be it 2-mode, 3-mode or 4-modes... as for single mode - it really is too much power for such a small package - I've ran it for 2 minutes and it gets hot that you skin fells it later on so I'd say super-safe time to use on high/turbo mode is 1 minute... thus I always recommend 3-modes which would serve as Low/High/Turbo meaning low and high to be safe for prolonged use and turbo for that 1 minute runtime... having a no memory and short reset for it would mean you'd be in desired high mode any time you want anyway...
And you're right on pricing... $140 for mk2 or $150 for mk3 (hidden components on the driver, cleaner build), $14 McClicky upgrade, $60 for stainless steel set (shroud and bezel ring)...
Maybe it was all ready covered, but can you do this to the KX1 head?
I was asked lots of times if it's possible and I always considered it not such a good idea as KL4 is much better candidate for either TripLED T1000 mod or mk3... the reason is - even if it would have a big additional aluminum heatsink behind cu-PCB it the heat would still have to be transferred to outer shell over - threaded area... thus I still consider that installing a orange-peel reflector and later version LEDs to be a better mod option for KX1/KX2/E1B/E2DL/etc heads...