Poof!

I burned out a flashlight tonight. It went in about 10 seconds. Maybe 15. I had a Life Gear AA torch I bought from Target a few years ago and decided to try a Li-Ion 14500 in it tonight. It took all of 10-15 seconds for the emitter to go and smell like smoke. I had no idea it would go that quick, but it put out a good beam while doing so. Goodbye light!

You have released and smelled the magic smoke that makes LED's work! Oh and good job killing those chip weevils. Little *******s.

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Sgt. LED said:

You have released and smelled the magic smoke that makes LED's work! Oh and good job killing those chip weevils. Little *******s.

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You accidentally deleted the first bracket to make the quote

Anyway, I would have consulted the owners manual before powering on such a light. Not many brands accept lithiums.

Sgt. LED said:

You have released and smelled the magic smoke that makes LED's work! Oh and good job killing those chip weevils. Little *******s.

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Kill' em all and sort out the good stuff.

solder a new better led in there for $9.

And don't forget to add a driver with a higher input range

Loved the heading "poof". Ha! Been there, done that!

Dave

You basically fed the poor little LED horse steroids, and it died.

Poor little guy. :shakehead

electrothump said:

Loved the heading "poof". Ha! Been there, done that!

Dave

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Whats up with your avatar he just darned determined to keep hitting that poor black rock or whatever it is lol.

I hope you plan to give that light a proper burial with full honors.

Geoff

Flying Turtle said:

I hope you plan to give that light a proper burial with full honors.

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Nooo! Upgrade time - get an R5 in there!

-PG

Congratulations on your 1st poof experience!

LOL! Did you notice the LED change color just before it died? IIRC there have been reports of them going very blue/purple before they burn out.

Uh uh uh! Well done!

i'm a little jealous. i haven't had a experience yet. the closest i've came is leaving an alkaline AA in a inova X1 for a few years, and having it completely corrode shut. <i put the light in my vice and broke it open with channel lock pliers just to confirm that it was a complete gonner. and yes, it was.>

congratulations!

Flying Turtle said:

I hope you plan to give that light a proper burial with full honors.

Geoff

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petergunn said:

Nooo! Upgrade time - get an R5 in there!

-PG

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He is already buried. It just smelled too bad to work on. I tried a few times, but he had to go.

NightKids said:

Congratulations on your 1st poof experience!

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Thanks! It was fun in a merciless, sadistic way. I doubted the little guy had much of a chance against that type of power. I just wanted to see what would happen.
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@DM51 - No, I didn't notice a change in color, but I remember hearing similar stories. Would have been neat to have it glow purple.

DM51 said:

LOL! Did you notice the LED change color just before it died? IIRC there have been reports of them going very blue/purple before they burn out.

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