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Well I decided to grab the new N450 and the new 465 from DTR to see what they could do?:thinking: So I also grabbed two sxd drivers. One set at 4.0 amps for the n465 and 4.5 amps set for the n450. ( knew I was pushing the the n450 pretty hard, but I'm a glutton for punishment) Choose to put them in the Lux-pro 600 host.
1), First we lined up all the parts
2), Than unwrapped Lifetimes polished heat sinks and separated the drivers.
3), Wired up the drivers.
4), Dismantled the pill that came with the host.
5), Than removed all the components on the driver board.( wont be needing them). Than drilled a hole in the board for the positive lead.
6), Next thermo epoxied the sxd drivers in the pill, let dry for an hour. Grabbed a bite to eat.
7), Trimmed all the wires and soldered the positive wire in the center of the driver boards and soldered and pinched the ground wire in between the driver board and the pill. Used a small vice to squeeze the ground wire in nice and snug.
8), Soldered up the diodes to there matching drivers and shrink tubed the solder joints.
9), Lined up all the parts for the final assembly.
10), Made final assembly, put batteries in.
Moment of truth, drum, roll if you please and, and, and, and, BOOM!!!
THE N450 LED"D AS SOON AS I FIRED HER UP!!!! WHAAAAAA :cryyy::cryyy:
( like I said, I knew I was pushing the n450 hard, so watch it if you chose to push them at 4.5 amps, a man had to try though.:tsk::tsk: So I ordered another diode and a BB6 set at 4.0amps, hopefully second times a charm.)
The n465 threw photon's for days, and is real pretty color, will try to get some night time beam shots tonight.
So on these builds I'm running 50%, does that mean only one eye can cry? :thinking:
Hope you enjoy the thread.
Well I tested the driver and it was still good. So I thought I give it a go to press and solder my first diode. Had a used 44 that can handle 4.5 amps, that was givin to me, so a quick prayer and off to the races.
1), Tested driver, still good.
20, Pressed diode in 12mm module.
3), Soldered leads and shrink tubed.
4), Mounted module in heat sink to test on psu. Yea she's good!
5), Remounted diode and heat sink in the host solder the leads, and Yep we have photons.
The saying go "all things work together" so it ends well.
Ps. still need a n450 build, but a replacements on it's way.
1), First we lined up all the parts
2), Than unwrapped Lifetimes polished heat sinks and separated the drivers.
3), Wired up the drivers.
4), Dismantled the pill that came with the host.
5), Than removed all the components on the driver board.( wont be needing them). Than drilled a hole in the board for the positive lead.
6), Next thermo epoxied the sxd drivers in the pill, let dry for an hour. Grabbed a bite to eat.
7), Trimmed all the wires and soldered the positive wire in the center of the driver boards and soldered and pinched the ground wire in between the driver board and the pill. Used a small vice to squeeze the ground wire in nice and snug.
8), Soldered up the diodes to there matching drivers and shrink tubed the solder joints.
9), Lined up all the parts for the final assembly.
10), Made final assembly, put batteries in.
Moment of truth, drum, roll if you please and, and, and, and, BOOM!!!
THE N450 LED"D AS SOON AS I FIRED HER UP!!!! WHAAAAAA :cryyy::cryyy:
( like I said, I knew I was pushing the n450 hard, so watch it if you chose to push them at 4.5 amps, a man had to try though.:tsk::tsk: So I ordered another diode and a BB6 set at 4.0amps, hopefully second times a charm.)
The n465 threw photon's for days, and is real pretty color, will try to get some night time beam shots tonight.
So on these builds I'm running 50%, does that mean only one eye can cry? :thinking:
Hope you enjoy the thread.
Well I tested the driver and it was still good. So I thought I give it a go to press and solder my first diode. Had a used 44 that can handle 4.5 amps, that was givin to me, so a quick prayer and off to the races.
1), Tested driver, still good.
20, Pressed diode in 12mm module.
3), Soldered leads and shrink tubed.
4), Mounted module in heat sink to test on psu. Yea she's good!
5), Remounted diode and heat sink in the host solder the leads, and Yep we have photons.
The saying go "all things work together" so it ends well.
Ps. still need a n450 build, but a replacements on it's way.
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The N465 looks great though!
