Kusie and Bret H,
Thank you for your valuable input.Appreciate your quick reply to my post.
I went ahead and ordered the Al set with the 3B tint.
Hopefully Banggood gets it right and ships out 3B tint.
I really wish someone could help convince Banggood to reactivate my SS/Cu code or send me a identical replacement code, so I can actually get mine. I know they didn’t send it because the tracking number got deactivated and they refunded me with no hesitation, after 2 months of waiting. They’re really nice lights, just not as enticing at $199 USD.
Awesome. It looks like the estimate of about two months was pretty close. And I’ve noticed on mine that the tail starts growing visibly dimmer when the battery is ready to be recharged. That quick drop at the end is how I know it’s time.
That would be nice, but they’re branded with Astrolux, not BLF/Kronos, and they do not come in a nice box. I think I’ll keep pestering Banggood till they relent.
I was here in post 7018 about an Astrolux SC (copper X5 clone) that stepped down in all modes and did other strange things. The problem was solved after a bridged connection on the driver was disconnected.
I now have a new Astrolux S3 (aluminum X5 clone) that is stepping down in all modes after 9 seconds. If the light has been resting, it takes 30 seconds for the first stepdown, then 9 seconds for subsequent ones. This occurs in ALL modes, not just turbo. Other functions work as expected.
UI is set to four modes, no moon, no memory, L to H, medium presses on.
With thermal management disabled, there are no stepdowns in any modes.
After a factory reset of settings, stepdowns occur again.
Unfortunately, I only did a quick check of the light’s functionality out of the box before removing the bleeder resistor and tailcap LED and resistor. I’m confident that I didn’t cause damage while I was in there.
Any ideas? I have looked at the driver board again and didn’t see anything obvious.
So it works in all modes and can enter and exit program mode but is stepping down too quickly? Connection problem? Weak switch? Wrong value on one of the voltage divider resistors?
From memory, another member had the same problem (posted somewhere in this thread), & it was fixed by setting a new value/limit for the Thermal Calibration within configuration.