My good old Sola 1200 Photo light is still working, but… my charger suddenly stopped working.

The green LED indicator light does not illuminate when I plug the charger into the power outlet, there is no DC currency at the golden contacts, the LEDs on the Sola lamp body do not flash.

I opened the body of the charger. No visible damage, but I cannot remove the board, maybe it is glued to the housing (with some reddish substance).

Seems to be impossible to buy a replacement charger, all out of stock.

Plan A:

If someone on this list is willing to sell his/her charger please contact me (I live in Germany).

Plan B:

I could buy a standard charger with 8.4V/2A output, cut the L&M plug from the original charger and connect it to the new charger.

BUT: Where is -, where is + ??? I cannot test on my broken charger... On the plug there are two golden contacts (#1 and #3 in the attached pic) and a silver pin (#2, which probably is only needed to prevent a wrong connection). Could anybody help me with the polarity? Would be too bad to say goodbye to my Sola just because the charger is broken.

Greetings,

Jock

I once charged a buddies Sola with another similar spec charger on a trip to Indonesia. To make contact i made a "connector" with paperclips, a wine cork, and rubber bands. 😃

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by Dave_Hicks