Hello,
New to this flashaholic thing and after reading lots of threads here and asking Alan at Dereelight a lot of questions (he was very polite), I ordered a DBS V3. After it arrived, I had to wait awhile for some protected 18650s. Used my DBS for a couple days and now it will not light.
Noticed last night that it dimmed and brightened as I was using it (fresh charge on batteries). Thought maybe something was loose. Tried shaking it a bit and sure enough light changed dim and bright as it moved. Also noticed some small plastic debris was between the lens and the reflector and was rattling around in there. Had lubed and tightened tail cap and extension, but had not done so the head. Then light stopped working altogether. Thought maybe it was loose there and decided to lube it as well. When I took the head off a small silver ring that I now know was the pill lock(er?) fell out. Lubed it. Put back together. No light. Tightened everything. No light. Not exactly sure if I got the pill lock right. I screwed it to base of pill that was screwed into base of reflector. Was that right?
Found troubleshooting online and connected battery to tube without switch cap. No light. Took pill out and used wires to connect battery to pill. No light.
Seels pill is dead after about a week of play. Very bummed. Wonder if I did something wrong or if there is something simple I am missing.
Sent email to Alan at Dereelight. Awaiting response.
Not bashing Dereelight. Maybe it was me. Just want it to work.
Sigh.
New to this flashaholic thing and after reading lots of threads here and asking Alan at Dereelight a lot of questions (he was very polite), I ordered a DBS V3. After it arrived, I had to wait awhile for some protected 18650s. Used my DBS for a couple days and now it will not light.
Noticed last night that it dimmed and brightened as I was using it (fresh charge on batteries). Thought maybe something was loose. Tried shaking it a bit and sure enough light changed dim and bright as it moved. Also noticed some small plastic debris was between the lens and the reflector and was rattling around in there. Had lubed and tightened tail cap and extension, but had not done so the head. Then light stopped working altogether. Thought maybe it was loose there and decided to lube it as well. When I took the head off a small silver ring that I now know was the pill lock(er?) fell out. Lubed it. Put back together. No light. Tightened everything. No light. Not exactly sure if I got the pill lock right. I screwed it to base of pill that was screwed into base of reflector. Was that right?
Found troubleshooting online and connected battery to tube without switch cap. No light. Took pill out and used wires to connect battery to pill. No light.
Seels pill is dead after about a week of play. Very bummed. Wonder if I did something wrong or if there is something simple I am missing.
Sent email to Alan at Dereelight. Awaiting response.
Not bashing Dereelight. Maybe it was me. Just want it to work.
Sigh.