Argh. Fried a brand new TLE-5EX. I'm an idiot....

Dangit, I always gotta mess with stuff, don't I? Got this new TLE-5EX module in today and plopped it in. Very nice. Noticeably brighter than the standard TLE-5 with a Seoul on it. So like the wannabe-modder/experimenter I am I decided to take the black plastic washer thing on the end of the Maglite so the module would sit lower and have contact with the maglite body for heat transfer. That worked fine. But then I thought hmmm, I have a Mcr20 reflector sitter lets see how that looks. Apparently the end of the reflector shorted across the leads of the emitter cuz I felt heat, smelled some electrical-burning and now it only has about a quarter of the output as before. Sigh. I'm hoping its just the emitter thats' toast, but I think it may be the elecronics.

KDOG3, I like your posts. Allways action!

LOL! Is that a good thing?

I did something similar with a BHC head from H22A. That has an McR 27L reflector installed. The bottom of the reflector sits on the black part of the LED, not the 'wires' that go into TLE board. I also removed about .200 inch from the top of the reflector so the head would screw down more with the terralux installed. The terralux installed ( with the H22A head ) on the standard mini-mag switch is much thicker, as a result, the head does not screw down as much. I have not had any problem with my set up.

Was the McR -20 bored out at the small end ?

Yup, I think that's what did it. *sigh*

See those little wires below the soft optic? Just takes a little bit of pressure on the dome to break them, especially side-loading.

Slightly off topic:
I am now 6 month here on CPF and my English is as bad as before.
But I have seen a lot of new therms, especially in your posts.
My favourite is "ARGH!" followed from "DANGIT!!!"

Best wishes for your mods...

KDOG3 said:

Yup, I think that's what did it. *sigh*

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Bummer - mine is not the 5EX, it is the 5K2

I just got three stars (SSC) from PF for my nuwai 800? 3x3 watt.Put the SSC's in and when I went to tighten the reflector shaved the gummy tops right off the emitter.

You only fail when you push the limits(that's what I tell myself anyway)
DON

Energie said:

I am now 6 month here on CPF and my English is as bad as before.
But I have seen a lot of new therms, especially in your posts.
My favourite is "ARGH!" followed from "DANGIT!!!"

Best wishes for your mods...

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Lol, you made my day

Have to order some new emitters.

Do you guys think it could be just the emitter? I have a spare Seoul lying here, but don't want to go through the trouble if its the driver board.

I'm just guessing but I think you cooked the driver.

DON

Good grief, I'm just all thumbs today. I found out that it was just the driver, so I tried to take the emitter off to salvage it, but destroyed that too. It gotta be this midnight shift I'm working, got me all messed up. I guess I'm done with that!

KDOG3, big beam, thanks for sharing. Not only did I get a good chuckle at someone else's expense, it also helps knowing I'm not the only one that does that kind of crap!

Hate it when things goes wrong eh? But thats the best way to learn IHO....experience counts....you'll get over it soon. !