PT Apex. Why does it briefly get brighter when you turn it off?

[Greg G]

I bought an Apex today and one thing I've noticed is that the LED's get really bright when you hold the switch down to turn it off.

Is that normal?

 

[Greg G]

I figured it out. It wasn't even going onto the high setting.

I took the circuit board off the housing to change out the 5mm LED's to some whiter ones. I damaged the temp sensing device that is glued into the housing. It was reducing current to the LED's on the high setting. I desoldered and removed it, and now it has high/low like it should and doesn't go bright briefly when I turn it off. I just don't have the overheating safety circuit anymore. Oh well.


Greg