Imalent DX80 32000 lumen monster

I have had the light charging now for about 2 1/2 hours and the supply is not even warm
The indicator lights are blinking some sort of code but I can’t decipher the meaning.

Portapow has a handy meter for dc inline measurements. Comes with USB and DC (5.5x2.1mm) plug adapters.

My guess it’s either done charging or not charging at all. The adapter should at least get warm when under load. The load gets very light right as it approaches 16.8v

What is the battery voltage?

That indicator looks pretty messed up. Not making sense.

I think it’s Morse code for “kill me”. It says it over and over.

:smiley:

or it could be showing the status of the individual cells in the pack and one is empty/bad. But since you can’t change the individual cells, what’s the point…

Which adapter are you using when charging during the You Tube video, the one that came with the DX80 or the compatible one you picked up at Best Buy? If you are using the one that came with the light my guess is the odd charging indicator is due to the adapter not working properly. If you try using the Best Buy compatible charger I’m willing to bet if the light is not fully charged yet, the remaining charge will show a normal light charging pattern. If you are already using the Best Buy charger for the You Tube video, then it looks like there might be some sort of abnormality in the light itself, showing an abnormal pattern in the charging indicator LEDs.

:person_facepalming:

Take the battery tube off and check and make sure you removed the clear “tiddly-wink” from the recess in the driver. When you screw it back in for charge some blue lights at the switch will light up. The adapter will get warm but charges well. You will see the regular battery display moving up 3.4.5 then start over. When charged the display shuts off.

I am soooo glad I figured this out on my own :partying_face:
It’s charging now, and yes the power supply is hot.

I feel like a fool for this happening to me, I KNOW better!
But with the problems with the power supplies and the problems with unscrewing the battery while it was on, I made up my mind I was NOT going to mess with this one.
At all.

When I first unboxed it, it wouldn’t turn on. That should have been the clue, BUT
I recently got some Makita Li-ion drills that came with the battery packs installed on the tool. Usually they are packaged separately. The batteries have battery gauges built in and coming out of the box they read dead. Manufacturers always ship new batteries at about 3.6V per cell. When I put them in the charger, they instantly “woke up”
I had that in my mind when I first unboxed this light. The battery pack was shipped half full but in a “Coma” until it first hits a charger.

I was wrong
Tiddly Winks!

I suspect all will be fine now, have to wait 3 hours, 10 minutes to fully charge up

^ Well that’s good news… But what on earth is the display saying then? Nothing in the manual about it?

There is nothing in the sheet of paper you get with it about any of this.
The display is now as leroycp described.

What a surprise, the supplied charger just quit after the first hour.

I am continuing with the Fujitsu…………………

With so many failed charger mentioned here, why are you still surprised? :wink:

Because I’m special, and it could never happen to me…………… :innocent:

I cut the cord of the original charger that blew and used it to check the current draw while charging.
1.91A.
That means the supplied charger is too weak.
I would think at a 4A charger is needed. The Fujitsu laptop charger I’m using now is rated at 4.22A.

I will let Banggood or Imalent know about the charger, but I don’t expect a replacement. That’s why I went ahead and cut the cord.
I know I can get all the laptop power supplies I want in the recycle bin.

Does this adapter compatible with DX80?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/19V-3-42A-65W-AC-Adapter-Power-Supply-Charger-For-Lenovo-TOSHIBA-Gateway-5-5-2-5-/272285612992?hash=item3f657cbbc0:g:QX0AAOSwzlNZg4Fu

Okay, so now we know what it does when the charger is plugged in with no batteries, or no battery contact.

It seems that it can not be disassembled.The initial 5 minutes of charging was slightly warmer.I do not feel the need for cooling.
But although this is already broken :smiley:

The second one arrived today, but it has been broken since the beginning :rage:

At 19V, please select this type of plug.

As for the charging indicator,I think that it is OK.It reminds me the Sony SBH50 Bluetooth which I have,which when in charging condition has a indicator with the same movements.It shows the current situation and the maximum where it will go, when the charging is finished.
Edit.
As for the light,my jaws are still open.WOW.

Why? You had the light in your mouth for some quick close-up work? :stuck_out_tongue: