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This Ozito 18V cordless worklight was easy to take apart - much harder to put back together.

By Julian

Youtuber, shed dweller, solar charge controller aficionado

12 thoughts on “Tricky rebuild – ozito 18v cordless worklight”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Elis Novat says:

    Haha, surprised you got an Ozito Julian. I am Australian myself and Ozito is a budget brand that is from Australia, it's in bunnings warehouse here and other stores. I find the name kind of funny as the marketers clearly thought of trying to make it sound like a Japanese brand name to try to make people think it's high quality and assume it's Japanese.
    It surprised me to see it in your video, I guess the world is a little smaller than I thought.

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars RandomSmith says:

    Ozito is an Australian brand, now owned by Einhell which I believe is where Ozitos Power X range comes from…

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Sod Almighty says:

    "I haven't got enough shaft length to get in as far as I'd like" – Julian, 2019

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Gregory Thomas says:

    Right…here's a problem…I haven't got enough shaft length"
    Don't worry Julien…some folks just have that problem…we just don't share it :))

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars jlucasound says:

    That was an adventure! Thank You for sharing this, Julian. You made it better. I have an LED flashlight that I modified so I could toggle between the end light and the front light. (It was 4 clicks of the switch; 1 front light; 2 end light; 3 both lights; 4 off) Now I can hit the button on/off for each light individually. Slide switch I added separates the two. What a PAIN to get that flashlight back together. And there weren't even any pivot points! Beautiful Job, Julian!

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tested to Destruction says:

    ''' Right heres a problem I haven't got enough shaft length to get as far in as I would like '' lol its a common complaint……

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Steve Roberts says:

    Good to see other people's repair jobs. We'll done.

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Incorporeal says:

    You never showed us the spring and ball bearing going back in….I really want to see that, Julian. Now that you taken it apart and put it back together it should be a doddle next time. P.s Have a question about the LED drivers from Ebay, the ones with the holes drill in the case for ventilation, is there anyway to modify them to output 14v rather than 12v?

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tony Foster says:

    It can't be good when you don't have enough shaft length!

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Orxenhorf says:

    Hehe. I just recently got done putting a replacement IMR18650 battery into one of those mini drill drivers. (The little ones that used to be commonly available, but you can't find anymore.) The problem was the only battery I could find that matched had onboard protection circuitry that the original didn't. I had to do quite a bit of internal plastic surgery to get it to close back up.

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Richard C says:

    Maybe you should have swapped which direction you fed the power and switch wires out the hinge. It would have saved crossing them over on the PCB?

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Oscar Caetano says:

    sometimes i face the same difficulties when resembling something, and i think that Chinese workers must be a really good. even have you tried to put something again in his box/package? how they do that!

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