Going Gear Ep 2 - How to Repair and Maintain a Flashlight
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- Опубликовано: 13 апр 2012
- Episode 2 of the Going Gear series focuses on how to repair and maintain a flashlight using common tools and materials. We do not get into advanced stuff like replacing LEDs or circuits, but we do cover the most common issues that we see with flashlights that are returned to us for warranty repair work.
Great advice and tips, thank you. What solved my issue was to raise the coil springs where the protruding positive end of the batteries rest thus allowing for making a solid contact. Now it works like a charm.
Thanks! Once I used your tip to short it "on" with the cap off, I was able to fix the switch. On a Gander Mountain GSX it has tabs on the switch plate that went flat. I gently bent the tabs up and that was the fix. Nice Video!
Great info thanks. One correction. When testing the batteries with a volt meter/multi meter red goes to positive and black to negative. In the video you can see it gives you a - (neg sign) before the number indicating the leads are backwards. If someone uses an old analog style battery tester or meter reversing the leads can actually damage or destroy the tester/meter because it will drive the dial backwards and damage the spring inside.
Thank you! You helped me repair my new (and I mean new) flashlight. The threads needed cleaned with some rubbing alcohol.
Thanks for the video, I have a mechanical switch that has been damaged by leaking batteries. This helped me with getting into the switch itself, cheers!
Thanks much, you just helped me save my mini maglight. Really great video you put together. Thanks again.
Thanks, I recently received a flashlight for review and it was not turning on. Your cleaning method with the alcohol swab did the trick. Thank you!
Nice Video! It Helped me figure out the best way to maintain my flashlights. Plus you were right about the alcohol pads... my wife has them. ;) Thanks!
Thanks for the video. It lead me to tightening the inner ring of the tail cap and fixing my Nitecore P25. Thank you
Thanks! tightening the tailcap ring just fixed my little O-light SR1 Baton. :)
HOLY CRAP!!! I have a Fenix that I wrote off years ago, but apparently the retaining ring was loose. Why didn't i watch this sooner. I love you.
Thanks man! The video helped me fix the tail cap. The flashlight is working again.
Thank you very much... I fixed my 1000 lumen light today. My next purchase will be from Going Gear!
Bravo bravo! I had a light I just sent back you guys fixed had I known this information I could have tried these tips. Byt sending it back I got the service that makes your business great! Signed ONE HAPPY CUSTOMER!!
awesome keep these coming!
Thank you for very good information.
Thanks for the informative video.
Thank you so much ! The problem with my light was the ring in the tail cap was too lose. I fixed it with tweezers as you showed in the video, and now its working like new!
That's awesome! I'm so glad we could help.
Excellent video Marshall, and good maintenance info. I love gadgets and am rapidly becoming a "flashaholic"...lol.
This was an AWESOME vid. I have around 100 lights and you mentioned tips I was not aware of. I will definitely purchase the lube once you get that in stock. I am using weapons shield and it is okay, but definitely not optimized for the task. It would be neat if you could explain how to use a multimeter in more detail in another vid. If i have an issue with a flashlight, I will run through this drill. Especially since flashlights die at the worst times in the worst places. Keep up the good work!
Cool video!
I have 3 of the 4 lights. Great video
fixed mine!.. Thank you!
I have a pelican 7600 flashlight and I'm having a problem with it not charging. I just put in a brand new battery from pelican and it's still not charging. Is this a problem I can fix on my own?
DUDE! Thanks. Had a cranky old LenSer that I had to hit every single time, several times to use it...for toooo long. I cleaned 'em all but it was dirty contacts/threads in the head like right away! I didn't use any kind of grease....
I've gotten alkaline batteries out that were fused pretty badly. Easy trick is to use lemon juice, I like to keep one of those small lemon shaped "RealLemons" in my fridge just for that. Been slowly switching to rechargeables, but it's useful for those devices that happen to have old batteries in them. The flashlight in question was absolute junk, probably less than a lumen, used a bulb, and we got it for free, so I was just doing it so I could get the metal recycled.
Great. Thank you.
Great info. I learned a lot. One thing I was hoping you would mention is why do so many of my flashlights switch to the strobe mode when I don’t call for it? It’s so annoying.
This was EXTREMELY useful ..... Thank you so much all I need is those specific tweezers that you have , where could I get those for my jetbeam rrt-0 s2 ?? Thanks !!!!!!
Hey marshall. Sorry i got confused. Where do you put the silicon greese and where do you put the deoxit????
Can i use frog lube for the threads? If not can you suggest all some good brands?
I have a Coast HX5, that's been serving me beautifully a little over a year. I just bought some lithium 14500's for it. The negative posts have a spotty fancy electronic type of look. I noticed it seems the spring on my battery cap is slightly scratching the battery. Will this get worse ? How can I prevent it ?
I have a Maelstrom 4sevens S18. This is the best flashlight I've ever had. However I think I shorted something out in it. I placed a small piece of aluminum foil in the head end where the battery holder makes contact. I know this was stupid but it would flicker every so often and shaking it would temporarily fix it and since I've fixed other flashlights using foil I figured I'd try it. Now the brightest setting doesn't work at all and the other settings barely work. They are really dim. Any help would be appreciated. I can send it to you if you would be willing to repair it.
Sil-Glyde available at NAPA auto supply stores is a good silicone grease lubricant.
From -20 to 400 degrees Farenheit it will not melt.
I have an 8 ounce tube and it should be enough make sure all my flashlight o-rings are properly maintained for quite a long time.
Got any advice on testing the older lights that use a 3 aaa battery truck?
The internal tailcap component for that foursevens light is very similar to those of my Fenix LD20
Thank you! Great video! Is Goingear thinking about setting up operations in europe? The problem we have is that product shipped from outside of europe are subject to customs and taxes.
I need to replace the bulb in the olight mr2 warrior, what kind of led do i need and where can i find one?
Thanks mate
Any advice for it cutting out after 10-20 secs. Lumapower Trust 2 tactical light. Did all your suggestions and still cuts out.
Nice good ideas for my strange switch on my flashlight !
can u put up a video when disamble the torch head to replavce the led cartridge ? struggling to get the cartridge out
I have a smith&wesson single AA battery flashlight that I can’t figure out how to take the led out of, would you happen to know how?? Thanks in advance.
always good info marshall....wish you had a store here in michigan. im sick of paying big retail store prices at REI and other places like Gander Mountain. Please do a review of the olight s20 l2 baton. I'm waiting for it in the mail, first olight I purchased. I'm a flashlight junkie but unfortunatly I've been buying Coast, I got a Streamlight PT 2L and Fenix tk15 and am done with Coast.
If you can help me out I have a t1250L took the but end off can't get the cartridge out to change batterys any ideas
Hi do u know how to open up a chines 3 way torchlight?? I hv tried many ways n i still cant open it...it has a mini usb charger input.
malstrum g5 vs xt11...which would you choose for a handheld spot light?
I have a TruTorch M800 the switch fell apart when l removed the rechargeable battery how does it go back together
Hi bro.
Can i use vaseline instead of silicon grease in the o-rings?
Thsnks
Why couldn't show how to do surefire tail cap switch ,there must be a trick to it !
So where can we get parts ?? My x700 needs a LED cartridge-- it's dead.
Red is positive black is negative. Look at your meter you had a negative number. Not a big deal in this case however it's good to be correct.
I'm not really sure...I want it to be an all around light that I keep in my vehicle so it may be imployed in many diffrent ways, not really a utility light though, i will also be getting a smaller light for my EDC. its tough to imagin a time that i'd need to see past 150 yards but ya never know. how well does the G5 flood?
Hello, The button on my Sofirn Sp32a v2.0 was not properly working and I couldn't remove it. How can i disassemble?
G700 flash light led bulb if does not work is it replaceable?
So what if when u put the metal object on the battery and on the body of the light and it doesn’t light. What is the problem when u hv full charged battery
Yep I had alkalines left in an Fenix E21 I bought for a good deal. They leaked. I took everything apart cleaned out and neutralised the stuff with acid and cleaned it all with alcohol. Save it. It did some damage inside but she still works. I never use the damn thing though.
Need your help. My flashlight switch when not fully tightened, the led light turns on. If fully tightened, no light.
Say I accidentally removed the gold springy parts that’s connected to the switch can I just install it back in or did I fuck up???? Help please
I have a bushnell focus 1800 and need to get the wire s to the right spot
Thanks so much! Apparently my contacts were dirty and I couldn't find any alcohol swabs. So I went to get some rice wine and cotton. =3
The led under the lense of my telescoping flashlight is loose how should I fix that?
hi all dont now where to ask my question,but hope some1 can help.i get led lenser x21 new when i shake abit its flash when on,so i cant understand whats is lose or its factory problem any ideas?thanks
What is the sign of a iffy or floating ground?
My nitecore flashlight not on but when I put in charge it can be on during charging only..can u tell me the reason
I noticed that too. But its an honest mistake. You are really great for producing such good videos.
How long have you had that 6p
Hey I'm having trouble with my Thrunite tn12 (2014) it seems to wanna work when it feels like it , and after I cycle threw the modes. It flickers on and off. Not sure but I believe it has something to do with the side switch, ( button to change modes) I did all the clean , changed batteries multiple times, etc etc and still having issues. Please anyone with Any info it will be greatly appreciated. Cause very soon this light will be going in the trash!!!! Thanks
308bushmaster did you ever find out what was going on with your light...my tn12 is doing the same thing
Hey I have a utg flashlight and I can't fix it , can you help me !!?
Which Zebralight that is? (@ 20:20 )
Dude why don`t you sell maglites at going gear? Thx
Mine Is One Of The Bigger Ones And I Figure It Should Have Two Batteries But Only One Came Out Because I Can Only Take The Switch Part Off And Not The Other Side off.
Just got a Powertac E9R-G4 and charged up the battery, but no light. I cleaned the threads, but nothing... straight out of the box!
I have two different models of olights with the magnetic charger base both will not power on unless there on the charger base. Both lights are less than one year old. I definitely do not recommend anything from olight
ok. thanks for the reply. i saw that you are busy shifting.
Really liked goinggear episodes. Stopped for some time. Not continuing on other topics and move the episodes pal?
When measuring voltage it does not matter what lead goes to positive or negative. The only difference will be a negative measurement.
How can I take the head off it is so tight it won't come off
do you ship flashlights to lithuania
Can you show me the wiring diagram for the rubicon T600L
Show me the wiring diagram on a Ozark trail 750 lumen
Great video! What watch are u wearing it caught my eye, looks nice. Mick.
what if my bulb is broken?
You didn't show how to clean the tailcap switch - which IS possible to do at home. Other videos show how to do this, why can't you?
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Thanks , now I know that the battery is fine, but still can not fixed my flashlight, it wont work yet.
actually you do have electricity flowing trough you, we all do.
one day somebody will figure out how to power devices off it, and we will never need batteries again.
Then once they figure out how to charge people to use their own electricity for flashlights or other things it will be available to the public
I dropped my flashlight on the floor and it stopped working how do I fix that
***** On thank you and your video helped me with my other flashlight issues
why do u have so many bro?
hm... yeah. re-up ? !
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Battery is only 1.5 voltd.it will get really hot quickly when you hold a wire on each end. But it's barely over a tenth of what your car uses. And carr battery's ios a slight tingle at best. The less are just extremely efficiently and use nearly 100 % of the energy to produce light. As opposed to a halogen bulb losing a ton of energy in heat if the voltage isn't high enough to or its geting older. You can see this in halogen headlights dimming over timer. Stick a halogen on thst batteries and it'll barely glow. The led is just so much more efficient than.
Fuck. LEDs are not less. And is not ios. My phone is mangled lol
Like your video and thanks But Red is pos... Black is neg..... battery should be 1.5 to 1.6 to be fully charge NOT 1.3 that would be LOW and not last very long.....
Anyone can get a free tester at harbour freight check for coupon use safety Glasses PLEASE I HAVE HAD TESTERS EXPLODED IN MY FACE THAT ARE CHEAP BE SAFE.
Car batteries test at 12.9 low to 13.5 charge car not running.
Car running test at 13.9 to 14.9 MAX alternator GOOD
60 volts dc can kill you.
40 volts AC WILL STOP YOUR HEART.
That TESTER WILL TEST UP TO 750 VOLTS AC PLEASE USE CAUTION....
GOOD LUCK ALL. TJ
how complicated can something be as simple as a flashlight be? I do not believe in $75.00 worth of conversion for a 10 cent idea yes I am a 36 yr hvac tecn. mech.& shade tree auto mech.plus diesel.
lol if he only knew the abuse my light gets at work... my poor light started black, now it's pretty much silver.
You ate the red pill I see.
interesting..but.. repeating yourself and not getting to the point is a turn off
sauvana foton "connect bluetooth"
Surefire = Loctite + threads 😫😫😫
Doesn't work
Lol 1.3 volts who uses alkaline
Zzzzz. Talk faster. Sorry I could nt finish.