ODatsBright
Newly Enlightened
I was wondering what the trick was to removeing the emitter from the star. I f*cked up a Q bin HD trying to remove it from the star. I desoldered the leads with copper braid and then gentely began prying the emitter from the star base and thought it was working, but then the housing fell off the emitter. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif I then, after it was destroyed, took 2 sets of pliers and bent the aluminum base and pulled off the rest of the emitter. Is this the way to do it correctly, i.e. desolder the leads then bend the base to break the heat sink adhesive? Any other ideas or tried and true methods are appreciated. Thanks.
From this point on I beleive I'll just order plain emitters for my projects. I was planning on putting this Q on a terralux for my Minimag but now think I'll not be able to remove the side emitter from the terralux without destroying either or both the emitter or the terralux base.
From this point on I beleive I'll just order plain emitters for my projects. I was planning on putting this Q on a terralux for my Minimag but now think I'll not be able to remove the side emitter from the terralux without destroying either or both the emitter or the terralux base.