Soft Start Trouble?

nbjly · Jul 13, 2011

I bought a Mag 623 a few months ago and for various reasons I'm just now playing with it. It has a soft start switch. I loaded it up with 5 LiFePO's and "click" nothing happened. I tried a few more times, I noticed that my forearm felt like it was getting shocked where it touched the tail cap (it's bare aluminum)....I touched my tongue to it (dumb) and yea I definitely completed a circuit.

So whats going on? Any ideas -

:thanks:

seahunt · Jul 13, 2011

There is a slight delay in coming on so don't click away and
think it's not working. Discovered this while swearing.
Regards, Chuck

Mettee · Jul 14, 2011

Ground set screw may not be making a proper ground...

maxspeeds · Jul 15, 2011

Could be the ground screw, or maybe the bulb is blown? If memory serves, I'm pretty sure the osram 64623 bulb is a 12V bulb.

nbjly · Jul 15, 2011

Thanks for the replies -

I checked the ground screw, no problem there. Bulb is good(was - I broke the glass at the base). I tried every type of clicking - medieval to freestyle - no joy

Yes it's a 12v - using LuxLuthor's destructive testing I figured 5 x 3.2 = 16 volts (LiFePO batteries) minus the resistance would give me a bit of overdrive with the capacity of an additional cell. I know the initial voltages are higher.

I guess I'll have to get another soft start switch, it's the only variable left -

:thanks:

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