cree light

[LoneRider]

blokes, my cree ultrafire q5 has bit the dust one time too many,and the globe [?] has blown.
where would i find a new globe or globe/upgrade kit for it ?
i havent found anything on google yet [dont really know what im looking for i s'pose]

its got WF-008 in very small print if that helps.....

[fenring]

That's this light mate:

http://dx.com/p/ultrafire-wf-008-recoil ... 123a-22934

Could be any of a number of things - the driver circuit is buggered, the LED is buggered, or there's a current loss somewhere.

Driver: you can replace the driver if you are good at soldering.

LED - not so easy as that light uses a special mounting plate for the LED.

Poor electrical contact - not uncommon, usually it's not making contact at the tailcap / body junction or the little spring on the end of the driver is losing contact (mine did that - so I pulled that tiny spring off and that fixed it)

[LoneRider]

thats him fen....
the spring looks alright..
it got dropped on the concrete again....
it worked alright after that but later that night when i turned it on,it flicked off.
never to go again.
i didnt really want to chuck it because of the 2 sets of batteries and charger i got for it...
what do ya think would be the next best thing fen ?

[fenring]

This is another budget thrower:

http://dx.com/p/uniquefire-hs-802-cree- ... 123a-16538

Uses a reflector so has some spill but still a tight centre spot.

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Four years ago I shot my first rabbit using my Wolfeyes Sniper 260 and Last week the LED died.

[Camel]

Four years ago I shot my first rabbit using my Wolfeyes Sniper 260 and Last week the LED died.

all together now.....................awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[fenring]

Sniper uses D26 dropins so the whole unit can be replaced, if that's the issue:

http://wolfeyes.com.au/wolf-eyes-d26-35 ... p-227.html

[DSD]

What do you do that requires you to know so much about torches. It would appear that there is not a torch question yo can not or have not been able to answer

[fenring]

I use them, research them, even build the odd one. They interest me.

[DSD]

Fair enough

[LoneRider]

thanks fen,
on the same page,there was this one...
http://dx.com/p/ultrafire-c9-t60-xm-lt6 ... 7670-90778
does the battery specs mean it takes 2 different types or can take either ?

[fenring]

One of either, but you would only bother with 18650 batteries as they have a larger capacity.

Voltage range is 2.7 - 4.2v so one cell only.

[MISSED]

Four years ago I shot my first rabbit using my Wolfeyes Sniper 260 and Last week the LED died.

all together now.....................awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Not whingeing mate this little torch has been used every day/ night at work and has been dropped of trailers ,truck ,chassis's ,tyres and found the odd fox and rabbit or two for four years there is a fair bit of paint worn or chipped off and I am still running the original Wolfeyes 18650 battery.I reckon for my 100 smackers I have got great service.

Thanks for the link Fenring but a few years ago I grabbed another drop in as well as a Red one

[trevort]

Missed mine died recently after the second time Kerriet dropped it. You could see current going through the LED but it was very faint. Picked it up a few weeks ago, turned it on and the lazarus effect happened
dont know why or how but happy!

[LoneRider]

went and purchased the C9-T60
it turned up yesterday.
took it out in the yard last night.
bloody hell its bright.
a bit heavier and bigger than the WF-008.
its got a much, much larger spot and heaps of spill.
i was really after something more along the lines of a nice tight clean spot for shooting [rifle mounted]
but,itll do for now i spose,till i get jack of it and get something else