Mountain Bloke
Newly Enlightened
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2016
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- 34
I have a nice(budget) LED flashlight on the body it has CREE Q2 LED Power 240 Lumens Digital Torch, nicely made, decent brightness. Uses a single 18650 and runs forever, it has 2 modes: 1 click high 2 clicks low.
Recently though it will switch on/off randomly or won't power on when I switch it on with the tail switch UNLESS I give it a solid smack against my leg. Its not the battery(even with a fully charged known good battery it will exhibit the issue), not the battery contacts or power contact on the tailcap threads. Generally one solid hit and its good till I switch it off, other times it comes and goes continuously.
It's been driving me nuts, I use it on my MTB bicycle and I'll be riding down a hill smacking the light trying to make it work, almost wiped out this evening. :fail:
Seems its the click switch, if I screw off the tailcap when it exhibits the not switching on nonsense and I use a screwdriver to short the battery negative to the body it switches on every time, clearly its the switch that's not great, the switch is in the tailcap.
Do I just need to replace the little micro switch inside the tailcap, how does that fit in with the dimming circuit?
Recently though it will switch on/off randomly or won't power on when I switch it on with the tail switch UNLESS I give it a solid smack against my leg. Its not the battery(even with a fully charged known good battery it will exhibit the issue), not the battery contacts or power contact on the tailcap threads. Generally one solid hit and its good till I switch it off, other times it comes and goes continuously.
It's been driving me nuts, I use it on my MTB bicycle and I'll be riding down a hill smacking the light trying to make it work, almost wiped out this evening. :fail:
Seems its the click switch, if I screw off the tailcap when it exhibits the not switching on nonsense and I use a screwdriver to short the battery negative to the body it switches on every time, clearly its the switch that's not great, the switch is in the tailcap.
Do I just need to replace the little micro switch inside the tailcap, how does that fit in with the dimming circuit?