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Convoy has released a 17mm, 3V, 8A buck driver with 5A and 3A coming soon (www.aliexpress.us)

submitted 1 year ago by Zak to c/flashlight

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I'm assuming this will fit the C8 and many S-series lights. 8A is suitable for the SST-40 and SFT40, but will likely be limited by forward voltage with most emitters.

5A is running a 519A, SST-20, etc... fairly hard, while 3A is a pretty average single-emitter light.

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[–] masterironchef 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish they had these available couple of years ago; I moved all my self-assembled lights to 21700 Hosts because cheap buck and boost drivers were only available in 20mm and 22mm sizes.

[–] Zak 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't been building a lot of DIY stuff lately, but I have a C8 I think is going to need one of these and the upcoming high-CRI SFT40.

[–] masterironchef 1 points 1 year ago

Hi cri sft40? Damnit, I just built a L21B with the "new" XP-L HI with the lower Vf.