Flashlight Project: need some help please.

[Irving]

Hmmm, the thing with the generator is that I never touched those wires. All I did was solder a wire between the (+) tab on the original battery terminal, to the (+) on the battery, same thing for the (-).

If you look at the first and second picture, you can see that the White (+) and Black (-) wires go from the cell battery (far right) to the original battery terminals on the circuit board on the far left. The White and Black wires go around the generator, then under the on/off switch. The small red and black wires go from the generator (round thing in the middle), to the circuit board on the left. The larger red wires go from the switch to the board.

[kwando]

those windups are a joke... stock! thats cool that you are attempting to mod it.

go with a cree lamp, they are great!

check http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/

[jason303]

You should really just stick to measuring voltage at the battery. It's simpler and uninvasive to the circuit. Even those with much more electrical knowledge than you have would go this route because it's simpler. Good luck