Continuing with my adventures in incandescent flashlights, I bought 2 solarforce hosts, an L2M (screws apart to single 123 length) and an L2T (C2 copy). I'm still waiting on my lumens factory bulbs, but I put in my current P60 bulb and nada. No light. Comparing the host tubes side by side, it's obvious that the host body tubes are shorter than my G2 body tube, and are different lengths from each other even.
When I fully assemble the solarforce host with bulb and batteries, I get no light. As I start to unscrew the head with the clicky ON, I eventually get the bulb to turn on, but only after unscrewing the head quite a bit.
Am I missing something here? It's almost like the P60 bulb has a cutout switch if it's over-compressed. If this is true, why are the host tubes shorter than the needed 2xcr123 length?
I've tried G2 bezel - solarforce body - G2 tailcap combination, but still no light.
I've tried to search for this, but my combination of search terms just gives me hundreds of results on P60 drop ins, I'm trying to make this work with a P60 bulb.
When I fully assemble the solarforce host with bulb and batteries, I get no light. As I start to unscrew the head with the clicky ON, I eventually get the bulb to turn on, but only after unscrewing the head quite a bit.
Am I missing something here? It's almost like the P60 bulb has a cutout switch if it's over-compressed. If this is true, why are the host tubes shorter than the needed 2xcr123 length?
I've tried G2 bezel - solarforce body - G2 tailcap combination, but still no light.
I've tried to search for this, but my combination of search terms just gives me hundreds of results on P60 drop ins, I'm trying to make this work with a P60 bulb.
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