I have finally got round to getting my Sigma ellipsoid working, and wow, 2.4W is more than I've had before. Anyway as luck had it I fiddled with it on the last 50 yards of my journey after using it only for ~50 minutes, and it fell off.
It bounced twice and went out... On inspection, the bulb is OK, the unit lights up when filled with almost decharged AAs, and finally I see that the nicads do make it light very very dimly.
This all seems very odd, but I suppose it comes down to: Do nicads bugger up if you drop them?
[hmmm I've just thought of an alternative explanation] The bulb mount might have bent enough to short out the batteries. I suppose shorting out nicads doesn't do much for them.
OTOH- they were cheapo nicads from the market -8 for a fiver.
In article <[email hidden]>, W K <[email hidden]> writes
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This all seems very odd, but I suppose it comes down to: Do nicads bugger up if you drop them?
Yes, they can break an internal connection, but need to be dropped pretty hard, no need to treat as glass or eggs.
Actually I lie, it was duracells that stopped working on me after a drop. When inspected, the pos nipple had been pushed in a bit. Similar risk may apply. -- fred
