This is my favorite shot. Apparently your new mod is so powerful that it vaporized your garbage dumpster! 
Better be careful with your garage door too. :bigsmile:
Question. How easy is the switch to remove. Most importantly would it be easy to replace the rubber switch boot? Is there any locktite on the light or is disassembling it pretty straight forward? I have taken apart about 6 or 7 lights- but my concern with this one is screwing it up because it might be sealed.
There is no loctite. The “pill”, consisting of the led/star, driver section (plastic) and the contact plate all come out the front, by pushing from the back, (against that upper contact plate. I used a 1/2" rod against the contact plate and tapped lightly till it all came out.
You can replace the rubber boot after that is all out. It can be troublesome to fit it all back in, since nothing really holds the boot in. There's a boot and button and all that has to be laid in the light and then the rest has to slide back in in proper alignment.
Thanks for the prompt response. Nitecore is offering a replacement on these lights if you email their service department. But only if your boot is comprised of the old material and is currently defective. While my boot for now is ok, I see the eventuality of my piercing the boot or something (inadvertently) and having to replace the switch. Only Nitecore is saying it does not want you to attempt this yourself. Of course the boot may degrade several months down the road because it is made of the old stuff. Anyway, it’d be nice if you could just buy some of these switches. Oh and going back and looking at your ea8 thread, man there’s some cheap “S” inside, isn’t there. I guess all the money is in the driver design, and not the build materials. Oh well. Anytime I ever spend this much again on a light, I’ll look for a full dis-assembly first.
Hiya matey, can you give any more details on the switch used in this mod please?? I’m doing a similar mod having been given a broken EA4 to play with. But I’m having trouble finding a suitable switch to use.
The black switch looks just like the momentary switch on some lasers I destroyed experimented with.
Has anyone replaced the black switch side cap with a more translucent cap?
LOL, you too? I finally had to make the decision to just avoid lasers completely, they don't survive more than about 5 minutes after I first touch them.