Modest Improvement to a Harbor Freight Led Flashlight

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Modest Improvement to a Harbor Freight Led Flashlight

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I picked up a sweet little 9 led light from HF for $5 and it was kinda flaky, shake it and the light went out, so I'd thought I'd post my improvement.

What's the Problem

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The positive connection is a spring loaded pin pushing against a blob of solder. High resistance and just poor contact.

I Had Thought to Just Use a Mini Connector

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But had none on hand. So I grabbed a 4-40 nut and tinned it up.

Disassemble the Flashlight.

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Unscrewing the ring with the hex opening let's you remove the led module. Now just solder the hex nut to the central solder pad.

Okay

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The nut makes a tight socket for the pin on the battery compartment, it also compresses the pin farther, so now no matter how hard I shake or drop it the light doesn't flake out anymore.