Overclocker
Flashlight Enthusiast
so here's an out-of-warranty Nitecore MH25 that just suddenly stopped working so i figured why not take a crack at it generous threadlockers were used throughout. even the driver board was GLUED to the aluminum body required some advanced techniques to disassemble
first thing i noticed was the PINK teflon wire that goes to LED+ wasn't connected to its solder pad on the PCB. this was probably what caused the flashlight to stop working...
but as i poked around one leg of the inductor also came loose. this only means one thing: COLD SOLDER JOINTS
very disappointed with the low-quality soldering. will look for more bad soldering and will attemp to fix tomorrow. will update soon...