Thanks Match. Have a nice vacation.
Looking forward to part 2. I love these types of mods!
I LOVE these flashlights as I ordered 3 from the last time Woot.com had them for sale. They are no longer on Buy.com, does anyone have any idea where I could get similar lights? Thanks in advance!
I dropped one of these lights, pretty hard on concrete and it no longer lights. Any ideas on what to look for? I looked at the circuit board as best I could and found nothing that looked cracked. Thanks!
Instead of looking with your eyes look with a mutimeter. That way you see whats up
I guess what I meant to say is this: I've scoured over the circuit board and found no cracks, is there a trouble area with cree lights as I am new to them. Also, is an impact a known killer of cree LEDs? Like I said, I am new to them. Yes, a multimeter is a great idea and I will do that come to think of it.
Thanks to this thread, I fixed my light. I found that the impact had cracked the solder connection of the capacitor. I did the modification and honestly I'm not seeing an improvement but it could be battery related. Thanks again!
Could someone verify I did the mod correctly. I thought I had to jumper out the R5. When I went to do this R5 came off the circuit board all together. I soldered a piece of wire in where R5 used to be. Now that I look at the photo again, I'm seeing something different.
Thanks in advance for any help.
I tried to mod my “Woot-Lite” and now it doesn’t work. Anyone have a better picture of this mod? Also, can anyone recommend a replacement driver and emitter for this flashlight? I also searched for part 2 of Match’s mod, but can’t find it. Thanks!
At the top it says the pill takes a 20mm star and 18mm driver, so that’s pretty much any led option (reflector opening allowing) and an 18mm driver (possibly 19mm sanded to fit?).
An example would be an xp-g 20mm star and a 1500ma (1.5a) capable of using two nicad cells (1.2v - 3v). Hope this helps.
Welcome to the site, rob799!
Thanks, I’ll see what I can find. Modding and repairing these lights is new to me. I don’t know what I did to screw up my woot flashlight. At least it is only a $5 light. Sure wish I would have had my better glasses on, maybe I could have seen a little better what I was doing… I would still like to see a better picture of the completed mod, if anyone has one.
Thank you, raccoon city. I’m glad I found this site, looks like a lot of good info.
So, where’s the other mod? I bought a bunch’a these lights and some X-ML U2s. I haven’t taken anything apart yet but it looks like there’s a hole to fill with aluminum, copper or silver to give the LED more direct surface contact.
I’d like a better compromise in favor of efficiency so I’ll hold off on the first mod. These lights really are nice for the price. 