Caribbean not well

[Buffalohump]

hey guys,

Had occasion to use my brass Caribbean last night and something is not right.

The LED is flickering very rapidly. I cleaned the contacts, but it didn't help.

The battery is a fresh Energiser, so I don't know what the cause is. Haven't dropped it recently or anything.

I've written Peak but thought I'd try here as well. Anyone else experienced this?

Thanks

Mark

 

[parnass]

My P4 Caribbean flashed when the battery grew weak. Replaced the battery and it behaved as good as new.

 

[Buffalohump]

Hey,

Yeah, Robyn got back to me and suggested I try a fresh cell and hey presto, problem solved.

What a relief, I wasn't keen to ship the light all the way back to Peak.

Thanks!

 

[Archangel]

As an aside, if you use the light long enough for it to stop flashing, you'll have a long tail of low light. What is happening is that the circuit is trying desperately to maintain the light output and the cell can *almost* manage. Once the cell obviously can't, the circuit will quit trying.