DX Lights Help New Question......

A mate of mine has recently go one of these:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.18695
We went for a ride on Sunday night and it kept switching itself off. We would be riding along and everything was fine and then all of a sudden it would just switch itself off.
He would unscrew the torch slightly and it came back on (temporarily).
Has anyone else experienced any of these problems?
Any suggestions?
Also, I have a magicshine, I've used it twice now, probably for about three hours altogether with a mixture of low and high settings. When I went to charge it this morning I plugged the battery pack into the charger and a little green led lights up on the charger before I plug it into a socket.
Does this mean there is a connection between the battery pack and the charger?
Or does it mean it doesn't need charging?
Someone said it goes red when it needs charging?
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.18695
We went for a ride on Sunday night and it kept switching itself off. We would be riding along and everything was fine and then all of a sudden it would just switch itself off.
He would unscrew the torch slightly and it came back on (temporarily).
Has anyone else experienced any of these problems?
Any suggestions?
Also, I have a magicshine, I've used it twice now, probably for about three hours altogether with a mixture of low and high settings. When I went to charge it this morning I plugged the battery pack into the charger and a little green led lights up on the charger before I plug it into a socket.
Does this mean there is a connection between the battery pack and the charger?
Or does it mean it doesn't need charging?
Someone said it goes red when it needs charging?
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It's quiet common!
As for the DX bike light mine has the same behaviour. I dont think it's a problem. If I connect the charger to the battery the light goes green but when I plug the charger in - it turns red to indicate that it's charging.
Hope that helps.
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The link for the torch should help my mate.
I just tried plugging it in again and the light stays green :roll:
I'm using an old shaver adapter, I just changed the fuse to see if there was something wrong with that but still no joy, strange.
Also, did your magicshine come with a strap to attach the battery pack to the frame? Mine didn't.
Mine came with a nylon bag thing, the top wraps round the stem and seals with velcro. Mine also had what seemed to be 1 half of some kind of buckle type affair just sewn on for no apparent reason :?
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I suppose you could use them to fashion yourself some kind of strap to make it double secure.
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I didn't think to use it in my stem :oops: I'll try that tonight, going for a ride after work.
Still not sure what's going on with my battery pack though, I don't know if it is charging.
Use your light untill it completely dies and shuts off this will reset the digital circuit in the battery. The battery should then fully charge, Only run the battery down completely if you need to reset the circuit, repeated full discharges will damage the battery.
Also you could try your friends charger to see if yours has a fault
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I would use my mates charger but he has a p7 torch not a magicshine so the chargers are different.
Fave rides : 7 staines rock Afan,Coedy,Swinley,Penmachno,Snowdon.
I guess it should work?
I did order a travel adapter from DX at the same time as my Magicshine but it was out of stock so it is coming seperately
I have a charger from my old light set that fits the battery, I won't know when it has finished charging though.
So my question is how long does it take to fully charge the Magicshine battery pack?
Any tips or advice so I don't cook the battery?
The Magicshine takes about 4 hours to charge.
Depends what version of the light you have but instruction link below: -
http://home.comcast.net/~jharger1/Magic ... ctions.pdf
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Thanks for that, I've printed a copy.
I've since bought a smart charger for it and it's working a treat, it does take about 4 hours.
cheers
Craig.
Am i correct by saying you have a 3 mode Magicshine?
I think the charger has been upgraded for the 5 mode one which i have (at least thats what I was told) - I havent had any problems.
What smart charger did you buy - do smart chargers just prevent overcharging?
Thanks
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This is the charger I've got after someone on here recomended it.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=41031
It basically shut off when the battery is fully charged, it also has an indication led turning from red to green when it is fully charged.
A lot to pay but worth it imo.