Magnito light cable shorting

[soulie]

OMW why did I not think of popping a C8 into the back.

yes also nice .dirt cheap as well

 

[Stokstert]

C8 Power Switch - Micro Robotics

Power Switch Fig 8 + SwitchC8 Power Switch - C8 Power Switch The C8 Connector is a 2.

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Cables are a plenty can get C7 on takealot

Edit: https://www.takealot.com/figure-8-c7-c8-to-eu-2-pin-power-cord-cable/PLID53983939

Just don't get it from TA, cheaper here or here.

 

[soulie]

Just don't get it from TA, cheaper here or here.

locally sourced .probably from comptronics .

 

[noxibox]

If this wasn't Africa they would have been forced to take these things off the shelves and recall all the problem units until the issue was rectified.

Have you seen some of the dodgy stuff you can buy from Poundland? I wonder if those things ever get recalled. Then there is eBay overseas as well. I suspect this kind of product mostly flies under the radar in many other countries too.

 

[AlphaJohn]

I see Volkano also doing these lights as a sub brand Switched.

Seem a better build quality than Magneto and available in Black & White.




Will be testing one out and see how it compares

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[Pak Fa Fui]

It looks exactly the same

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Checked my 2 really old ones, they have the crappy thin cable but they're still fully insulated. Will monitor them.

 

[AlphaJohn]

It looks exactly the same

Look, sure but feel very different. ie: will test and see.

 

[Stokstert]

Look, sure but feel very different. ie: will test and see.

Modify the cable connection to get rid of the dangling cable. Get these panel mount connectors,

and these cables

 

[AlphaJohn]

Modify the cable connection to get rid of the dangling cable. Get these panel mount connectors,

and these cables

Will do later....
Wanna test 1st

 

[Stokstert]

Today on TakeAlot R189 not Magneto but a copy as mentioned above.



Serval tracker lowest in a long time.

 

[noxibox]

The running time claim on that one is as suspect as the Magneto model even if they're not running the LEDs as hard. There is no way they can get 50 hours of useful brightness out of that tiny battery.

 

[noxibox]

Takealot has another one for R199, also branded Switched, which is definitely physically identical to the Magneto model.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

They're all 6volt lead acids
Kak battery

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

Takealot has another one for R199, also branded Switched, which is definitely physically identical to the Magneto model.

Post #45

 

[netstrider]

Yeah I've got one that's on the dge at the plug side.

Since got some of those tube lights usually used in the kitchen when there'a no power. I unplug it and walk around with it.

Smaller, lighter, and it's brighter.

Also lithium bat.

 

[quovadis]

I'd imagine most of the damage occurs when people try stuff the cable back into the compartment at the back of those things...

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Yup, and a new Figure 8 cable is dirt cheap anyways, less than 100 bux, shop around
Just replace it before you burn the house down

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

I'd imagine most of the damage occurs when people try stuff the cable back into the compartment at the back of those things...

Or unplugging it in the dark

 

[BuckRogers]

I got a magneto with a lithium battery at Cape union mart. It charges with a type c.