Tonight, I went up to the chicken coop to check the chickens, and once in I positioned my C8 on the metal ceiling to make light, thanks to the tail magnet; then I turned and as the ceiling is very low, about 175cm (5¾ft?), I inevitably touched it with my curved back dropping it on hard concrete.
It was in the dimmest mode: it fell, pitch black.
Back at home, I tried to swap the battery, the switch, then as it wasn’t working, I decided to go and take the multimeter in the garage, and I measured 3.8V at the MCPCB terminals, so it’s clear that the LED is shot.
But how can it be?
It’s not the first time that I dropped devices, and some got broken (compact cameras, laptop computers, etc.) but the ones that got broken had mechanical flimsy parts that were the broken part, but in a flashlight? I was expecting the glass shattered, but thanks to the stainless steel bezel that was fine. The LED is soldered in place, I really don’t know.
Anyway, I wanted to change at this point the whole MCPCB with Cree XHP50.3 HI R9050 4000k on it and put at its place a new one with a different, higher CRI emitter.
I wanted to try the Luminus SFT-40/70 in 3000k, but: SFT-40 is 5050 too, and 3V as the XHP50.3 I have, however the driver I have is 6V 4A buck (but why did I measure 3.8V?), does it mean it can host the SFT-70 also? If not, would some kind soul point me to which driver would I need to fit the SFT-70?
My batteries are LiitoKala Lii35A, so with 35A maximum drain.
I am by no mean a collector, so I only have this light and three 18650 cells: the thing, needless to say, is pretty annoying.
Going back with the phone torch was almost dangerous.
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