This is acting like it has a faulty proximity sensor, but it doesn’t have one!
If I table stand it, it won’t turn on until I place my hand in front or tilt it onto its side. It works perfectly holding it horizontal or head pointed down. It works without issues once it’s on though, but leaving it off for 2+ seconds tail standing it won’t turn on without doing the above
What in the world… LEDs do act as photoreceptors and do generate some power when light shines on them. This is very strange. I remember some old light could be turned on (as thought the switch were pressed) by shinning a up light at them but idk what’s going on here.
Funny enough, a few days ago I was thinking of an idea like this, having proximity sensors on high power flashlights to prevent fires/burns.
Don’t know if this makes sense but could it be some interference from a magnet or electronic device. If you turn it on in the dark does it still have the same issue? Also, have you tried it outside?
olight does the proximity sensor thing that kicks down the lights output to either off or low from turbo when it senses anything to close to the front of the business end, not really sure because i dont own one. weird behavior indeed on your Astrolux.
Wow, thats bizarre. What does it do in complete darkness?… where there is no light/dark contrast?
If it still does this in complete darkness, then it couldn’t be (only) caused by ambient light on/off exposure.
Does the same thing with any object that covers the lens.
Okay, it only does it when cold and never in the dark, so it sounds like maybe a cold solder joint causing something to misbehave. It’s kind of cool since it’s haunted lol
Weird…
So it only does this when its:
>Cold to the touch
>Tail standing
>Blocked/covered from ambient light
Curious, what happens when you ONLY block the switch from ambient light? (after clicking it on of course). From your vid it seems like theres no effect from blocking the switch… correct?
Can you post high-res pics of the driver? That might void your warranty / return though.