Pulsar Helion getting warmer than remembered

[little hawk]

My Pulsar Helion XQ38F is now about 4 years old or so. It has been a real work horse, and still rely upon it for spotting. I was noticing out last night that it seems to feel warmer that expected/remembered opposite the battery at the removable plate that acts like a heat dissipator. I had it on in energy saving mode with the screen off. Am I imagining this as it is summer time and warmer anyway? Or is there something starting to go wrong with it? Do these pack in and how do they pack in? Thoughts please.

 

[Ludders]

My XQ50 gets pretty warm in winter time, ain’t had it out recently, but I would imagine in the heat we have had recently it would feel quite toasty

 

[Mr. Gain]

Mine, an early model, is now 8 years old. Thomas Jack's refurbished it at the 2024 NEC show. The radiator does get warm, even with the device on standby. IIRC, it always has. As I understand it, standby only shuts down the signal to the display: the sensor keeps cooling itself, which would explain why the unit gets toasty.

 

[wytonpjs]

Global warming

 

[little hawk]

Okay, I won't worry. But you see where my priorities are! I'd love yet another updated version or the excuse to buy one, but I need to pay for my boar trip this Autumn.

 

[WillC]

I have the same model with the same scenario, never really worried about it, just turned it off now and again, interesting comments from Mr Gain.

 

[Tim.243]

My Pulsar Helion XQ38F is now about 4 years old or so. It has been a real work horse, and still rely upon it for spotting. I was noticing out last night that it seems to feel warmer that expected/remembered opposite the battery at the removable plate that acts like a heat dissipator. I had it on in energy saving mode with the screen off. Am I imagining this as it is summer time and warmer anyway? Or is there something starting to go wrong with it? Do these pack in and how do they pack in? Thoughts please.

Mine gets warm went left on if I lay it on the seat/coat switched on but again the heat sink is underneath, around my neck fine, also it is summer so warmer. On a side note we have refurbished the battery packs for the cost of x2 18560's and 10 mins work just unpick the edge all around unsolder the terminal's then solder them back. Clip back together and a thin wipe of black silicon around the joint.

 

[little hawk]

Thanks for the replies. As I rely upon it so much now, I get twitchy about the slightest thing. Maybe I need to become less reliant upon all the tech? I remember that once upon a time I was a teenager with only a pair of outdated binocs and a Parker Hale .270! I did ok.