need adivce..again

[TheZig]

so i have made two flashlight mods today one works great but looks ugly lol the other looks great but i cant get the on/off switch on the bottom to work and for some odd reason the battery has a hard time making a connection (i can deal with it i just have to mess with it). but how does one go about fixing the on/off switch?

 

[MadmanMacguyver]

Need more information...Pics would help wonders...

 

[TheZig]

i am just talking about the switch on the bottom of a flash light i cant hit my momentary switch and it always works (the switch on the bottom of the FL wont turn the PV off)

 

[bmwjen]

drill a hole through the body & solder the negative wire to the body............do not hook the negative to the spring (or else it'll make a constant feed, thus making it so that the pv won't turn on/off with the flashlight button).

I hope this helps

 

[TheZig]

drill a hole through the body & solder the negative wire to the body............do not hook the negative to the spring (or else it'll make a constant feed, thus making it so that the pv won't turn on/off with the flashlight button).

I hope this helps

i actually did drill a hole but it wont ground out at all but i have both my mods floating and only one wont shut completely off with the bottom button. ill start drilling though lol

 

[bmwjen]

you may have to scuff up the surface of where you want the lead to go (if the inside is anodized), then solder it in place there with rosin flux

 

[bstedh]

Pictures would help... Do your batteries have their shrink wrap on them. I had one where the shrink wrap was partially off so it would make contact with the flashlight tube bypassing the switch at the bottom. Took me quit a while to figure out what was going on.

Reading your posts I am actually a little confused with what the problem is. Is it always on or intermittently on?

 

[TheZig]

Pictures would help... Do your batteries have their shrink wrap on them. I had one where the shrink wrap was partially off so it would make contact with the flashlight tube bypassing the switch at the bottom. Took me quit a while to figure out what was going on.

Reading your posts I am actually a little confused with what the problem is. Is it always on or intermittently on?

it is always on..fires when the switch is pressed on my other i can turn it on and off but it only fires when on

 

[Darkreign]

I'm not an expert, but my first impression is a faulty main switch. My experience with these kinds of flashlights is that if the switching mechanism is in the cap it is press fitted and a pain to disassemble. It possible that the mechanism has a faulty spring that is used for retracting the contact on the negative side, I am not sure how you would "repair" it as it would likely be cheaper to purchase another flashlight, of the same make, and interchange the switching caps.

 

[TheZig]

I'm not an expert, but my first impression is a faulty main switch. My experience with these kinds of flashlights is that if the switching mechanism is in the cap it is press fitted and a pain to disassemble. It possible that the mechanism has a faulty spring that is used for retracting the contact on the negative side, I am not sure how you would "repair" it as it would likely be cheaper to purchase another flashlight, of the same make, and interchange the switching caps.

agreed just thought it was strange that it worked AS A FLASH LIGHT but when i mad it into a PV the main switch no longer worked oh well lol it still vapes

 

[bstedh]

Have you tried switching the base of the two flashlights?

 

[TheZig]

yes i tried that neither will work if i swap them but when i put them back to normal only one works??

 

[TheZig]

i know you guys want pics but my camera is dead lol i think i may just deal with it it was my first mods something was suppose to go wrong haha

 

[bstedh]

how did you wire the fire switch. If you followed most flashlight tutorials and glued the fire switch in place you may have glued it in the on position or you have a short in the switch circuit.

 

[TheZig]

well the fire switch works just fine push it it fires let go it stops its the main switch on the bottom of the light that isnt cutting off basically the same switch that would be used on a box mod (on/off switch on box mod = on/off switch on flashlight). heres what i did.....solder postive wire to middle of connector>solder on side of connector for neg wire>solder middle connector wire to switch on one side then other to positve battery spring>outside connector wire free floating to touch neg end of battery.. i think that is what i did in order..

 

[TheZig]

thanks for the help though bstedh not really trying to fix it just want to know where i went wrong so i can avoid this next time the mod works perfectly other than the main switch not shutting off so i cant take it with me in my pocket because ill most likely have it fire off in my pocket

 

[bstedh]

Do you have an multi meter? That would help isolate the failure point. It sounds like the bottom switch is shorting or the battery body is making contact with the flashlight shell. The first non technical thing I would try would be to place thin cardboard inside the body so the battery has no way to touch it if there is room to try this or swap batteries to see if the symptoms follow. Also when you swap the bottom switch does the symptom follow the switch. These two things will tell you where the problem is and weather or not it is fixable.

Also what type of flashlight is it? I have been assuming one of the 9LED ones with the 3 aaa battery holder...

Never want to leave a mod half working if it can be avoided... =]

 

[TheZig]

if you look at the pic you liked in my other post its the blue flash light that is not wanting to cooperate with the main switch the black one is fine. tomorrow i will try and add cardboard to the inside and see if that helps ill report back then

p.s they are the 9LED aluminum lights from madvapes

Edit: actually your right i forgot i had to take that holder out so yes its exactly what you think it is