ANDURIL 2 VOLTAGE CALIBRATION AND THERMAL CONFIGURATION EXPLAINED A LITTLE BETTER HOPEFULLY

[@Chai6623]

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[@darrenrunning1659]

Thanks for taking the time to explain how this all works, to totally honest i have tried multiple times and messed it up. Very cool

[@smotheredchrome]

Thank you my friend I appreciate your comment and kind words and support 🙏 Honestly I'm not the best at explaining I try my best to show and explain hopefully everyone is understanding what I'm trying to do. Thank you again my friend I appreciate you 🙏

[@YourAverageReviews]

I was literally just thinking about this because my SP10 voltage reading is incorrect, so thank you for this perfectly timed video!

[@smotheredchrome]

Thank you my friend I appreciate your comment and support 🙏

[@ชัยชโย]

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[@Stutterin-Bob]

Oh Brotherman!! Thank you!! I couldn't get the first and second flash either and now I've finally setup all my Anduril lights! You Rock 👊 Subbed

[@vamheredur413]

Great video! Anduril can be a bit challenging at first, but after you get the hang of it it's quite intuitive.

[@smotheredchrome]

Thank you I appreciate your comment 🙏 Yes I agree 👍

[@JayP7.62]

I just got the Q8 plus. Its my first with the UI. Maybe something has changed since this video. But for thermal stepdown temp on my instructions after the second flash each click is adding 1 degree from 30c. So if I wanted to get to 70c I would have to do 40 clicks. Like I said Im new to this. Did the UI change? Or does it have to do with something else? Also what temp before stepdown would you recommend thats high but still a considered safe for the electronics?

[@calidog447]

What brand name of charger do you use so i. Can order that Specific one

[@speedbrknek]

Great vid as every other is. Makes me wonder how the maximum volt charge is determined. Is it affected by the voltage that is entered by the user at all? Or is it some inner default setting inside the processor that determines when on-board charging is halted. Most non-Anduril lights with on-board charging are set to max out at 4.18V-4.2V Hmm, maybe when the charge cable is inserted it resets to a default configuration. I bet ToyKeeper would know😊. I guess that’s a simple enough test to perform. Set your light to 4.4V or more(as indicated by the 3-click)then insert charge cable, then recheck the 3-click to see if there’s a change. Thanks for the good work as usual…..EDIT: Just checked, the 3-click volt test did not change after inserting the charge cable. I’m using my Sofirn SC31 Pro for the test. Started at 3.8V, then input the 13 clicks, showed 4.1V, then inserted type C charger, shows red switch(charging), still shows 4.1V You can 3-click test while charging! Now shows 4.4V while charging(red switch). Will it blow up? I’ll let y’all know. EDIT 2: Switch went green(charging complete). Removed battery from light…placed in Miboxer C4-12 charger, voltage is shown as 4.19V, thank heavens my SC31 Pro did not blow up.✌️

[@smotheredchrome]

Thank you speed appreciate your time and testing and sharing my friend.

[@WeThePeopleSurvival69]

Great video My Chrome brother! Best reviews on You tube for E.D.C. lights!

[@smotheredchrome]

Appreciate you Silver 🙏

[@Dragonkingzx]

Hi Boss, What Is The Voltage Calibration For? If I Add +0.30, It Can Be More Brighter? For A Thermal Calibration I Know That It Can Makes My Turbo Mode Last Longer Of I Set The Thermal Higher... But For The Voltage Calibration I Did Not Understand Well About It Functionality...🙏

[@10010Linus]

i and a friend are tempted to get this light, ive heard good things about the molicell p42a, how many more lumens would i get from the moli compared to the original sofirn branded 21700's? if its a big increase, im getting the moli as ive found a retailer here in my coutry that sells it for around the same total price (light + p42s's) as the light + sofirn batteries and do you have a comparison video somewhere?

[@smotheredchrome]

Thank you my friend I appreciate your comment 🙏 Molicel will get you 10% to 20% more lumens usually depending on the light. I do have alot of videos showing the difference between Samsung, molicel and sofirn batteries.

[@zGJungle]

Just got this light, and yeah setting the thermal step down is a pain in the ass, been trying to get it right all morning haha. Hopefully this video helps !

[@oxdudepoege]

I didn't get the part with the 1900lux. What exactly are you doing there ?

[@smotheredchrome]

Thank you I appreciate your comment 🙏 That's actually lumens my friend

[@tomgibbon4731]

Great video as always! Thanks for all the info that's definitely cleared things up for me, from now on I'll be setting it back to 4.2V as I don't have a smart charger👍 keep up the great work!

[@smotheredchrome]

Thank you my friend I appreciate your comment and support 🙏

[@reymundjakermabanag4552]

Can i ask how to default settings in sofirn q8plus? The way it was used to be please reply

[@smotheredchrome]

If you mean factory reset, it's 13 Hold from off

[@aj2no17]

What exactly does the voltage calibration do? So it's telling the light that the battery is .3 volts higher than it actually is? If the battery is actually at 3.9 volts the light will think it's at 4.2? What does this do besides give you a few extra lumens is it beneficial in any other way? And is it dangerous to run the batteries low with the voltage set like this? Thanks

[@smotheredchrome]

Thank you my friend I appreciate your comment 🙏 The only benefits is a few extra lumens and your battery will last a little longer if you were in a situation where you had no way to charge, I wouldn't say it's dangerous but if you run it to low and don't have a charger that repairs batteries you can drop the voltage to low to be able to charge with the flashlight. Basically IMHO the voltage calibration tricks the light in-between .3 and .5 depending on the light

[@aj2no17]

@Smothered Chrome thanks for the reply. I think you also mentioned you shouldn't charge it with the USB c with the battery calibrated this way either so should i factory reset it every time before charging the light? I'm confused cuz if you're telling the light it's like .3v higher than it actually is wouldn't the light just charge to like 3.9v and stop charging since it would think it's at 4.2 instead? Sorry for all questions I appreciate the help

[@smotheredchrome]

That's were it gets a little tricky for me as I'm no electrician and don't want none of you to ruin your battery or light, I'm just using common sense that the battery maxed is 4.2 and if you have it configured you could be possibly charging to 4.5 that's why I recommend not to charge in your configured light, I have charged mine while configured but very shortly I never let it charge full because I don't want to blow up a battery or anything worse.

[@aj2no17]

@Smothered Chrome yea it's confusing I feel like you'd run into over discharging it instead of overcharging it I'm not gonna risk it though thanks. Just got the plus and don't wanna blow it up😭 thanks for the help

[@smotheredchrome]

No problem my friend appreciate you 🙏 Honestly it's not necessary that light is a beast with or without but make sure you set up the thermal so it does not step down fast on you.

[@a.k.8808]

Does the Q8 really have 30 degrees as the factory setting? Seems very little to me. I'm unsure here because I would have 50 with 20 clicks, but if it were higher I would have been 60 or 65.

[@smotheredchrome]

Thank you my friend I appreciate your comment 🙏 The factory settings for the Q8 is 55c so I add 15clicks to max out to 70c

[@a.k.8808]

@@smotheredchrome oh my god ...thank you for the Information, then i leave it. but I don't understand why Sofirn doesn't mention it in the description. thx for your informative videos

[@smotheredchrome]

Thank you my friend I appreciate your comment and support 🙏 Yeah they sometimes do not mention the factory thermal settings so I will contact them directly and they will let you know.

[@universalrebel503]

Does the flash light get reset if I unscrew it so batteries don't make contact during storage?

[@smotheredchrome]

Thank you I appreciate your comment 🙏 No Your light has memory so it will remember your settings even when you take out batteries.

[@universalrebel503]

Awesome I had not tried to configure my ec06 thinking I'd have to do everytime I wanted to use it. Thanks for the info and your video was a great tutorial 👍

[@smotheredchrome]

Thank you my friend I appreciate your comment and support and kind words 🙏

[@yourfilipinotv6477]

Do you know how many steps is the maximum in stepped mode?

[@smotheredchrome]

Thank you my friend I appreciate your comment 🙏 I believe 7 if I remember correctly

[@craigs7181]

​@@smotheredchromeThe maximum number of steps could go as high as 150, at least it use to be. There's just no point to it as you may as well use smooth ramping. Anduril brightness has always been based on a scale from 1 to 150.

[@smotheredchrome]

Thank you my friend appreciate the info 👍 🙏

[@gd.ritter]

This is not the correct way to set this up, you're getting "extra lumens" because you're defeating the temperature protection in it by calibrating it wrong. Correct method is: Go into temperature check mode on a room temperature flashlight (meaning it's been turned off and is stable at the temp of the room you're in, not in your warm pocket or anything), and then enter calibration mode as you show, after the FIRST flash, this is the current temp setting (where you set it to 1 click (1 Celsius)). This SHOULD BE set to current ambient room temperature. So, if the room you're sitting in is 21 Celsius (70 Fahrenheit) then click 21 times. After the second flash of calibration, that is the CUTOFF temperature where it will throttle back to protect from overheating. This has a minimum of 30 Celsius, so every 1 click is above 30. (default is 45C just like you set in your video (30+15 clicks = 45)). The problem is if you set the current temp to 1 C in a 20C room, then you're effectively skewing the temperature reading it takes to always think it's 19 degrees cooler than reality. So, then your max temperature when it starts to regulate itself is 19 degrees HIGHER than intended. The max programmed temperature for regulation in Anduril 2 is 70C (40 clicks). So, if you are set to 45C like you did then the 20C calibration error will keep you under the 70C max safe limit still. However, if you had your max temperature set to 51C or higher, the light would now EXCEED its safety rating because it'll think it's only 60C when in reality, it's 79C, for example.

[@gd.ritter]

also, to check your calibration, leave the flashlight off on a shelf for 20 minutes to stabilize at the current room temperature. If you check the temperature of the flashlight, it should flash the current room temperature in Celsius. So 3Clicks to battery check. 2 clicks to temp check. Compare it's reported temp against another thermometer in the room. Remember it'll be warmer if it's been running recently or in your jeans pocket or something, give it time to reach actual room temp internally before testing/calibrating.

[@smotheredchrome]

Thank you my friend I appreciate your comment and information. Yes I understand what you are saying and I put countless hours of testing and the way I set it up is perfect for me, I did some research on LED's and the heat they can handle and from what I gather and from experience they can handle what ever anduril 2 setting you throw at it. The only downside to these setting is your light will definitely get extremely hot and burn you if running on turbo but medium mode and lower I have great experiences. Appreciate you my friend 👍

[@gd.ritter]

@@smotheredchrome Yes, it'll survive being driven that hard in your case because the 45C you've set for cutoff + the 20C calibration error = 65C out of a designed 70C max. In fact, you can set the actual ambient temperature correctly and change your cutoff (second flash in config setting) to 65C (out of the 70C maximum) and you'll achieve the exact same performance but without faking the temperature reading and without risking someone taking your advice. Accurate temp readings will also come into play when the light decides if it's safe to be charging a max current also, so let's not burn down our house on accident either and just set it up correctly. If someone watching takes your advice on the 1 Celsius temp setting but their cutoff is set to max of 70C, their DRIVER will hit 90C or more before it realizes to throttle back. If they were in Texas with a real temp of 100F when they set it, they're out of calibration by 38C! Add the designed 70C cutoff and they are at 108C. The SST40 Led in a Sofirn SC31 Pro has a max temp rating (at the LED) of 100 Celsius. Someone could easily fry their light, shorten its life, or explode a battery or lens by combining your advice with a max cutoff setting. You've given literally dangerous advice in this video if someone who doesn't understand what they're doing blindly trusts you. SST40 LED Specifications: media.digikey.com/pdf/Data%20Sheets/Luminus%20PDFs/SST-40-W_Rev4_3-26-20.pdf

[@gd.ritter]

I'm genuinely not trying to be a jerk here, tone is hard to read online. But depending on how warm their house is when they do this config, it could be hazardous. I just want the right info to be available to everyone so we can all love our lights.

[@smotheredchrome]

Honestly my friend I recommended not to do these setting in my video, I am just showing how to calibrate your light to the max, I've done 100s of test different ways and never had any issues with fires or burning out LED's. The way I setup the configuration on my videos is the best way for throttling down and I have done all the correct ways and still the 1c and max 70 is the best IMHO. To be honest the stock way without any configuration straight out the box can burn your house down, fry your battery and so on, I definitely appreciate your info and concern my friend.

[@harisyoung4110]

i just download the anduril2 diagram, but i dont really understand it.. the "2c" may mean a 2click but can you please explain what "2h" means ?

[@smotheredchrome]

Thank you my friend I appreciate your comment 🙏 Yes 2c means 2 clicks and 2h means on your 2nd click hold the button.

[@harisyoung4110]

@@smotheredchrome Thank you, you just saved my day solving this.. how long should i hold the button before releasing it ?

[@smotheredchrome]

As soon as your light flickers or visibly changes its mode.

[@smccarnage]

For voltage I couldn't get the 7C to stay. It's always flash 2x fast... Brings me back to the celcius settings over and over..only managed to get celcius & thermal setting. This thing is hot, very hot. I have to wear gloves to use it for work lol. It's pitch black out there. My work requires thrower & flooder

[@smotheredchrome]

Try 7H

[@smccarnage]

@@smotheredchrome I did. Still the same..

[@smotheredchrome]

Okay did you make sure it is in advanced mode 10H from off if you did and still don't work I would say you have a defective unit, if you recently purchased it I would return and get a new one.

[@smccarnage]

@@smotheredchrome yes, it's in advance. Oh my.... Time I don't have. I will just stay at factory mode then with advance. Thank you bud for helping me out👍

[@smotheredchrome]

No problem my friend appreciate you 🙏

[@smccarnage]

For voltage I couldn't get the 7C to stay. It's always flash 2x fast... Brings me back to the celcius settings over and over..

[@smotheredchrome]

Thank you my friend I appreciate your comment 🙏 I believe it is 7H to enter voltage calibration.

[@allexking]

Hi mate, never ever play with voltage calibration, unless you know what you doing! You are not boosting voltage to emitters directly, that option is for charging circuit. For example if you measured factory settings on that flashlight 4.2V cut off for overcharge protection and 3V for discharge protection and than you add +0.30V offset that mean that both overcharge/discharge protection will rise for that amount, so it will charge to !4.5V! and discharge to 3.3V(under 3.3V you have way more capacity than over 4.2V). However It's very dangerous to charge Li-Ion batteries above 4.2V and i can't imagine what would happen if battery short inside that thick aluminum case, it's a pocket bomb...and you won't get much lumens by charging cells to 4.5V anyway because you are not gaining almost nothing from 4.2 to 4.5, so after you turn your flashlight at some higher mode voltage will instantly drop to like 3.7V or more depends on the power output and cell internal resistance, you are just risking to damage cells or something even way more worst. Reason why you think you got some lumens more is because you used higher output power that caused rapid voltage drop on batteries due to big current, than you turn light off, batteries start to ''recover'' from that stress, voltage back up and when you turn it on again on same mode it show slightly higher output value but for a very short period, on 5:53 you see that slight boost and instantly get back to previous output you measured before, also can be that some components inside hold some energy after you turn flashlight off (inductors, capacitors..). For powerbank part, has nothing to do with that offset, that's separate circuit with regulated voltage at 5V input/output, unless it is QC, than it will have multiple voltage ranges depended on your power adapter. Sorry for my tragic English, not my native language, tried to explain in a simple way possible. Cheers and be safe when working with batteries and high current! :)

[@smotheredchrome]

Thank you my friend I appreciate the info.

[@indikaroshan785]

not clear what says just utter

[@smotheredchrome]

Thank you my friend I appreciate your comment 🙏

[@jimmyross1672]

man i have to wait 30 days until i recive this light in the mail but boyyy when it does get here ill be so fucking excited man i hate waiting its litterly all i think about lol its driving me crazy i need to get help i love flashlights so much

[@smotheredchrome]

Thank you my friend I appreciate your comment 🙏 Yes I know what you mean the wait time is terrible for over sea order's