I'm targeting the modules at 1W of LPM measured output with the included lenses. No silliness, no "this is what you might get with a G1, etc". Just pure, tested, 1W output. It's not going to be an earth shattering 1.8W unit, but, well, that's not the point of these
The approach I took this evening was to build each module at 1.25A.
- Then LPM them. If they had hit 1W at 1.25A, great. Very few did.
- If not, then based on that initial test, I increased the current up to what I estimated would give an output of above 1W (within reason, I never exceeded 1.6A). The resistor config on the Mosquitoes made this fairly easy to do.
- Then I LPM'd them again. At this stage, they all hit above 1W.
- Then I LPM'd them again 1 hour later.
I'm going to sell them as 1W units, and they will be. There aren't going to be any freak surprise over-spec units here. They'll all be hitting 1W to 1.1W. The higher efficiency diodes will at some stage probably get sold separately, but I'll cross that bridge later. The high efficiency diodes that came out of tonight's 10x Mosquitoes are already spoken for.
By the time they are sold here on LPF, they will have been LPM'd 3 to 4 times (because I'll LPM them before shipping as well). The modules will have BOTH leads and springs attached when you receive them, so there will be NO reason to do any soldering on the drivers AT ALL. You can snip off whatever you don't need (leads or spring). Nobody should need to modify anything on these modules
I'm going to sell them on eBay for $98, and on LPF for - less than that. TuhOz, I think I'll hit your recommendation. I'm going to do $90 for 1x, and $85 each for 2x.
I'm also going to kick the shipping cost down from $5 to $4. Trivial change I realize.
We'll see how this goes. It's still way less than the crappy chinese modules seem to be selling for on eBay.
