When I first bought it, it was steady on. Now it cuts back power after on for a second or so. It is a dpss running on a 18650 fully charged battery.
It goes on, and then gets dimmer a bit later.
For some reason, the circuit is cutting power to the diode.
Can I
A. increase the current by adding another battery in parallel (transfering the guts to another host)
B. Increase the voltage from say, appx 4.1 to maybe 5 or so?
It could be the diode, but I think its more likely to be the supply circuit to the diode which is not operating in a buck/boost fashion.
The host looks like a simple (not fancy) flashlight with a endcap that blocks the beam and has a key to activate it in back.
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It goes on, and then gets dimmer a bit later.
For some reason, the circuit is cutting power to the diode.
Can I
A. increase the current by adding another battery in parallel (transfering the guts to another host)
B. Increase the voltage from say, appx 4.1 to maybe 5 or so?
It could be the diode, but I think its more likely to be the supply circuit to the diode which is not operating in a buck/boost fashion.
The host looks like a simple (not fancy) flashlight with a endcap that blocks the beam and has a key to activate it in back.
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