outerspacehoppp
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Hi Folks, my MagicShine HA-III Cree SSC P7-C (SXO) (4x 18650 cell battery)has stopped working and I'm after some advice about repairing it.
It has worked faultlessly and almost continuously for 4 years, however this week it started to only light two of the four elements on the led chip and finally doesn't light at all now.
I'm measured a little more than 8V(on full power mode, less on the lower 2 powers) across the LED module and the rear green\red LED is still working, so would I be right in assuming that the LED module has packed up and the driver is still OK.
If so which LED module shall I replace it with? Is one labelled as 3.6V OK to use, I can't find any higher voltage ones, and it seems there are none at any voltage for sale in the UK.
Could I use the LED out of my old single 18650 cell MTE SF-23 SSC P7-D-SXO torch, it looks the same size?
Or is there a better\cheaper solution of just replacing the driver and LED? if so which one and where from.
My dad is handy(and time served!) at soldering so I'll enlist him to help with any solutions you folks can offer!
I like the constant light and wide spill that I've been getting from the magicshine, so if there is a solution that maintains that all the better!
Thanks for a great forum!
It has worked faultlessly and almost continuously for 4 years, however this week it started to only light two of the four elements on the led chip and finally doesn't light at all now.
I'm measured a little more than 8V(on full power mode, less on the lower 2 powers) across the LED module and the rear green\red LED is still working, so would I be right in assuming that the LED module has packed up and the driver is still OK.
If so which LED module shall I replace it with? Is one labelled as 3.6V OK to use, I can't find any higher voltage ones, and it seems there are none at any voltage for sale in the UK.
Could I use the LED out of my old single 18650 cell MTE SF-23 SSC P7-D-SXO torch, it looks the same size?
Or is there a better\cheaper solution of just replacing the driver and LED? if so which one and where from.
My dad is handy(and time served!) at soldering so I'll enlist him to help with any solutions you folks can offer!
I like the constant light and wide spill that I've been getting from the magicshine, so if there is a solution that maintains that all the better!
Thanks for a great forum!
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