Q8, PMS SEND TO THOSE WITH ISSUES BLF soda can light

On mine the loose layer at the edge seems to be only the solder mask (but there is no electrical copper in that area). The interior ‘bubble’ closer to the black wire may include copper, but I am not sure.

AFAIK these boards are fabricated by laminating the various layers together. Between each set of layers there is a layer of adhesive and it seems this adhesive failed.

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THANK YOU DEL, I was wondering about that.

I generally lock out lights to get rid of the blue switch glow when I’m not carrying them around.
I assume that’s impossible to do with this light?

I don’t know if this is what you mean, but in the Narsil reference manual, in the advanced configuration section at the end of the manual, one has the option of disabling the button LED.

The manual, written by Tom I believe, is found here.

I was just typing this , it’s the “Locator Led” option

Hank, I don’t have a huge amount of experience with lights, but the Narsil programming is pretty fantastic. It gives the user the most control of any light that I’ve ever seen. Most programs for lights give far less control or no control at all.

I think you’ll be happy with what you can do with the UI.

Couple ways (green glow for the Q8 ) -

  • can do a lockout, and when it's locked out, the Ind. is OFF - I thought that made the most sense for most common usage (4X clicks in ramping to lockout, other way in mode sets)
  • can also use a quick shortcut to disable the Ind. LED when the light is OFF, in both ramping and mode set operation (ramping: press&hold til the light goes on in moon, quickly release)
  • can also disable it completely in the configuration settings

I knew this would be a wanted feature so put in a lot of support for it.

Tom E posted the below back in #7351. His numbers are a bit different from what DEL found, but there is certainly little danger of parasitic drain rendering the light useless in time of need…. even if the user is just halfway paying attention to their light every few years. :smiley::wink:

Only 10-60 years? :smiling_imp: :smiley: Maybe change a resister to get that number up a bit? (sorry, I couldn’t resist[er])

135 µA = 0.135 mA yes? Sounds like DEL and Tom got pretty much the same numbers.

tocirahl, that’s my understanding as well

Yep, just a very slight bit of difference.

I just spent 350 dollars online, and not a dime of those was for the Q8 :wink: will have to resort to throwing wads of cash at my computer screen to get things going.

Those drain numbers do vary with cell voltage. My number was taken with a fairly fresh cell, the worst case.

For electric/electronic stuff these metric prefixes are commonly used:

  • x1000000 - mega or M
  • x1000 - kilo or k
  • /1000 - milli or m
  • /1000000 - micro or µ
  • /1000000000 - nano or n
  • /1000000000000 - pico or p

So 0.14 mA would correctly be the same as 140 µA. mA is just easier to type :slight_smile: .

Yesterday I got my LG HG2 battery pack dedicated for the Q8 :crown:

Just checked mine again.
It has also the delamination problem. Doesn’t look as bad as the others but it is a problem.

To me it looks like the compleet ‘pcb’ part is coming off of the copper.

I’m hoping I’m not to late. Please add me to the list … thank you!!

I am so glad you guys are on top of things and have caught/noticed/seen this delamination issue so that it can be addressed & corrected before production.

Depending on how bad & widespread it is…. this was a potential Q8 disaster in the making. :person_facepalming:

Hat’s off to you all for being on top of things. :+1:
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Yes will update list later :wink:

Hmm Thijsco too?
Hopefully this is a prototype mcpcb …

Is there such a thing as one off / hand made / hand etched MCPCB’s?

I guess that’s why multiple proto’s where asked for… If it’s a proto board then the issue could be resolved easy. If not it might be a good idea that the team looks for a mpcb producer? Although I don’t think I ever heard of thorfire lights having this issue or they never designed a light pulling 20A in stock form.