I was making a p60 and pretty much finished. I used a wire and battery to check if the drop in worked, it did, pretty bright. Then I put it in a solarforce l2 but forgot the isolation disk. And tried turning it on several times. Now the led turns on with a wire and battery, but very dim. Should I order new drop in materials or can I salvage this somehow?
(I have so much respect for anyone who can solder small things well right now )
Not directly related to the dim LED, but make sure to closely check the springs especially in the tailcap. With a dead short they get HOT! really quick and lose their springiness.
My first go-to step with a suddenly dim LED is to re-reflow it on the board, sometimes if they get overheated they can break or partially break contact at the pads. If it's truly dead the re-reflow won't hurt anything.
Well if the drivers likely dead, I’ll just buy new everything. It was a super messed up p60 anyway. First when taking the driver out of packaging I snipped off the negative wire. Then I soldered the positive on the led to the pill a little, so I just belt sandered that away and made a new connection. Better lucky next time! I think I’ll try thinning out the solder by sanding it thinner.