stallion2
Enlightened
I've never seen anything quite like this. The small glass lense that sits over the emitter seems to have come unglued, at least thats how it appears. I don't know if they are actually glued but some sort of gummy residue has been left behind. I took pics but they didn't come out well at all. Hopefully the pic below will give you an idea of what has come off. There is a small lense and a small metal frame that I imagine is supposed to shim the back side of the lense up so that its not actually touching the emitter. The lense and frame are still adhereing to one another but there is still a lot of movement. There is some gummy clear residue stuck to the lense and frame and this seems to be whats holding them together. There is also some still on the pill itself, partially covering the emitter. The emitter still seems to be working at full output but w/out the lense I'm sure there is some light that is being lost behind the reflector. Has anybody had a problem like this???? Is it possible to slowly remove the glue still on the emitter as long as I don't touch the emitter? How easily can it be damaged if touched and is there a way to remount the lense and frame after those are cleaned?
I've only had this two weeks, the light has never been dropped, no jarring impacts of any kind. I've not used the light for anything except screwing around in the backyard. The light has never been run long enough to even get that warm, less than 5 min at the most. The only thing I can figure is that I left the light sitting outside for about 15 minutes. When I picked it up I was a little surprised at how cold it felt but didn't really think anything of it. I turned the light on momentarily and then off as I went into the house. I was just about to set it down when I noticed that the lense sitting on the emitter had some residue behind that looked like cracks. I'm not sure if the glue froze while I was away, I know some low energy adhesives can freeze and be permenantly degraded even after they thaw back out. Maybe the glue was degraded by the rapid change in temperature when I turned it on cold. I'm just guessing at this point. Thanks for any help that you can offer.
I've only had this two weeks, the light has never been dropped, no jarring impacts of any kind. I've not used the light for anything except screwing around in the backyard. The light has never been run long enough to even get that warm, less than 5 min at the most. The only thing I can figure is that I left the light sitting outside for about 15 minutes. When I picked it up I was a little surprised at how cold it felt but didn't really think anything of it. I turned the light on momentarily and then off as I went into the house. I was just about to set it down when I noticed that the lense sitting on the emitter had some residue behind that looked like cracks. I'm not sure if the glue froze while I was away, I know some low energy adhesives can freeze and be permenantly degraded even after they thaw back out. Maybe the glue was degraded by the rapid change in temperature when I turned it on cold. I'm just guessing at this point. Thanks for any help that you can offer.