I need some help from the PVS 14 experts.
I finally got enough saved up to purchase my PVS 14. I've had it about 2 weeks, only used it an hour or two maybe. Just playing around with it around the yard trying to get used to it and what not.
Anyway, the other day it starts having an issue. First indication is it won't turn on...so I change the battery and put a fresh one in. Doesn't help. I can hear the whine of the power supply but no light in the tube.
Keep trying and it finally fires up, but randomly the image goes dim or even totally dark. It's happening a lot, like every 20-30 seconds. Also I notice a hot spot around the edge outside the image that stays hot even when the tube goes dark.
Try it again last night, it does it a few times then all of the sudden stops. I used it for like a half hour trying to see if it would happen again and it was totally normal. Even the hot spot on the edge is gone.
Thoughts?
I'm 90% sure it's not some sort of physical damage. This thing hasn't been used out of my sight except 1 time for less than a minute when a friend of mine took it into a dark room to try it out. I don't think he would have dropped it or anything and not told me...plus I can't find any cosmetic signs of trauma. I was all ready to send it back to ITT for a warranty claim and now all the sudden it's not doing it anymore.
I finally got enough saved up to purchase my PVS 14. I've had it about 2 weeks, only used it an hour or two maybe. Just playing around with it around the yard trying to get used to it and what not.
Anyway, the other day it starts having an issue. First indication is it won't turn on...so I change the battery and put a fresh one in. Doesn't help. I can hear the whine of the power supply but no light in the tube.
Keep trying and it finally fires up, but randomly the image goes dim or even totally dark. It's happening a lot, like every 20-30 seconds. Also I notice a hot spot around the edge outside the image that stays hot even when the tube goes dark.
Try it again last night, it does it a few times then all of the sudden stops. I used it for like a half hour trying to see if it would happen again and it was totally normal. Even the hot spot on the edge is gone.
Thoughts?
I'm 90% sure it's not some sort of physical damage. This thing hasn't been used out of my sight except 1 time for less than a minute when a friend of mine took it into a dark room to try it out. I don't think he would have dropped it or anything and not told me...plus I can't find any cosmetic signs of trauma. I was all ready to send it back to ITT for a warranty claim and now all the sudden it's not doing it anymore.
