my photon ii died

Dijos

Dijos

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well, after many years, my keychain photon died. aren't they supposed to have a 10 year guarantee or something? am I the first to actually run out of batteries>?
 
Nope. The lithium batteries have a 10 year shelf life, not a guarantee that they'll last that long. If you mean that the Photon broke, you can get it repaired for free. IMO, the Photon is strictly a backup light for this precise reason (among others).
 
I had the batteries burn out on one years ago. I opened it up to replace them, but couldn't get all the tiny parts to go back together. No more Photons for me. When the last one burns out, I won't replace it with another.

The good part is, they do last a long time. I just see them as disposable.
 
You need a tiny Phillips screwdriver and a reasonably clean desk or table to work at so you don't lose the tiny screws, that's all.
 
Take out the four screws, remove the batteries, put the new batteries in between the prongs of the LED in the same configuration as you took them out, snap it together and put the screws back in. Takes maybe a minute.
I do it all the time. Gave away Photon IIs like candy a few years back, and now I've got people coming up to me now and then needing the batteries replaced.
Trouble is that I keep taking the light home with me, and buying replacement batteries for them.
Careful where you buy batteries. Prices on them seem to vary wildly. Some Photons use a single 2032, while the brighter ones like blue and white use 2 2016s. Make sure you're buying the right battery.
 
Hey, thanks, everybody-the screwdriver on my sak rally should fit just fine...
 
OwenM said:
Take out the four screws, remove the batteries, put the new batteries in between the prongs of the LED in the same configuration as you took them out, snap it together and put the screws back in. Takes maybe a minute.
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Yeah, sure. How do you keep the LED from dropping out of position like mine did? how do you get it to stay in place when you put the case back together?
 
I replaced the batteries on my Photon II once, and it was a PITA to get back together. And I'm usually pretty good reassembling things like this.

I replaced it with a Photon 3 and like it much better. Haven't had to replace the batteries yet, but it has a pop-off cover that's easy as pie to do.

Since the batteries will likely cost half of what a new Photon 3 or Freedom will, if I were you, I'd just get a new one.
 
You can get 5 battery changes (10xCR2016) for under 5 bucks shipped on ebay. No point in being wasteful. Reduce, reuse, recycle, remember? ;)

Mark
 
It's those damn tiny screws
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Bad eyes
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and old age
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Esav Benyamin said:
Yeah, sure. How do you keep the LED from dropping out of position like mine did? how do you get it to stay in place when you put the case back together?
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I don't know. On all of them I've had apart, the LED has a rim/flange/whatever, and both sides of the case have a groove that it fits into.
I took a pic:
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Yeah, like Owen says it's pretty easy. Just make sure that everything is aligned properly (there are small recesses molded into the shell so that the LED is seated properly) and then pop it back together. If it's the kind with screws just hold the case together and check to make sure the switch functions properly before screwing it together again.
 
You guys need to upgrade to one of these:

2x

I was never keen on EDCing a Photon because of output vs runtime. This changed that.

Mark
 
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