Tiga Help

[Geordie ant]

I bought a Tiga Sl headlamp about a year ago, I used it a couple of times & it worked great. I got it out last night & charged it hoping to use it tonight & sods law there is no power..

When its on charge it goes from the orange light to green but there seems to be no power??

Anyone got any ideas, Do I need a new battery??

Thanks in advance.

 

[Mad as a fish]

If you have not charged it up while it was in storage it will kill the battery, new one needed

 

[Geordie ant]

If you have not charged it up while it was in storage it will kill the battery, new one needed

Thought as much

Any idea of the cheapest place to get one??

Thanks

 

[sless]

maplins,theres on next to the metro centre

 

[d-a]

£14 last time i got one

£14 last time i got one

£14 last time i got one

 

[Geordie ant]

Cheers Lads, I'll pop down this weekend.

£14 is a lot better than I thought!!

 

[chrome21]

has yours got wires from battery to little blue thing then from that to where you plug lamp in ? well i found the little blue ( might be different colour on yours ) was making a connection so pulled the cover off and squeezed terminals closer together and now works fine


might not be the problem but worth testing as mine lay in the garage for about 5 years with no use and i just charged it ,realised had no power so checked it with multimeter and was reading ok.....thats when i found out it was that little blue thing

hope it helps

 

[Geordie ant]

has yours got wires from battery to little blue thing then from that to where you plug lamp in ? well i found the little blue ( might be different colour on yours ) was making a connection so pulled the cover off and squeezed terminals closer together and now works fine


might not be the problem but worth testing as mine lay in the garage for about 5 years with no use and i just charged it ,realised had no power so checked it with multimeter and was reading ok.....thats when i found out it was that little blue thing

hope it helps

Don't think so? The battery just looks like one big sealed unit with a hole for the charger ( looks like a headphone jack ).

The only thing & could see was a push button type thing?? which I pushed!!

Thanks for the help though!! :thumbup:

 

[chrome21]

Don't think so? The battery just looks like one big sealed unit with a hole for the charger ( looks like a headphone jack ).

The only thing & could see was a push button type thing?? which I pushed!!

Thanks for the help though!! :thumbup:

ive got the older one
thought my battery was buggered till i realised it was that little blue thing not connecting proper
might invest in a new battery myself if its got the headphone jack in already as mine has some stupid wiring that always seem to work loose

 

[youngando1312]

ebay 99p

 

[Geordie ant]

ebay 99p

Link??

 

[KEITH123]

Link??

Maplins In the town mate 11.99 a paid for mine 2 month ago , exactly the same happened to mine got new battery been spot on ever since , Keith

 

[chrome21]

Maplins In the town mate 11.99 a paid for mine 2 month ago , exactly the same happened to mine got new battery been spot on ever since , Keith

you dont happen to know the part number ? might order one myself
cheers

 

[KEITH123]

you dont happen to know the part number ? might order one myself
cheers

Am not sure mate a just took mine to the shop and got the same volt battery , take the whole light with you and try it in the shop b4 you buy it that's what I done , Keith

 

[chrome21]

Am not sure mate a just took mine to the shop and got the same volt battery , take the whole light with you and try it in the shop b4 you buy it that's what I done , Keith

will do cheers
was hoping i could just order one as im a lzy git and hate shopping even if it is for me

 

[KEITH123]

Snap lol , Keith

 

[fisherman_fen]

6v 12 Ah 6 volt 12.0Ah SLA Bait Boat Hovercraft Battery | eBay

heres a battery that will work and the hours it should last according to its amp hour capacity is as follows, 6 watt lamp on the battery will last approx 12 hours and with the 20 watt lamp on it will last approx 3.5 - 4 hours. hope this helps and its pretty cheap to buy as well.

 

[kingcod deano]

them batteries wont work for his head piece as he said his battery has a hole in it and the lamp plugs into it unless he cuts off his headpiece plug and wires it to the terminals

the tiga spare batterys are £53

 

[Geordie ant]

them batteries wont work for his head piece as he said his battery has a hole in it and the lamp plugs into it unless he cuts off his headpiece plug and wires it to the terminals

the tiga spare batterys are £53

Bloody hell £53

What about the ones from maplin?

How hard/reliable would it be to wire to the terminals??

Any other options??

Thanks!!

 

[kingcod deano]

got this from another site if any help

ive just bought a tiga sl12 with the charger belt and battery a was told the battery wouldnt hold charge so a bought a 6v 12 ah from maplins £15.99 and the female jack plug for £2.50 and the curcuit breaker £2.00 so for a full new battery and set up it came to £21.50 before a bought all this from maplins a e mailed www.headtorches.co.uk t see how much this set up would cost they wanted £45.50 !!!!! no chance ,also the sell the battery on e bay for a think its £29.50 plus £5.00 postage so it proves ya have t shop about t save money