Zebralight SC52 Owner's Thread

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b30nepi said:
The only slight problem I had was inserting an Eagletac 14500. It is very tight and would surely get a little stuck (using a standard AA eneloop was not a problem and fit perfectly.
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FYI I use an Eagletac 14500 and it fits just fine. There is still plenty of wiggle room.
 
Ok, well got mine yesterday. Today I tried an Eagletac 14500, and too tight. So, off came the sticker!.......Still very tight, but got it in. I just had to try the 14500.....But, nothing happened. Did not even turn on. So, after some worrying and slamming my fists together panicking as I tried to remove it, finally out it came. Put an eneloop back in, works fine. It was only 6 bucks, but I will not be using that cell anymore. I will wait until I get the ZL 14500 that I ordered. So, yea.

dave
 
A battery that may pack more punch is the energizer lithium primary ? Anybody tried one ?
 
Just noticed my clip on my brand new light is able to move back and forth. But, its not aligned perfect. When i push it over to where it should be straight, its just needs to go another hair to be straight. So, im guessing the holes are not perfect in the light or the clip. Should I tighten the screws? they are small, so I don't want to strip them. But the clip can rock back and forth a little, and thats annoying. Any advice appreciated.

edit: I think im gonna get another one though, because this thing is just outright perfect! I need a back up just in case, and i don't think i can live with just one of these lights....!
dave
 
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Okay, stupid me. I used a #1 phillips, and when i loosened it, it went perfectly straight. I can't put this stinkin' light down!!!


dave
 
Re: SC52F / SC52Fw

sam7 said:
Wait, what? What is the difference with the SC52F / SC52Fw, other than being slightly less bright? Are these new? http://www.zebralight.com/SC52F-AA-Floody-Flashlight-Cool-White_p_133.html **Edit: Frosted glass?
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Interesting...I wasn't aware these were available till I saw your post sam. These are apparently newly released versions of the SC52 w/frosted glass in cool and neutral tints, utilizing XM-L emitters (*instead of the newer XM-L2's?...perhaps an effort to better control tint variation?) Also output is listed slightly lower due to the diffusion of the glass. I see on ZL's site that these are shown as available for purchase, yet are not shown on their comparison spreadsheet. Perhaps others on this board know more...
 
Re: SC52F / SC52Fw

Tints should improve with frosted lenses regardless, simply because there's no AR coating needed and all luma/chroma shifts between hotspot, corona, and spill are more or less uniformly blended into one.
 
Re: SC52F / SC52Fw

Hmm...I think the SC52 with the XML is floody enough for most purposes - with several low levels to choose from and the orange peel reflector smoothing out the beam, I have never experienced any problems with glare or an annoyingly bright hotspot when using the light for close-up work. I'm a big fan of Zebralight, but I can't help thinking that launching the SC52F and SC52Fw is a compensation for the postponement of the SC32 and their 3*AA model rather than an active effort to widen their selection. I'd much rather see a slightly larger single AA light with a screw-on bezel, and that they offered clear, frosted and coloured replacement lenses.
 
Re: SC52F / SC52Fw

Wow, for someone like me that prefers floodier lights, the SC52 is already enough. I think it's perfect as is, but if anything, I think the SC52 could use more throw.
 
passive101 said:
I received my SC52 today and this light is TINY! (I know the ironic part of using large capital letters for that)

I don't know of ZebraLights past quality issues, but it says it has a 12 month warranty and it looks and feels well built. The light is very little and light and the length of it is even smaller then my last few single 123A lights! Amazing how small and bright these things are getting.

The battery level w/ the 4 flashes is handy and I get that. I have read the instructions several times, but I don't understand the special settings with 6 presses that doesn't seem to do anything. The regular light settings seem to work goo though. I'm probably not understanding what to do and don't understand what other settings are available that it can remember or use or what order they would go in.
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The first couple of tries, I also was confused by the "6-click" programming on my SC600-II. Then I figured out that the light MUST already be in secondary (H2, M2, or L2) mode for the programming to activate. After that, six clicks allows you to program the secondary level (from a menu of two or three choices) for whichever of the three modes (H, M, or L) you are working in.

Once in programming mode, you double-click to cycle between the secondary choices, then single-click to turn the light off and memorize once the choice is made. There also seems to be a "bug" in the programming, in that you sometimes have to double-click several times before the light will be cycling through all available options.
 
I originally thought the 6-click programming was buggy as well, but upon further investigation it is 6 'double-clicks'. If you do that it goes into programming everytime and it doesnt matter if you are in the primary or secondary modes.

Zebralight got it right. It does what the instructions say, everytime (for me anyway).
 
To get into programming I don't bother counting or double clicking, I just click a lot! Eventually (after 6 double clicks, if I do count) the light starts cycling through 3 different levels instead of just 2 different levels. Easy.
 
stevenkelby said:
To get into programming I don't bother counting or double clicking, I just click a lot! Eventually (after 6 double clicks, if I do count) the light starts cycling through 3 different levels instead of just 2 different levels. Easy.
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Nice tip, thanks.
 
CrazyM said:
I originally thought the 6-click programming was buggy as well, but upon further investigation it is 6 'double-clicks'. If you do that it goes into programming everytime and it doesnt matter if you are in the primary or secondary modes.

Zebralight got it right. It does what the instructions say, everytime (for me anyway).
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So it is essentially 12 clicks before the sequencing starts? That would explain the need to do 3 extra double-clicks :)
 
I suppose this picture would be good reference for anyone wanting to know what the driver inside of the SC52 looks like.

Since Zebralight uses press fit rings to seal their lights, making it extremely difficult to open, I chucked up the sacrificial lamb in the mill vise and removed the aluminum from around the driver and in the process saved all the components for a custom build using the SC52 UI. Since the SC52 uses a momentary switch to turn On/Off/switch modes, I figured it'd be a good candidate of a PD style switch.

Anyway, heres the driver:

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Anyone remember what the factory levels were set at for low,med,high and l2,m2,h2? Ive been playing with this thing so much I forgot what the factory had it set at. Thanks
 
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