DIYbanter - View Single Post - Repairing flashlights with faulty Cree LED's.

N_Cook

On 16/04/2014 20:17, wrote:
I have two flashlights that are both very solid designs but both with a broken Cree LED.
In each case the manufacturer basically told me they are non repairable.
Considering that there weren't cheap and are both only a few months old I am looking into options for doing a home repair.
As I'm not familiar with Cree LED's are am looking for some input to see if it's worth it going down this route?

Evert.

Probably not made to be easily disassembable. But can you get some
current limited test supply to the LED/s to at least confirm which one
is buggered/problem in switch or elsewhere?
Beware the LEDs are going to be closely coupled to heatsinking and the
orientations can be all over the place