How to repair the USB charging socket on a Klarus G20 flashlight!

[@fantv525]

Excellent video. Thank you 👍

[@garryw1159]

It's great to see old school desoldering with solder wick instead of a solder station.

[@JonnyFix]

It certainly hits the spot. Be nice if the good stuff was a little cheaper..

[@ScottRedstone]

Nice job. I have a Klarus RT20. It acts flakey. Mine has a swivel head and I think there is something interfering with the connections. I thought the ring around the button screwed off. Thanks for confirming it does. I don't have the soldering confidence that you demonstrate but I'll give it a shot. The flashlight is useless right now.

[@JonnyFix]

Yeah go for it! That's how we learn :)

[@AnonymousRepair]

Very complicated led torch , Nice repair 👍😊

[@JonnyFix]

Thanks. Yeah there's a bit going on for a torch, charge control, constant current driver for LED, a micro to monitor button push.

[@AnonymousRepair]

@@JonnyFix The old stuff was easy just batteries, switch and bulb 😂

[@zx8401ztv]

Smashing repair :-D I really didn't expect the guts to be so complex, no skimping on parts for sure. But they were a bit mean on the heat transfer compound, and adding a couple of screws to keep it hard up against the aluminium would have been nice. Gold flashing on the contacts, no flickering light, no smacking the torch to keep it on lol. I have a few of the cheap ones, cheap plastic battery holder with triple 'A' crappy batterys. I do play the world wide game of 'Smack the torch' to make it light, i'm an expert :-D Well worth the effort :-D

[@JonnyFix]

HAHA. I later found this has an insanely bright strobe feature if you double tap the button. The reflector pushes the LED against the frame when you screw down the front bezel. I added more thermal goo. Good quality unit over all!

[@zx8401ztv]

@@JonnyFix Yes the buggers can be blinding on strobe, a rather annoying mode lol. My mate has led lights on his pushbike, they are really evil on the eyes but it gets him noticed :-D. If you find your potatoes singing for no reason, you are well into the madness of the lock down. This text is your imagination :-D

[@electropatagonico]

Nice one! I did same repair some days ago. Very stressing disassembly 😂

[@JonnyFix]

Well if you like puzzles... :)

[@TheDefpom]

Nice repair

[@JonnyFix]

Cheers man, good to see you're keeping healthy!