kcmfg
Newly Enlightened
Hi everyone,
I'm new to this forum and just purchased my first LED flashlight. I received this flashlight (MTE "P7-D" SSC P7-C 900 Lumen 5-mode http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.16092) a few days ago and was somewhat disappointed in the performance of this flashlight. I have seen other peoples LED flashlights (surefires, husky, cheaper ones, etc) and this one does not seem any better. I think there may be something wrong with my flashlight. It flickers quite a bit in every mode and does not get hot at all. I left it on high mode for about 30 minutes and the whole flashlight was cold to the touch, not hot at all. I measured the volts of the batteries and they were 4.12v charged and then measured the wire leads next to the led bulb and it read 3.68v when in high mode.
My questions are, what can I do to make sure there is not something wrong with the flashlight. Should I measure the ohms on high mode and how would I go about doing so? Am I expecting too much from this flashlight? I don't really have anything to compare it to except for a 3 "C" battery incandescent Maglight.
I read a few threads saying to upgrade the wiring and bypass the resistors but I want to make sure there is nothing wrong with it first before I mod it and then try sending it back for replacement.
Also, if anyone else has this flashlight, can you post pics any pics of the led boards and light comparisons, etc..
Thanks for any help.
BTW,
Here are some pics of my setup:
I'm new to this forum and just purchased my first LED flashlight. I received this flashlight (MTE "P7-D" SSC P7-C 900 Lumen 5-mode http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.16092) a few days ago and was somewhat disappointed in the performance of this flashlight. I have seen other peoples LED flashlights (surefires, husky, cheaper ones, etc) and this one does not seem any better. I think there may be something wrong with my flashlight. It flickers quite a bit in every mode and does not get hot at all. I left it on high mode for about 30 minutes and the whole flashlight was cold to the touch, not hot at all. I measured the volts of the batteries and they were 4.12v charged and then measured the wire leads next to the led bulb and it read 3.68v when in high mode.
My questions are, what can I do to make sure there is not something wrong with the flashlight. Should I measure the ohms on high mode and how would I go about doing so? Am I expecting too much from this flashlight? I don't really have anything to compare it to except for a 3 "C" battery incandescent Maglight.
I read a few threads saying to upgrade the wiring and bypass the resistors but I want to make sure there is nothing wrong with it first before I mod it and then try sending it back for replacement.
Also, if anyone else has this flashlight, can you post pics any pics of the led boards and light comparisons, etc..
Thanks for any help.
BTW,
Here are some pics of my setup:
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