PHOTON Re-placement L.E.D Bulb

[Forest fella]

Anyone got a Photon micro light II Bulb spare as I've looked bloody everywhere and still had no luck. And I don't want to buy another 1.
Cheers

 

[Nice65]

It’s not a bulb, it’s an LED. It’ll be soldered to a circuit board and not replaceable. Well, not easily anyway.

 

[Jared]

Any 5mm LED should work. Unfortunately I don't seem to have any.

No circuit boards or soldered joints in a Photon, or at least in the ones I've seen. Just one LED leg makes direct contact with the battery, and other via a dome switch.

 

[Nice65]

Any 5mm LED should work. Unfortunately I don't seem to have any.

No circuit boards or soldered joints in a Photon, or at least in the ones I've seen. Just one LED leg makes direct contact with the battery, and other via a dome switch.

Hadn’t realised how basic they are. Makes them a bit overpriced really.

 

[Jared]

Actually even more basic than I thought, they rely on a LED leg as a spring to turn off and not a dome.

 

[Forest fella]

Yeah I knew they were L.E.D's I just wasn't keen on paying a tenner for a new torch if someone had 1 kicking about from a broken Photon.
Cheers

 

[Nice65]

Yeah I knew they were L.E.D's I just wasn't keen on paying a tenner for a new torch if someone had 1 kicking about from a broken Photon.
Cheers

If you google 5mm led you’ll turn up all sorts. They’ll be under £1 but obviously there’s postage to add.

 

[trashcanman1984]

If you google 5mm led you’ll turn up all sorts. They’ll be under £1 but obviously there’s postage to add.

As Rich said, leds are really cheap. But you have to be really clear on what you are ordering. Check the current led specs and get the same or up grade.

 

[Jared]

Yeah, kind of a thing a physical electronics/hobby shop would have and it'd work out cheaper.

Any ~3v (Forward voltage) 5mm LED should work, it's just question whether only needs a single lithium coin cell CR2032 or two CR2016s stacked for higher voltage.
Basically pinch the led legs either side of a single cell, if it lights just needs one, if not try two.

If want to be really particular, Yuji make (or made) High CRI (95+) 5mm LEDs, but they only sell them by the 1,000. Probably someone on a flashlight forum selling in smaller quantities.

 

[stevec]

Drop me a pm with your address, I'll send you a couple of white LEDs. Don't know what brightness they are but, it's a photon not a search light

 

[Forest fella]

Done,
Cheers

 

[Forest fella]

Arrived Thanks again.

 

[swyn]

Just read through these posts and the summary is we are very lucky to have such a pleasant forum!
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