charged up battery this afternoon, no issues.
getting ready to go for a ride this evening, plug the battery to the light unit, turn it on, the light comes on for a about a somethingth of a second and *phut*, it goes off again.
and wont come back on.
have taken the front housing off and all the soldering points look ok.
so, come on tech-ies, help me out!
Most probably the connector in the cable. Seriously fragile.
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Any sparks or bangs or just dead?
Anything happen if you jiggle the cable? Can you try a different battery.
My mates one went the same way an electrical adept mate took it apart and said it the battery was seriously dodgy, this was one of the original ones
its usually the battery on the orignals......
assuming you checked the main light unit for swarf when you bought it (this was also a big issue if you bought direct from HK)
battery has most likely got a bit of water in and corroded the circuit board
that is the main weakness
could be owt though
Does it actually make a noise? That's not a good sign if it does...
Don't have a solution but if it's the P7 version and it's dead, I'd be interested to take the remains off you, I've got some use for the parts.
was thinking overcharged , but must be a connection .
Headsup
drop me a mail I will lend you a light for your trip
When's your trip? I did an iffy warranty claim on a torch- admitted to dropping it down some stairs, and said "I've done this with my maglite loads of times, your glass lens is too weak" which frankly I expected nothing from, and got a replacement in the post about 10 days later. Was very surprised.
over here in usa there has a been recall on magic shine light manufactured between july 09 and nov 10 ,its llithium ion battery set probs with batt apperently saw it on www.mtbnj.com on the general bike talk page
mine did the same, just replaced the led driver, was about £3 from ebay.
Adil.
Did you let the magic smoke out?