Re: [at-l] Photon II light drown is sweat

[Bryan Avery <bryan@photonlight.com>]

Sounds like the corrosion has been building up for a while.  How long have you
been wearing the light around your neck?  A sweaty chest is a pretty harsh
climate (because of the moisture), but if you take the light apart and clean it
every once in a while it should hold up a lot better.  Did the white bulb have
gold plated leads?  For the past year or so LRI has been gold plating the leads
on the white, blue, turquoise, and green bulbs, which seems to help prevent
corrosion.  Of course, the battery is still vulnerable to corrosion so cleaning
it once in a while is still a good idea.

Bryan Avery

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"Charles W. Davidson" wrote:

> Yo,
>
>         I wear me Photton II flashlight like a necklace. That way its easy to
> find in the dark! It is so small I often do not bother to store it
> during the day. The sweat of a long day in the hot sun corroded mine
> yesterday. One wire to the LED bulb corroded off, the whole thing was
> full of corrosion. Fortunately I discovered I could replace the white
> two battery bulb with  the yellow bulb and single battery from my Photon
> I and put them in the Photon II case with the on off switch. I like the
> yellow light much better than the white two battery light. The yellow
> lasts about 5 days burning continuously and is easier to read and see
> with. The white light is brighter but has poor definition.
>
> chase
>
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