Revengeful_Lobster Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 This really ###### me off. It seems like every device I touch spontaneously breaks. Brand new Element LLM01, bought yesterday. Tested in the store and the lamp functioned flawlessly. Came home last night and the lamp would only come on for a split second then shut off. Tried again this morning and the lamp is totally dead. Bought new batteries and still dead. The VIS and IR lasers work perfectly fine so I know it's not the batteries. Is the lamp just a piece of *suitcase* or what? Link to post Share on other sites
Skarclaw Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Sounds like you got a duff. Fortunately you got it from a store not Hong Kong or whatever so tbh I'd take it back and get a replacement. Word of warning: Don't leave the batteries in Element LLMs. They will just run down. Best to keep em out and pop em in the morning of the game. Otherwise I think the lamp on the LLM is pretty good. Link to post Share on other sites
Revengeful_Lobster Posted May 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Hopefully I can exchange it. Japanese stores can be bitchy about returns/exchanges. I also can hear something rattling around inside the lamp itself, which is odd considering I never dropped it or otherwise exposed it to any trauma. Link to post Share on other sites
Skarclaw Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 If you can't get it returned let us know. I can't say I'm technically minded but I'm minded to think that it would be a connector issue or the bulb. Link to post Share on other sites
Got Wood? Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Sounds like the bulb has blown then. Unless it's an LED in which case something's come off the board. Get a replacement as Skarclaw says. I don't have the LLM but I do have the Peq16 and the torch on it is better than my element clone from them! Link to post Share on other sites
Revengeful_Lobster Posted May 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 I believe it is an LED. I don't see anything around the bulb moving around, and the rattling seems to be in the tube somewhere. I took a look at the tube and don't see any way to crack it open. Not that I would before trying to exchange it. Link to post Share on other sites
Azubi Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 It's easy for the reflector housing to come away from the main body of the unit a little bit and put the circuit a bit away, making it U/S. I had the same problem with mine. Try pushing the reflector housing into the main body of the unit and see if it makes it work. It might have even twisted slightly, ripping the LED from the circuit or making a loose connection. Link to post Share on other sites
Revengeful_Lobster Posted May 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 The reflector housing is the reflective part around the bulb, yes? So far that's ok. Somewhere between the reflector housing and the metal part that contacts the circuit board of the body, there's something rattling around. Link to post Share on other sites
Revengeful_Lobster Posted June 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 Goddammit so I exchanged it for a new one, and just about every person online has said to either remove the batteries or put them in backwards during storage. I had no where to put my batteries on the hour-long train ride home so I put them in backwards, and an hour later noticed them overheating. Burned the *fruitcage* LED. Link to post Share on other sites
Bovinedog Posted June 1, 2015 Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 You're not having much luck! I would definitely not recommend leaving batteries in, even if you turn them round. Time to exchange for a new one... Link to post Share on other sites
BioRage Posted June 1, 2015 Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 Yep, always remove batteries from everything. Optics, Flashlights, gun, etc. Link to post Share on other sites
Revengeful_Lobster Posted June 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 This time around I actually burned it out so I don't think I can exchange it. What I don't understand is that I have inserted batteries in reverse multiple times with multiple electronics and never had a problem until now, and, why is it only the LED that goes tits up and not the lasers? Link to post Share on other sites
Bovinedog Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 Cant hurt to take it back and ask them to exchange it. Link to post Share on other sites
Revengeful_Lobster Posted June 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 I went back to the shop. They specifically asked if I put the batteries in backwards. I lied They didn't want me to continue burning through their LLMs until they confirmed what was wrong with them so they gave me a refund and I bought a Surefire M300 knockoff that, in all honestly, looks a hell of a lot better on my rifle than the LLM. Not KSK accurate though.... Link to post Share on other sites
Bovinedog Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Well that's a bit of a result. Maybe they should have told you not to put the batteries in backwards, if they know it's enough of an issue to be their first question. Of course, they probably read this forum and now know who you are, lol. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
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