silva,l1

hi, i have a silva l1 headlight and it doesnt seem to be making a good connection where the wire enters the button control box, has anyone here tried opening one? and if not anyone know where it can be fixed as i cant afford a new one,it just keeps flickering on and off,not good for night fishing, thank you in advance, james.

Dont try and carry out the repairs yourself. contact Silva head office and they will fix it for you or replace it if its still under garentee

hi, i have a silva l1 headlight and it doesnt seem to be making a good connection where the wire enters the button control box, has anyone here tried opening one? and if not anyone know where it can be fixed as i cant afford a new one,it just keeps flickering on and off,not good for night fishing, thank you in advance, james.

yes i have have openend one of mine up and removed the joint/connection from it, and re soldered the wire into the circuit board fairly delicate stuff but it can be done I will probably get another few years out of this one
no guarantee so you have nothing to loose

The Silva 1, have given problems from the start. I got a pair when they came out first many years ago and had button problems and draining battery's when not in use. I have recently bought a pair of Cree headlights which are very bright and probably the brightest on the beach at 1600 lumens. They wont break the bank either at around €30 delivered. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CREE-XML-T6-L ... 2ec315c43d.

The Silva 1, have given problems from the start. I got a pair when they came out first many years ago and had button problems and draining battery's when not in use. I have recently bought a pair of Cree headlights which are very bright and probably the brightest on the beach at 1600 lumens. They wont break the bank either at around €30 delivered. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CREE-XML-T6-L ... 2ec315c43d.

wow, thanks for the info,im gonna try fix the silva for now as its well gone past guarantee date,so ive nothing to lose , if it goes belly up, well, i know what to ask from santa, thanks to everyone for the replies, tight lines to all

ok, i opened the box up and all seems ok with the wiring and soldering joints, giving it to a computer engineer friend of mine to see what he can do, probably a suicide chip in there somewhere,oh lord i should never have watched that tg4 documentary about planned obselence( products designed to fail)

no suiside chip just a break inside of the wire