My Maxtoch SN6X-2S died on me last night it looks like the little chip bulb has burnt out.
Can it be fixed? If so how do I go about it?
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My Maxtoch SN6X-2S died on me last night it looks like the little chip bulb has burnt out.
Can it be fixed? If so how do I go about it?
Send it to me and I'll sort it for you. PM inbound.
Hi gadgetman is this a common fault?
1st one burnt out. All others have been failed de-dome attempts or fidgeting after de-doming. Easy to fix.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1 DEER 1
Gadget can dedome it for you while he's got it if you like. Really makes them perform..
What stops them dying after 30min (being turned on/off) or is it normal?
We don't spotlight full time, we drive, light, drive, light type spotlight and its annoying going through two sets of battery's that have just been charged within the hour.
I would love a way to screw something to the back that connects to a cord that can be plugged into the bike. Either a plug or alligator clips so we can hook it right up to the bikes battery. Would it improve the light ten fold.
Caught between a rock and a hard place atm, on one hand we have a light that shits over the older spotlights but on the other hand the old ones work all night
don't even mention get more battery's :D
what is dedomed?
The diode (bulb) has a gel type "lens" over it that spreads and somewhat diffuses the light. Dedome, and you've got a more focussed light, with a slighty inproved colour temperature. Ie it looks brighter too. Totally happy I did mine. Gadgetman' your buddy as far as the how to. It's easy to break wires. Like I did.
take it back for a new one? o wait its not a lenser :thumbsup:
You'd probably be on your tenth trip back by now.Quote:
Originally Posted by scoped
I'll send you another charger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toby
The charger should be fine? It's lucky to have been used 15 timesQuote:
Originally Posted by gadgetman
Get the odd one that doesn't charge to the right voltage. Seen it a few times and you end up with short run times. You're leaving it till the LED turns green?Quote:
Originally Posted by Toby
Yeah sure am, It doesn't take long to charge I'll give it that
Toby what you want is a lightforce 270 on the vehicle and a maxtox (spelling) for walking.
That is an indication it is not working, should be 10 hours plus. New one in the post tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toby
The light force was left at home cause the maxtoch was mean as compared to it! Bad move
no harm done I still managed a deer and hares with the mighty 6.5 right before the light shat its self for a second time. I shit you not I shot the deer and when we pulled up next to it the light died haha. Pissed me right off though as I was still in a blood thirsty mood and wanted to find more hares and possums or silly deers :)
Good thing was I started thinking how to improve it and came up with the hooking it to the bike idea. I was thinking surely there must be two wires in the clicky bit at the back could you hook a wire to each one and hook to the battery so it feeds straight off the bikes battery through the torches batteries and you have light? Or not that simple?
Voltage is probably different?
I regularly spot deer at over 1000m with my lightforce and have shot them out to 600y in ideal conditions how far do you need to see?
Fuck! not that far haha thats insane!
Its a good light, but not ideal for walking around with.
Whats walking? :D Shoot them off the bike and drive it next to them! Bloody hell you guys must do everything the hard way. Should come down and teach you south islanders the ways of the jedi :P
:thumbsup: they are not all hand fed down here mate. ;)
No spotlighting down this way, the farms are to small. Night vision and thermal only
The other question is what 18650 batts are you using. Are they top grade panasonics or cheapies off trademe. Likely to be either charger or batts as normal runtime is 100-110 mins on continuous full noise for an M24.
maxtoch ones, good? bad?
I still wanna connect it to the bike it'll make it better for our use
Start hand feeding them VC!
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Originally Posted by Toby
They are not hungry, DOC feed them green pellets.
You'll get similar range from the torch. It sounds like a crook charger because it charges too quickly and that is borne out by the run time in the torch which should be around the 1:45 mark so the two pair of batteries should last a lot longer.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
A shot cell.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
The best cells to buy are the Panasonic 3100 or 3400s very good runtime and they last well.
Or have a way to connect to the bike.
That is just a pain. Might as well glue your hands to the handlebars while you're at it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toby
I will say it again for the hard of hearing and young and (insert word of your choice here)
lightforce connected to vehicle, torch for walking.
This company has very good panasonic batts - protected button top 3100s and 3400s at a good NZ price. These are the batts you need for high output XML grunters like the Maxtochs. Whatever you do don't go buying trademe cheapies as they just won't last.
Panasonic 18650B battery w/PCB, The Gadget Guys
a really long power cord for walking:DQuote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Surely its not hard to hook up to a cigarette lighter or something. That is one thing the LED lenser has going for it, USB charging
A torch mounted on the scope for everything. If you want a second torch in your hand to point all over the show from the vehicle. No mucking about when getting in and out of vehicles to open gates or shoot prone. The plug doesn't wriggle out. More than one person can spotlight. ...Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
We don't leave the bike though so it literally doesn't matter that there's a cord except for the fact that we now have a maxtoch that goes all nightQuote:
Originally Posted by gadgetman
I thought I already said we dont do that walking? And I'm hard of hearing :DQuote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
I have a maxtoch and want to connect it to the bike as it'd suit the way we spotlight better than stupid batteries
Perhaps a usb charging option could be incorporated into the next Maxtoch so that it could be charged from a lighter socket in a vehicle.
Just carry another set of batteries and swap them over. "Look mum, no wires."Quote:
Originally Posted by possum_shooter