[Rest in Pieces] pictures of your dead LEDs, drivers and other flashlight stuff

Flashlight Modding and DIY Parts
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some LEDs from flashlight repairs from my customers

test bench XHP50 which had some while ago som dirt on dome and now burned itself deeply into the dome

dedome fail XHP70

first attempts of domepolish, washer too flat sanded bond wires through

Someone put 2 18350 in his modded Eagle Eye X6 and blew the bond wires

someone damaged his XPG3 in his Astrolux S42

XHP70.2 dedome fail, cutting the dome made ruptures in silicone all the way down to the die, polishing failed

fake Attiny85 from a China prototype driver unable to flash probably lock bit set

MF01 opening fail
Broken lens and damaged optic

Imalent driver spring fail

TA driver short abetween Ground and LED-pads through bad placed vises

Klarus G35 driver fail after a chip was on board shorting power between cap and MCU

broken driver very bad soldering jom, LED- wire fell off, bad soldering ground to pill, “spring” mess

fixed

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Thanks for the thread. Finally something I can relate to. :partying_face:

I could just take a pic of my entire work area. I have pieces of failure everywhere. :person_facepalming: Maybe I’ll post some later, when I get a chance.

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This is the result of an afternoon swapping LED’s, drivers and lights.
The sensible thing would have been: take a walk and start all over (tomorrow).
But no, I choose to persue my path of blood, sweat, and tears.

Now comes the funny bit: the 30Q is my battery of choice.
Checking if the punch of these (maybe a bit overcharged) batteries was the cause of it, I took out a KP3400.
And to be sure, I first put it in an S2 to burn off the upper voltage. Mind you, on LOW power.
After a few seconds that light said poof. Then I took a walk. A long walk.