Hello everyone. Decided to check out all the hubub about the FW series lights. I prefer the single emitter lights so I sprang for the FW1A from Neals Gadgets. The light arrived a couple days ago and viola I cannot get it to respond in any fashion. There is a brief flash upon installing the battery but that is all it does. Im assuming positive goes towards the head, is this correct?
I have tried two different flat top unprotected cells and zip nada nothing. One cell was 4.05v and the other is 4.15v. I did send an email to Neal today so waiting for a reply there. I am wondering if anyone has a suggestion for something I might look for to see if I can get it working. I dont see anything obviously wrong, its a very nicely finished light IMO.
If the light acts strange, make sure the driver retaining ring is tight. Also make sure the tailcap is tight — very tight. Loosen the tail a bit, loosen the head, then tighten the tail as much as you can by hand, then tighten the head.
I also received a FW1A from Neal and for a while it had the same time. What happened was that there was probably missing a thin o-ring between the inner tube and the outer tube.
I was taking the battery out and then screwing in the head again, it made that short blink and then it didn’t work. So I took the inner tube out, and checked the thin white o-ring that was there. After some tries I made it work and now it is perfectly fine.
After that, check the retaining ring on the driver and the tailcap again!
BTW, my FW1A bezel is glued and I cannot remove it (yet). Everything else is working!
Ive tried everything I know to try. Nothing works. Im not sure how to get another switch to try. When I asked for another light the communication seemed to stop. I did order a 18350 tube/SS bezel awhile back, it isnt here yet. I hope I can get this working.
I ordered the FW1A and it was DOA too. Did all that needs to be done to get it work but it won’t. Neal sent me a new one. Don’t worry, Neal will take care of it for you.