ledfanfromjuno
Enlightened
I just bought 1 $20 conductive silver epoxy kit, 1 JB Weld nonconductive epoxy cold nonconductive weld $4, 1 epoxy quick setting kit $4, 1 supergulue gel $1, 1 GE silicon II kithen and bath sealant.
I'm going to use the superglue to glue the circuit board around the arc ls luxeon emitter flat against its backing so it'll be easier to work with it. Then I'm going to apply the conductive silver epoxy LIBERALLY along the entire gold contact strip out to the wall of the arc's head. When all dry I'll epoxy over both sides of the arc's board probably using JB's Weld since it has a temperature rating of 600 F.
Finally, to waterproof the ARC LS hybrid I am going to use GE silicone II kitchen and bath sealant which comes in a tube so you don't need a caulk gun. It is clear and I bought it from home depot. It bonds somewhat so I need to be carefull so I don't locktite anything. I'm going to apply just enough thickness of this stuff under the bezel after I remove the collimator. I'm also going to apply a ring of this silicon to the arc's head just below the threads that mate with the bezel to give the bezel something squishy and waterproof to screw down into.
This should make the arc waterproof in a rainstorm but not for diving. This should also permamently get rid of flex failure. Even if flex still comes back the bezel will still be left free to twist and remedy flex failure with this fix.
All the parts cost me $37. However, the bulk of this price was the conductive silver epoxy which cost $20. Considerring that I'll be fixing 3 Arc ls hybrid seconds which I got for $49, I still consider this a steal.
I'm going to use the superglue to glue the circuit board around the arc ls luxeon emitter flat against its backing so it'll be easier to work with it. Then I'm going to apply the conductive silver epoxy LIBERALLY along the entire gold contact strip out to the wall of the arc's head. When all dry I'll epoxy over both sides of the arc's board probably using JB's Weld since it has a temperature rating of 600 F.
Finally, to waterproof the ARC LS hybrid I am going to use GE silicone II kitchen and bath sealant which comes in a tube so you don't need a caulk gun. It is clear and I bought it from home depot. It bonds somewhat so I need to be carefull so I don't locktite anything. I'm going to apply just enough thickness of this stuff under the bezel after I remove the collimator. I'm also going to apply a ring of this silicon to the arc's head just below the threads that mate with the bezel to give the bezel something squishy and waterproof to screw down into.
This should make the arc waterproof in a rainstorm but not for diving. This should also permamently get rid of flex failure. Even if flex still comes back the bezel will still be left free to twist and remedy flex failure with this fix.
All the parts cost me $37. However, the bulk of this price was the conductive silver epoxy which cost $20. Considerring that I'll be fixing 3 Arc ls hybrid seconds which I got for $49, I still consider this a steal.