Originally Posted by
KC8QVO
As far as the battery replacement goes in the old Metro I have - I can try that. However, I figured I burned up the control circuitry/computer in the light as opposed to frigging the battery.
I suppose a battery replacement would be the determining factor - or maybe just dial up the battery voltage on a power supply and see if feeding that directly to the light will get it to work first before trying to solder in a new battery. If it doesn't work and I solder in a new battery I screw up a new battery. Best to test it first in a way that doesn't potentially sacrifice a battery.
Right - if you've smoked the internals circuits, a new cell won't do you no-good.
You had mentioned changing cells in the last paragraph of the OP - so I thought you might be looking to put a higher amp-hour cell in an existing light. All my old lights look to be serviceable for the cells. Last year I got a 1000 lumen Lights and Motion (lights in motion...?) and it looks to be sealed tight. Kind of a bummer.....
But it's got a "low bright" mode that allows to charge and run the light without ruining anything, so that's what I wanted to try.