Looks like I fried my KX2 head. It went for a swim, as it has several times throughout it's life with me, but apparently today it had some water get into it, and it seems to have cause the driver board to go **** up. The emitter seems to be alright, it flickers when the switch is pressed, just never comes up to full low or high power. Screwed an LX2 head on the E2L body, it lit full brightness as it should, although with a bit of flickering until the tailcap was fully clicked on... dunno what that's about, but it seems insignificant.
So... what can I do with a dead KX2 head? Can't send it back to SF, I voided my warranty on it already by having previously attempted to crack it open and only succeeding in accessing the driver board, never got to the optic. Yes, I put the gasket back in, but maybe that's how water got in.
Can Milkyspit do mods on a KX2? I Or perhaps I buy a replacement driver board somewhere? If neither of those things, I'll just use it as a learning tool to figure out how to get the damn thing to come apart!! Seems to be some sort of clear threadlocker on it or something.
EDIT: damn, I've only got 3 posts here!? Coulda swore I had posted on here a few times before, but oh well. Anyhow, I wanted to ask where is a good place to buy driver boards and LED's? I'm readin some threads on how to get this KX2 apart, looks like I'll need some heat and patience lol. But I'm stubborn, it WILL come apart! So, where to get parts for it...??
Thanks
Andy
So... what can I do with a dead KX2 head? Can't send it back to SF, I voided my warranty on it already by having previously attempted to crack it open and only succeeding in accessing the driver board, never got to the optic. Yes, I put the gasket back in, but maybe that's how water got in.
Can Milkyspit do mods on a KX2? I Or perhaps I buy a replacement driver board somewhere? If neither of those things, I'll just use it as a learning tool to figure out how to get the damn thing to come apart!! Seems to be some sort of clear threadlocker on it or something.
EDIT: damn, I've only got 3 posts here!? Coulda swore I had posted on here a few times before, but oh well. Anyhow, I wanted to ask where is a good place to buy driver boards and LED's? I'm readin some threads on how to get this KX2 apart, looks like I'll need some heat and patience lol. But I'm stubborn, it WILL come apart! So, where to get parts for it...??
Thanks
Andy
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