I have a 300,000 blue dot qbeam. I hooked it up to a optimax battery an the wires got hot as hell, i dont have a clue what made it get so hot. Yall have any idea??

Mine melted the plug. They turn so much energy.

bulb drawing too much current through a small gauge wire? What gauge is it?

That qbeam is a piece of shit. My original qbeam lasted 5 years until I dropped it in the water. my blue dot lasted two hours.

I was able to get. One night out of mine. Either scrap it or hook some bigger guage wire to it

Make you own like I did

Damn if i know what gauge it is. I've had it for 20 years.

Damn busted, yea its old but dammit i could spend that money on some salt life stickers or some other shit lol hahHHhHa

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Get ya one of these, I got one last season. Bright as hell, not heavy like the old rechargeable qbeams, and lasts forever on a charge. I think I charged mine once last season.

I just look at a qbeam and they break. Made my own and have had no problems in 3 years.

I'd put it right up there with a maxamillion 2-3 million cp qbeam. I don't have any pics handy but I can try and get one

Here ya go, don't know how much you can tell from the pic. But not bad for something that last forever on a charge, don't weigh nothin and don't tie you to a 12v battery

I got rid of my Q beam and started using rigid ind. flash light instead. Brighter lighter, and rechargeable battery lasts about 3-4 hours on high.

i have bad luck with Q-beams as well! have meted the wires on 1 or 2. melted the plugs on 2. one i got now is at least the 4th or 5th in like 2 years. i got 1 i can hard wired to the battery. Got one of those new Browning dirty bird spot lights for Christmas last year. Yall I am hear to tell ya that is the best spot light i have ever had. Bright as all get out! 100% waterproof, floats, bulb is supposed to last forever. Can run for over 24 hours continuously on new batteries. has 3 options: High, low and a slow flash like a beckon/strobe. I love that thing. It's small and lite. If yall are looken for a good handheld spot light that thing is the bees knees!!!