bobisculous
Flashlight Enthusiast
So I have two spotlights. An old Vector and Thor. Both are that yellowish color. The vector is a "pistol" grip type and the Thor is the top handle having Thor. You know, the massive beast.
Both are SLA battery, rechargeable of course. They had sat in a room for a year or two until last week I wanted to play with them again. The Vector was dead dead. Wouldn't turn on or anything. The Thor still seems to have some charge. So naturally, I wanted to get them both charged up. God only knows which of these wall warts are the correct one. We all have so many. I found one that fit both the Thor and the Vector.
When I plugged it into the Vector to charge, the Vector would light up without a problem, while plugged in, so it was at least sort of working. I let it charge for 4 hours (12 being the max it states). At the four hour mark, I checked on it. Nothing worked when I unplugged it, but it was damp. I opened the battery compartment and the battery was noticably swollen up, and I assume the liquid was battery acid. I took it to the garage and there it sits still, days later. I am not screwing with that one anymore, not till I get at least a new battery.
So no I am wanting to charge the Thor, but heck if I know if it will do the same thing. When I plug it all in, the red light on the Thor indicating it's charging lights up.
Since I starting typing this post, I am seeing now the wall wart I was using said Output of 12V AC. That seems not right, and suspect it should be 12 DC output. I am going to assume thats what killed the Vector, eh? My fault if I destroyed the Vector, oh well. I just don't want to do it again and risk more serious problems. I probably have the wrong AC converter and it just magically fits both lights. That sound about right?
Thanks for any input,
-Cameron
Both are SLA battery, rechargeable of course. They had sat in a room for a year or two until last week I wanted to play with them again. The Vector was dead dead. Wouldn't turn on or anything. The Thor still seems to have some charge. So naturally, I wanted to get them both charged up. God only knows which of these wall warts are the correct one. We all have so many. I found one that fit both the Thor and the Vector.
When I plugged it into the Vector to charge, the Vector would light up without a problem, while plugged in, so it was at least sort of working. I let it charge for 4 hours (12 being the max it states). At the four hour mark, I checked on it. Nothing worked when I unplugged it, but it was damp. I opened the battery compartment and the battery was noticably swollen up, and I assume the liquid was battery acid. I took it to the garage and there it sits still, days later. I am not screwing with that one anymore, not till I get at least a new battery.
So no I am wanting to charge the Thor, but heck if I know if it will do the same thing. When I plug it all in, the red light on the Thor indicating it's charging lights up.
Since I starting typing this post, I am seeing now the wall wart I was using said Output of 12V AC. That seems not right, and suspect it should be 12 DC output. I am going to assume thats what killed the Vector, eh? My fault if I destroyed the Vector, oh well. I just don't want to do it again and risk more serious problems. I probably have the wrong AC converter and it just magically fits both lights. That sound about right?
Thanks for any input,
-Cameron