Review: ThruNite TN42 LED Searchlight

I hope so Wolfdog because I am in Argentina and all the customs issues to receive and to send packages from and to abroad are a real PITA and expensive. :person_facepalming:

Where did you get the light? In USA dealer is responsible for first 30 days of the warranty. Usually they pay for return shipping for a faulty product. It has happened to me before in 5 days w/ the TN32! Illumn paid for return shipping and sent me a new light. In fact I will try and find the picture and post it in a few minutes!

I bought it to hkequipment in hong kong through ebay. The thing worked flawless until yesterday and today I found it lighted this way. By the way how can I upload a pic from my computer?

THIS IS NOT A TN42!!

This was the LED of my TN32. It happened 5 days after getting the light! David, from Thrunite chimed in and was very concerned! lol!

Thread is from 1.2014 on CPF.

HERE IS ONE OF THE PHOTOS!

I see, but in my case is quite different. You had a catastrophic failure. Mine remains lite ve very dim (only 3 dies) but the flashlight still works as should be. It seems like a parasitic drain to the led!

You have to do it through a host. Many will work. I use postimage.org which works much better than photobucket,at least for me it does.

-click the INSERT ICON at top of page.
-put image URL in the box
-if picture is too big reduce the size in the “relative width” box
-click OK

Your right. Yours is still defective and unusable. Your entitled to get it replaced.

I feel bad for you. The challenge is getting HKE to replace it.Even in the USA it would cost too much to send it back to China.

An advantage of buying[and living in] from USA dealers is that we do not have to deal w/ China for at least the first 30 days. I have had items replaced for free that were 5 months old!

I hope some others chime in to give you ideas on possibly fixing it. I am a novice when it comes to electronics!

I am good at buying lights and then using them every night to walk my Husky Capo!! ,he starts howling/talking about 10 minutes before dark!

!https://s21.postimg.org/nihbm29mv/IMG_4770.jpg!

^ I saw that. That is strange. So it will not go full power like that? It only stays in moonlight w/ 3 of 4 sections lit up?

Exact but lot less than moonlight mode. When turn into normal modes, including moonlight all dies of the led fires ok. So strange and sudden!

I do not get it?! It works well in normal modes?

So what mode was it in when you took that picture?

Does this mean that it will NOT turn off? You mention in the most recent post that it works in ALL the normal modes!

You lost me!

Here is your picture in case people miss the link:

Sorry for the confusion I am not very good with english but I will try to explain again. The flashlight does not turn off completely and remains as depicted. That is like a very very low moon mode.

Are all of your cells in properly—— Long click still makes moonlight—double click still goes to Turbo—from turbo short click to off or that almost moonlight (3 dies lit )

Yes the flashlight works properly and the batteries are the same and in the same position as yesterday. The only difference appeared today was this rare impossibility to totally off remaining thi 3 dies lighted ver very dim.

I would suggest posting in this TN42 thread. It gets more traffic. Thrunite TN 42 ,a new record in Throw _

With that said. I am sure you want to know what is causing that. Good news is your light works and ALL you need to do is take the batteries out until your ready to use the light.

Taking the batteries out reminds me of a SEPARATE AND DIFFERENT issue that I have HAD w/ my high powered lights for several years.

Condensation under the lens!

Solution:Silica gel packets in the battery tube and w/ the batteries which are stored in a big pill bottle until they are ready for use. It rarely happens anymore. if it does I just put in a fresh silica gel packet and refresh the other one in the microwave! I have had these packets for over 2 years.

BTW ALL those lights are modified by Vinh[V54] W/ The exception of the OSTS TN31mb which Michael Johnson Modified. Mine was the last one he did[470Kcd]. :wink: All others were b/w 390/420Kcd.A new XPG2 S2 bin had come out and I benefited from it! This was in December of 2013.

Hi Wolfdog, wow do you meant that some moisture got into the flashlight and it may cause this rare issue. I´ll try to dry the thing like you said. Then I will let you know. Thanks a lot!

No, No, No!!! I am sorry for confusing you.

Notice I said mine was a SEPARATE AND DIFFERENT ISSUE?!

Sooner or later someone will reply on here with a possible reason/solution.

Until then, REMOVE your batteries when you are not using the light!

I posted a picture of your light on the other thread which gets more traffic. The thread posted below that I mentioned to you.