jon_slider
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So, I had an HDS malfunction last night. See if you can guess what caused it.
I got up in the dark to go to the bathroom, and reaching for the HDS Rotary w 3500k 9080, I made sure the dial was spun down to minimum, and clicked it on, with the head in my palm..
well.. not two paces later, the light starts flashing rapidly, and not dimly either.. Im thinking.. did I tripple click to strobe? Im holding the dial in my fingers with the head of the light buried in my fist.. still flashing.. I figure.. turn it off!
click, click, click, nothing! no response.. Help!
dial down, dial down, ... still flashing in my fist.. hmmm
I proceeded, flashing fist, to my appointed round, and sat down to cogitate.. since I could not get the light to turn off, I removed the head from the body, and breathed a sigh of relief. Darkness!
And went back to bed, leaving the decapitated HDS on my dresser.
Morning after, I measured the battery voltage, it was at 3.5v.
(Note, some data in this quiz may be irrelevant to the calculations)
Questions:
participation optional...
What happened? Why did I get Flashed by my HDS, in the middle of my sleep cycle? Why would it not turn off at the switch? Why would it not turn down to minimum?
Can you guess what might have happened?;-)
How can I ever trust my HDS again?
Is it me?
Should I tell Henry?
ps.. dont worry, I made it back to bed in the dark, without a flashlight, just fine... lol
I got up in the dark to go to the bathroom, and reaching for the HDS Rotary w 3500k 9080, I made sure the dial was spun down to minimum, and clicked it on, with the head in my palm..
well.. not two paces later, the light starts flashing rapidly, and not dimly either.. Im thinking.. did I tripple click to strobe? Im holding the dial in my fingers with the head of the light buried in my fist.. still flashing.. I figure.. turn it off!
click, click, click, nothing! no response.. Help!
dial down, dial down, ... still flashing in my fist.. hmmm
I proceeded, flashing fist, to my appointed round, and sat down to cogitate.. since I could not get the light to turn off, I removed the head from the body, and breathed a sigh of relief. Darkness!
And went back to bed, leaving the decapitated HDS on my dresser.
Morning after, I measured the battery voltage, it was at 3.5v.
(Note, some data in this quiz may be irrelevant to the calculations)
Questions:
participation optional...
What happened? Why did I get Flashed by my HDS, in the middle of my sleep cycle? Why would it not turn off at the switch? Why would it not turn down to minimum?
Can you guess what might have happened?;-)
How can I ever trust my HDS again?
Is it me?
Should I tell Henry?
ps.. dont worry, I made it back to bed in the dark, without a flashlight, just fine... lol