Considering that FmC`s carrier showed a sign of becoming hot. Could also mean that increasing the amps from a mod leads to the issue I was seeing.
Doing a runtime test may not be enough to "trigger the issue" due to stepdown.
I checked with one owner who bought two K50vn today. No signs that the battery carrier was opened up and modified. Sealed just like stock. He had not run the batteries low. I know at least one guy have that ran his light low. But how many have started the light on high with low voltage cells?
I would assume the driver mod would not damage the carrier due to all the K50vn out there. But that assumption did not work for me. Most of them are probably living a quite peaceful life being babied. When that is said, I cant say for sure that any components in my carrier are broken. But one of those components sure did not look well. And the heat has got to come from some place.... Cant be healthy for a battery carrier to become that hot..
Hopefully there are some US based owners of K50vn that can do some proper independent testing.. J)
I didn't get a chance to charge up or find 4 matched low voltage cells to check. I will try tomorrow.
It looks like the carrier is only supposed to go in one way. It appears that the thicker side would go towards the tail as the tail has 3 contact surfaces and the thicker side of the cell holder does too. It sure would be easy to accidentally put this carrier in backwards. Not sure what that would do, but be careful folks. Hopefully, they designed the light so that such an incident will cause no damage.
Never heard of anyone injuring themselves while removing a flashlight bezel. Must be seriously tight!
ToyKeeper found that a carpeted floor can be a big help. Push the light bezel first into the carpet and twist.
I have a section of 1/2” thick floor cushion, the stuff they put at a work station to stand on. Kind of a foamy rubber. I use that to press the light into and grip the bezel, works quite well.
I used the back of a mouse pad for traction, but all I could see it doing was ruin the mousepad. I don’t have any carpets around here, but maybe I can find an ESD rubber mat.
I seriously thought the bezel was glued, but looking at the reports here it was just tight, very tight.
I used a dab of hot glue to fill the void between the rubber boot and the clicky switch. I didn’t like the mushy feeling, so now the switch has a very solid firm feel.
RaceR86’s photo:
Has anyone been able to access the mode selector switch? I would like to disassemble it and add some lube and maybe reduce the clickiness of it. I prefer the tougher ring with subtler indents like in the K40.
Ryan - you mean the mag ring? I tried with strap wrench's - No Go. She is sure glued tight shut. So much for no glue -- I've gotten that threaded joint open on TN31's and it takes quite an effort, usually. They use a pretty good LockTite.
I would like to open for two reasons:
lube it up with Nyogel as I've done before - definite improvement
Yup, the mode selector ring. I remember noticing two bumps which looked like the ends of two screws looking inside the driver compartment.
I’m not sure if the screws are from the MCPCB, as the screws that hold it down are fairly short. I wonder if this indicates the threads are fastened by the two screws instead of loctite.
EDIT: We gotta figure out if there are any way to adjust the voltage and also why the current drops like that. Was you emitter in the test well heat sinked?