hughesey1552 0 Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 (edited) Why hello fellow hunters !! I got a deben gun lamp for christmas and i have only used it once of twice. Any way , I was shooting in yorkshire on thursday when the main lamp was runnin gout of battery so i went to get mine from the boot. I plugged in all the leads etc and low and behold, it aint working. So just ended up putting up with the dimmer main lamp. Anyway, the day after i had a day off work and thought i would take a look at the lamp. Through powers of elimination I have found out that it is not the bulb, or the leads but the problem is somewhere in the battery or the wires coming out of it. I checked all the connections were good on the battery but still not working, but there is white cylindrical thing connected to the wires which i am guessing is a fuse. The only problem is it says on the fuse "warrenty void if opened". I am wondering if you can just buy a spare fuse from a gunshop of if i would have to go through the polava of sending it back to deben?? Sory about the long winded post. For those of you who are wonderign we ended up bringing home 35 rabbits, buy sadly no picks as i had my phone robbed for the second time in 2 weeks :@. Cheers, Hughesey Edited June 17, 2009 by hughesey1552 Quote Link to post
SEAN3513 7 Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 hello ryan can you not take it back to where you got it from ???? it could be the bulb.........sometimes difficult to tell if they have gone....how did you test it?? other than that mate...may have to go back to debben. cheers mate sean Quote Link to post
hughesey1552 0 Posted June 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 (edited) I plugged the leads n switch into the mains charger and the bulb was working. I left it on charge for about 10 hours and it still hadnt fully charged to theres defo summat up with the fuse of the battery itself. Hope i put the reciept in the reciept box at home. Cheers, Ryan Edited June 17, 2009 by hughesey1552 Quote Link to post
ghillies 209 Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 (edited) i cant see it being a fuse if it sais dont tamper....that would be the bigest con going....! could it be a regulater or summut? nip down the market and get a 5 quid volt/amp meter with a continuency tester... some times a dud wire or a bad solder can muck things up but it's something that you cant see... a lot of lead acid and nicad chargers take 24 hours...the bigger the battery the longer it takes to 'trickle charge'. a 4 amp may take 12-18 ours if its a piddly mains trickle charger. (they do this to stop the plates buckling..way to long in my book.espetialy as most wont take more than an amp when flat anyway...the last bit takes the longest, it starts out from flat at about an amp then drops to milliamps to top the last bit up because thats all the battery can take, as the volts go up the battery electricity equols out against the charge voltage...ish even if you put a 4 amp charger on, it will charge quicker but gets hotter and yup doesnt last as long...so about an amp for quickest verses longest life... or trickle charge at 100 milliamps for a day lol for the most recharge cycles.) Edited June 18, 2009 by ghillies Quote Link to post
hughesey1552 0 Posted June 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 Im gunna take it into work on friday coz weve got a multi meter there. Not to hot on all the electrical stuff ghillies but i think i get the jist of what u meant. Thanks a lot mate. Ryan Quote Link to post
ghillies 209 Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 (edited) np... test each wire on its own if it gets that far. you could just ring or email deben to ask if it is the fuse. if it is and its a sealed unit, the choise is right next to the plyers lol.. just replace the fuse holder. (apinions...if theyre conning us with a fuse change they'd never see my cash again!...one word be would 'patronising' the other word..well lol theres a lot to chose from lol... it only a bulb lolol). Edited June 18, 2009 by ghillies Quote Link to post
The one 8,408 Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 Im no happy with debens gear every time we go out we seem to have to repair somthing when we get back and have now ended up taking spare lamps and batteries so we dont have to cut the night short .i usually get my wife to check my breakdown's as she worked in electronic's and knows whats she's on about and reckon's a lot of debens stuff suffers from dry joints?? Quote Link to post
hughesey1552 0 Posted June 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 Im 99% sure that the white thing is a fuse as on the sticker around it it says " fit 15amp quick blow" and then under that "warrenty void if broken". Looks like an email to deben is needed . Ryan Quote Link to post
ghillies 209 Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 yup i'ts agree... its a fuse ....15 amp though? must be what it needs. Quote Link to post
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