ledmitter_nli
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Two lights now dead.
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Was testing one light, all new Eagletac 3,500mAh cells, approx 2 hours of usage, mostly switching modes between tactical mode High > Med > Strobe. Then suddenly no output. Swapped batteries - dead. Swapped tailcaps - dead. Tried resetting back to default modes - dead. Even tried unprotected cells - dead. Sent back to vendor. Vendor and I thought it had to be a rare occurrence. That was 1 week ago.
Brand new replacement Light #2 - SAME STORY NOW TODAY. 2 defects in a row is definitely not a fluke and could indicate a production run of bad lights or faulty design. I also sent one to my bro and now I'm worried because he needs reliable illumination. Don't want his to fail when he needs it.
I did notice there was occasional audible modulation whine especially with the strobe but the cells where still around 70% capacity and the terminals CLEAN.
I'm thinking faulty circuit design for this high powered LED? Either way this has left a bad taste in my mouth.
Anyone know if the programming might have jammed and if there is a way to reset? Or definite hardware failure?
Two lights now dead.
.
.
Was testing one light, all new Eagletac 3,500mAh cells, approx 2 hours of usage, mostly switching modes between tactical mode High > Med > Strobe. Then suddenly no output. Swapped batteries - dead. Swapped tailcaps - dead. Tried resetting back to default modes - dead. Even tried unprotected cells - dead. Sent back to vendor. Vendor and I thought it had to be a rare occurrence. That was 1 week ago.
Brand new replacement Light #2 - SAME STORY NOW TODAY. 2 defects in a row is definitely not a fluke and could indicate a production run of bad lights or faulty design. I also sent one to my bro and now I'm worried because he needs reliable illumination. Don't want his to fail when he needs it.
I did notice there was occasional audible modulation whine especially with the strobe but the cells where still around 70% capacity and the terminals CLEAN.
I'm thinking faulty circuit design for this high powered LED? Either way this has left a bad taste in my mouth.
Anyone know if the programming might have jammed and if there is a way to reset? Or definite hardware failure?
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