So when Banggood said ” “Expect ship in:Sep.26,2017 – Oct.08,2017” for my last order they weren’t joking
I am impressed, from stopping the line (what date was that ?) Recognising and investigating the issues, re-designing and manufacturing new switch PCBs including procuring new components, maybe sourcing some new fasteners, reviewing assembly procedures, building the next batch of 500 and getting them over to Banggood to despatch, took how many days ?
Nobody knows.
If the next 500 lights are ready they will probably start shipping today or in the next days, but that’s just a guess.
We’ll know when people start to report shipping notice emails from BG.
However, there is a big holiday coming in China, so even if it’s shipped, it may well stay put for a while as most of the country will be off work.
Not when I ordered (I’m at least 5 hours ahead of you Yanks, we run on GMT+1 at the moment), and get up very early. I think it was sitting on about 800 when I hit the go button, that was my strategy. But maybe I mis-remember. In any case, not bothered.
Edit: my order date of Sept 12 was China time which is 7 hours ahead of UK time (checked PayPal receipt) So I ordered on the 11th, depending how you look at things. (the only true time is at the Greenwich Meridian, despite what everyone else would like to think, or try to re-name it UTC etc.) Thought my brain wasn’t ready to give up just yet.
To have a little bit better statisticts: My Q8 arrived today with the expedited shipping service.
Leds in the Button: 100% ok and even
Screws at the PCB: Not stripped
Screws at the Tailcap: One slightly stripped, all 3 others A-OK.
Emitters centered, flawless reflector
No kinks or damage to the Frame
Only the brass ring at the plus pole was a little bit dirty.
So I noticed a post by TA Tom E that someone had 135uA through the switch LED and it didn't work, then lowered the resistance and had 155uA and then it did work.
I don't think that's a Vf issue and I never felt Vf variability would cause this, although it depends how close the diode Vf is to the supply voltage. It could cause mismatch in the LED's when driven through a single resistor but it shouldn't cause them to quit entirely, and 155uA to 135uA probably shouldn't either. That looks like some kind of leakage current problem, like 135uA isn't real functional diode current, thus it not making light. Is it normal for an LED to have a minimum turn-on current?