wetman
Contributor
Ok, so i just got some NiMH batteries for my light cannon and after charging them thought i'd do a burn test. Submerged the light in water and away we went.
At 2.5 hours i heard a popping sound and took a looksee. The light was off. I opened it up and clearly something had popped inside due to the smell. Smelled like a capicitor from the old electronics days at high-school but who am i to tell really.
Any idea what might have popped like that? I have my fingers crossed its not the ballast, the bulb looks intact but . The ballast itself looks to be in good shape physically (i.e. no bulges etc.) I opened up the unit inside and there are 2 fuses (one spare) and it appears to be ok, but i dont have a multimeter here to tell. There is somethign covered with heat shrink tubing on a wire which is on its way into the ballast and another with clear heat shrink tubing with a device that i'm not familiar with. Everything smelled of the same smell so the good old nose test didnt seem to do much for it.
Now something that did strike me as odd was the little things they include inside there to absorb gas (i think) - little pellety things. One seemes to be split in half and a bit darker. The other seems clear and i think there is a 3rd that happens to be in the abyss of my floor wating to be discovered by the next generation.
So, any thoughts?
steve
At 2.5 hours i heard a popping sound and took a looksee. The light was off. I opened it up and clearly something had popped inside due to the smell. Smelled like a capicitor from the old electronics days at high-school but who am i to tell really.
Any idea what might have popped like that? I have my fingers crossed its not the ballast, the bulb looks intact but . The ballast itself looks to be in good shape physically (i.e. no bulges etc.) I opened up the unit inside and there are 2 fuses (one spare) and it appears to be ok, but i dont have a multimeter here to tell. There is somethign covered with heat shrink tubing on a wire which is on its way into the ballast and another with clear heat shrink tubing with a device that i'm not familiar with. Everything smelled of the same smell so the good old nose test didnt seem to do much for it.
Now something that did strike me as odd was the little things they include inside there to absorb gas (i think) - little pellety things. One seemes to be split in half and a bit darker. The other seems clear and i think there is a 3rd that happens to be in the abyss of my floor wating to be discovered by the next generation.
So, any thoughts?
steve
