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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on July 26, 2017 at 1:19pm

The hot battery , to me, seems to indicate that you might have a dead short in your wiring somehow, as if you have the ground wire not completing the circuit properly, check all wires are going to the correct terminals at all fittings, a good pic, showing all connections might help

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Permalink Reply by Mark McCann on July 26, 2017 at 3:25pm

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Permalink Reply by Mark McCann on July 26, 2017 at 3:28pm

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on July 26, 2017 at 5:10pm

That all looks ok to me Mark, maybe someone else can spot something, or get in touch with Gitty, your soldering looks ok and no obvious shorts i can see, does the led light up when you switch on? 

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Permalink Reply by Mark McCann on July 26, 2017 at 10:22pm

No light, no power... just that hot battery.
Sent an email to Support@cbgitty.
Thank you for your time and attention!

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Permalink Reply by Jerry Jordan on July 27, 2017 at 1:47am

Darryl is right,.a hot battery indicates a direct short across the battery.., You need to probe the circuit with a multi meter and I would not suspect the PCB just yet.,,.I fix stuff like this 5 days a week and the short could be very small.,.,the thickness of a hair.,.,your looking for a short on the power side of the circuit and it could be the LED is in backwards or a stray strand of wire or a solder bridge..,

If this is beyond your knowledge base I would seek a friend or electronics minded person in your area.,.,sorry I can't be of more help but I have not used one of these particular boards.,.,anyone got a pic of a working PCB.,.,??

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Permalink Reply by JL on July 27, 2017 at 1:51am

A hot battery means a short.

Use a multi-meter and check the battery connector for a short between the connectors that clip to the battery.

Also you may want to put electrical tape on the legs of the LED.  that circuit has a load resister on the board so it won't short the battery but they could cause another problem later.

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