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Re: Replacement LED?

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On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 22:56:51 -0700, DaveC <not@home.cow> wrote:

>Nebo NU15J:
>https://www.nebotools.com/prod_details.php?id=31&cid=16&subid=94&subsubcid=

Looks like the flashing LED is a common problem:
<http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?417142-Replacement-LED>

>I like this model for its good trade-off between brightness and battery life. 

Some day, someone will design a flashlight with an automatic PWM light
dimmer.  Shine the light at something bright, and the flashlight runs
at full brightness.  Shine it at something in the dark, and it goes to
fairly dim.

>No controller chip. Looks like a boost converter (inductor, BJT, schottky 
>diode, ceramic cap).

Yep, that's about it.  No controller.

>I scoped the voltage across the LED: it's constant 4v (with a very 
>small--20mv?--rise and fall as it switches on and off). Haven’t yet 
>measured current. Surely if there was a bad solder joint or other failure it 
>would show up here.

Ok, I'm wrong.  The flashing is not caused by the non-existent
controller chip.

>Thanks for the referrals of other lights, but I’m not buying a replacement. 
>I’m doing this for fun and to learn.

Like I mumbled previously, see if there's a dome type LED under a
plastic lens.  You'll probably need to unsolder the LED leads to do
this.  If they really are two parts, it should be possible to find a
replacement LED.

If you can't identify the LED by the power output, try measuring the
current drain with a new battery.  Multiply the current with your
measured 4V, and you should get the power in watts.  That should tell
you if you should be looking for a 1/2, 1, or 1.5v LED.

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Replacement LED? DaveC <not@home.cow> - 2016-03-21 10:30 -0700
  Re: Replacement LED? Bob Engelhardt <BobEngelhardt@comcast.net> - 2016-03-21 17:00 -0400
  Re: Replacement LED? John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-03-21 20:05 -0700
  Re: Replacement LED? Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2016-03-21 20:51 -0700
    Re: Replacement LED? DaveC <not@home.cow> - 2016-03-21 22:56 -0700
      Re: Replacement LED? N_Cook <diverse@tcp.co.uk> - 2016-03-22 15:42 +0000
      Re: Replacement LED? Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2016-03-22 16:42 -0700
        Re: Replacement LED? DaveC <not@home.cow> - 2016-03-22 16:56 -0700
          Re: Replacement LED? Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2016-03-22 18:16 -0700
            Re: Replacement LED? DaveC <not@home.cow> - 2016-03-22 18:56 -0700
              Re: Replacement LED? Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2016-03-23 11:11 -0700
                Re: Replacement LED? DaveC <not@home.cow> - 2016-03-23 21:50 -0700
                Re: Replacement LED? Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2016-03-23 22:49 -0700
                Re: Replacement LED? DaveC <not@home.cow> - 2016-03-24 14:02 -0700
        Re: Replacement LED? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-03-24 21:44 +0000
    Re: Replacement LED? Syd Rumpo <usenet@nononono.co.uk> - 2016-03-22 09:10 +0000
      Re: Replacement LED? DaveC <not@home.cow> - 2016-03-22 13:41 -0700
        Re: Replacement LED? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-03-22 21:46 -0400
          Re: Replacement LED? DaveC <not@home.cow> - 2016-03-22 19:00 -0700
            Re: Replacement LED? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-03-23 00:19 -0400
              Re: Replacement LED? DaveC <not@home.cow> - 2016-03-22 22:23 -0700
                Re: Replacement LED? DaveC <not@home.cow> - 2016-03-23 11:52 -0700
              Re: Replacement LED? "Ralph Mowery" <rmowery28146@earthlink.net> - 2016-03-23 10:31 -0400
    Re: Replacement LED? Andre Majorel <cheney@halliburton.com> - 2016-03-26 19:56 +0000
      Re: Replacement LED? John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-03-27 10:20 -0700
      Re: Replacement LED? Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2016-03-28 19:21 -0700
        Re: Replacement LED? "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> - 2016-03-31 04:20 -0400
          Re: Replacement LED? Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2016-03-31 08:34 -0700
          Re: Replacement LED? krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2016-03-31 20:10 -0400
            Re: Replacement LED? "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> - 2016-04-01 17:21 -0400
              Re: Replacement LED? krw <krw@nowhere.com> - 2016-04-01 19:14 -0400
                Re: Replacement LED? "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> - 2016-04-01 19:43 -0400
        Re: Replacement LED? Andre Majorel <cheney@halliburton.com> - 2016-03-31 10:40 +0000

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