Well... I had a rather peculiar thing earlier this evening. I've had a new latest model A2 for about a week. It has been working perfectly (but am waiting for an Aviatrix when Bawko gets past his move). Beam pattern looks good, reminds me a lot of my P6 beam, only whiter.
Looking closely, I had noticed the incan bulb looked somewhat crooked, so just out of curiosity I decided to remove the head and look at it. I removed the batteries and the head, and sure enough the bulb is noticeably crooked in it's holder. Since the beam is ok, I'm not overly concerned about it (it's not crooked enough to hit the side of the hole in the reflector), but when I put it back together I only had a two stage LED (both with tailcap tighten and switch), no incan at all. Back apart for a look and everything looked fine, bright and shiny, so back together again... same thing. Apart again and bulb assembly rotated again, now just incan with no LED. Apart and bulb rotated again and worked fine when put back together.
It's not exactly an intricate procedure, only one moving part besides the head... the bulb assembly. That can't be normal, as I don't see any way to keep the bulb in a particular place, and it tends to rotate some when the head is tightened anyway. It can't be designed to be such a random process to work... does anyone know what the heck is happening?? :thinking:
I appreciate any information... thanks... Quinn
Looking closely, I had noticed the incan bulb looked somewhat crooked, so just out of curiosity I decided to remove the head and look at it. I removed the batteries and the head, and sure enough the bulb is noticeably crooked in it's holder. Since the beam is ok, I'm not overly concerned about it (it's not crooked enough to hit the side of the hole in the reflector), but when I put it back together I only had a two stage LED (both with tailcap tighten and switch), no incan at all. Back apart for a look and everything looked fine, bright and shiny, so back together again... same thing. Apart again and bulb assembly rotated again, now just incan with no LED. Apart and bulb rotated again and worked fine when put back together.
It's not exactly an intricate procedure, only one moving part besides the head... the bulb assembly. That can't be normal, as I don't see any way to keep the bulb in a particular place, and it tends to rotate some when the head is tightened anyway. It can't be designed to be such a random process to work... does anyone know what the heck is happening?? :thinking:
I appreciate any information... thanks... Quinn
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