2 PH50 questions: Strap attachment and Battery Charging

[Jahna]

1. I seem to remember a post where someone else mentioned that it seems that there is only one place to attach the PH50's shoulder strap, but I can't remember what the solution was, and I can't find that post by searching.

I've got one end connected to the one obvious connecting place at the rearmost base of the handle, and it doesn't seem like I can get the other end of the strap connected to the same place (is that the solution?).

Also,

2. First time charging the battery, the 5 leftmost led's are not turning green one by one, even after 2 1/2 hours. Just the rightmost led is flashing yellow. This is the case on both batteries (I bought an extra). In the MS Word file instructions it says:
" When the battery is fully charged the 1 Red LED will turn. "

It doesn't say what color, it just says 'will turn.' [I'm not trying to be whiny because there's a typo, I just don't know what color it's supposed to turn]. I assumed it would turn green like the others, but maybe it's supposed to turn to flashing yellow and all the other led's go out?

Thing is, when I just gave it a try anyway, inserted the battery and turned it on, the light went on, and 5 solid green led's did appear thru the end cap for a few seconds as stated in the instructions.
Ok, so maybe I've answered my own question: the last led turns flashing yellow, the other 5 go out? [And, batteries are shipped from the Polarion USA store fully charged. Does that sound right?]

Still, I want to make sure I start it off right (batteries are expensive!). And, the sun just set here in Southern Cali, it's Halloween, and I want to go out and test this bad boy -- surprising the heck out of some trick or treaters:poke: (just kidding)!


Jahna

 

[Patriot]

1. I seem to remember a post where someone else mentioned that it seems that there is only one place to attach the PH50's shoulder strap, but I can't remember what the solution was, and I can't find that post by searching.

I've got one end connected to the one obvious connecting place at the rearmost base of the handle, and it doesn't seem like I can get the other end of the strap connected to the same place (is that the solution?).

Also,

2. First time charging the battery, the 5 leftmost led's are not turning green one by one, even after 2 1/2 hours. Just the rightmost led is flashing yellow. This is the case on both batteries (I bought an extra). In the MS Word file instructions it says:
" When the battery is fully charged the 1 Red LED will turn. "

It doesn't say what color, it just says 'will turn.' [I'm not trying to be whiny because there's a typo, I just don't know what color it's supposed to turn]. I assumed it would turn green like the others, but maybe it's supposed to turn to flashing yellow and all the other led's go out?

Thing is, when I just gave it a try anyway, inserted the battery and turned it on, the light went on, and 5 solid green led's did appear thru the end cap for a few seconds as stated in the instructions.
Ok, so maybe I've answered my own question: the last led turns flashing yellow, the other 5 go out? [And, batteries are shipped from the Polarion USA store fully charged. Does that sound right?]

Still, I want to make sure I start it off right (batteries are expensive!). And, the sun just set here in Southern Cali, it's Halloween, and I want to go out and test this bad boy -- surprising the heck out of some trick or treaters:poke: (just kidding)!


Jahna

I think the solution was a heavy duty zip-tie iirc. You can either run it through the hole at the back of the handle and clip both attachments to it or you can secure a zip-tie toward the front of the body in order to sling carry the light in a relatively horizontal position.


Instead of the directions stating that the red LED "will turn." It should read, "will turn green." If my brain isn't failing like it sometimes does, I remember seeing 6 green LED's at the end of the charge.




With the older batteries there was no red LED, just the five green LED's. When the battery is fully charged they all flashed to indicate it's finished.