Oh No! (Fixed)

Could just be flux and you can wipe it of easy?
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Took it all apart and the dome is melted / burned in that spot. Dang it!

Everydaysurvivalgear ive watched most of your videos on YouTube!

can you slice the dome off?

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Sliced the dome off now the light will not turn on. What did I do!?

Could be a burned in speck of dirt.

Thanks mate!

You could have nicked the bonding wires under the dome? Its a goner if the bonding wires are broken.

I’m sure I did how would I know?

There is no help for this.

Swap emitter and you are ready to go.

Take a pic for us? Can you see any small wires?

The wire will look like this. I think the XPL only has bonding wires. Its the small wires inside the LED
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I mourn the loss of my favorite flashlight. Glad I have a second one in a warmer tint that I just discovered I like better. Now I have my first emitter swap to do. I feel like a idiot but the hard way is the only way I learn unfortunately.

Welcome to Modification 101!

Thanks haha. I have some equipment to buy and some reading to do.

I have stuffed LEDs by trying to De-dome them its common happens to every one.

Well that makes me feel better. mtn electronics the place to go?

Reflowing LEDs is not nearly as hard as most folks think. And once you learn that skill a whole new world of flashlights opens up for you. Buy something with bad tint? Replace the emitter with a better tint bin! Want more throw? Drop in an HI emitter or de-dome your factory! New higher-flux-bin emitters are out and you’re jealous of the extra output? Drop one in your favorite light! Everybody’s raving about how great the new 219c (or whatever the emitter-of-the-day is) and you want to try it? A few bucks later and you’re in business!

Really, this feels bad now but its really a great opportunity for you. And there’s lots of folks here to help you learn.

Most of the time, yes. They’ve generally got everything you need except for the occasional brand-new thing, like the 219c R90s that are going in a few group buys right now.

Yea you can buy parts from a few shops. Because the A6 is running direct drive you would be better of buy a LED that sits on a direct thermal path copper board. Mcpcb like a noctigon or Sinkpad.

Thanks guys.

Cool info in this thread… thanks everyone
No problem with ME on my recent purchase. They have a re-flow service too, which I chose for the XPG3 emitters I ordered. I made the mistake of placing the wrong MCPCB on my order, but they reached out to me via email to confirm and correct my mistake.

AFIAK they are the only ones in the US who sell budget friendly parts and hosts too. Just a heads up I think they are on holiday / vacation soon though.