Hi,
I’m trying to replace the driver and emitter in a Tiablo A10.G. Similar to what I did earlier with an ACE.G, I had gutted what I call the light module, the piece between the head and the body/tube where the emitter and driver are. It’s similar to what you’d call a hollow pill, but it’d different in that it’s not inside the light.
That module has an opening on the driver end that fits an ~16 mm driver.
The whole pill type structure is made of aluminum I think, and it looks like there’s like a brass ring in the opening area with a lip where the driver PCB can “sit”.
When I did the ACE.G earlier, I didn’t have any problem soldering the edge of the driver PCB to the sides of that opening, but for some reason, I can’t get solder to “stick”/flow to that opening area.
I’ve tried roughing up (scratching) that brass-colored area, but even then I can’t get the solder to flow at all onto it.
I was thinking of trying to glue the PCB into that area, but even then, that would provide the continuity.
Does anybody know what I might be able to do to secure the driver to that opening area and also provide continuity to the negative of the driver PCB?
Thanks,
Jim