Hello I have a semi new TC20 v2 that I took apart as I started to get curious if I could dedome the led for slightly more throw. Well I pushed on the dome just a little too hard and ripped it right off the diode! Long story short, I now have an led without the yellow phosphor coating and is now blue.
My question is: Can anyone point me in the right direction of how I can fix this? Do I have to replace the whole pcb or just the diode itself?
Any help is appreciated!
If you have the appropriate tools, you can just replace the LED
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From looking at reviews, it seems the LED’s PCB is somewhat non-standard, so you’ll probably want to replace the LED itself.
The basic tools I’d recommend to do this would be:
And of course, a new LED – based on my reading, you’ll want to use a 6V version of the LED here.
Convoy sells the XHP 70.2 (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32850483915.html), but you’ll need to desolder it from the board it comes on.
Then the broad steps you’ll take are:
If that seems doable, good luck! If not, I bet someone on the forum would be happy to help you out.
It is not necessary to desolder, just ask Simon to send an unsoldered LED and a separate substrate. I do this all the time.
Well, then, as mentioned above, you will need solder paste, thermal paste, a soldering iron. Instead of a frying pan, I use a regular household iron..