is this dangerous?

Dranz · Aug 5, 2013

Hello everyone :wave: i´m new here and i hope you can help me with your vast knowledge

i own X2000 Flood-to-Throw Zooming Glass Optics Cree P4-WC LED 200lm Flashlight from dealextreme
and it works with 1x 18650 battery. recently my driver broke and i did this DIY fix...
works for now with 1 mode on/off is there any possibility for my flashlight to explode or something..

thijsco19 · Aug 6, 2013

What exactly did you do?

It looks like you bypassed the driver and now you direct drive the led?

Dranz · Aug 6, 2013

yeah i soldered -wire to side of the driver board but +wire is still soldered to where it was before ^^ was just wondering what do these drivers do like regulate voltage and such? if so is bypassing the driver potentially dangerous?

derfyled · Aug 6, 2013

The only danger is to overdrive the LED. It will shorten its life. A P4 is not good at handling a direct-drive circuit, especially on a fully charged li-ion. The other problem is that without regulation, the light will be very bright (and hot !) for a couple of minutes and will then slowly dim, just like an incan flashlight...

Why don't you just install a new driver ? You can easily get another one from DX... and wile you're there, a LED upgrade would be nice. There's a huge step from a P4 to an XM-L2.

Dranz · Aug 6, 2013

already looking for new drive might get XM-L2 too

good to know it wont exlplode in my face while i wait for parts

Thanks for quick answer! appreciate it

is this dangerous?

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