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Night Vision my PVS 14 randomly decided to go dim??..

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The other night I was headed out to shoot the raccoons that have been going to my feeder and eating all the corn at night. I do a quick op check of my NVG's and eotech and all is good. I mount the PVS 14 behind my eotech and head out the door. The image in the 14 is nice and bright and I can see everything, I get to my tree stand and start climbing the ladder, when I get to the seat i look through the NVG's to see how clearly i can see the feeder and they are dim. I turn it off, turn it back on, check the IR light and the gain, nothing makes it bright again. I get mad thinking that maybe it was bad batteries but as soon as I got back I put new ones in and there is no change.

Has anyone ever had this happen to them?

Is there a way to fix it without having to send it back to the manufacturer?

I bought these a little less than 2 years ago and they are gen 3+ and the manufacturer identification number is 13567.

I dont remember who made it but that number should say. I also haven't even used these that much as I have been back and forth overseas a few times and these mostly sit in my safe so I know I didn't use them enough to burn them out.

any help would be appreciated,
thanks.
 
I was told it was a Gen 3+ tube, and on the side of the NVG is this:
AN/PVS-14
MONOCULAR NIGHT
VISION DEVICE
MFG IDENT: 13567
CONT. NO.
NSN 5855-01-432-0524
SERIAL NO. 78342

last night I noticed that if I turn the gain all the way down and then slowly start to turn it up it gets brighter for the first quarter turn and then flashes a little bit and then there is no change for the rest of the turns in the gain knob. I would like to get this figured out so that I can use this not only for hunting but to practice for an upcoming shooting qual I need to pass to keep my job!

thanks for the help!
 
Hey buddy, this is Pop. You are dealing with the right guy on this. Pete is also a former Marine. I would drop him a PM with a phone number, and get it worked out.

Welcome back and good luck on the shooting although I know you will have no problem.

Pete, Give him a hand my friend

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