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First thing first, I am not native speaker and I am new here.

This schematic is reverse engineered from searchlight PCB traces (which is broken) by me.

D+ and D- terminals connect to the rechargeable battery. I couldn't read the voltage rating of the battery.

"LED"s are white and all of them parallel and voltage drop is about 2.6V.

There is a switch and a button in the middle of the schematic, nothing special.

I have a guess that these two diodes, one transistor and 520Ohm resistor makes up constant current circuit. But simple constant current circuits generally have zener (or at least 2 diodes at base) to implement.

If my guess is not correct, please tell me how this circuits drives the white LEDs.

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It is an automatic switch to turn the LED off during charging (and allow most of the charge current to flow into the battery).

When the mains is connected and the cathodes of the 1N4007s go negative, the base of the BJT is pulled to approximately 0V so the LED turns off, and most of the current flows into the battery, except for the current through the 520\$\Omega\$ resistor (kind of an odd value, are you sure?).

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  • \$\begingroup\$ I recheked this resistor and it is actually 510Ohm :-) is this value vital to operate? \$\endgroup\$
    – hex
    Jul 17, 2020 at 22:22
  • \$\begingroup\$ That makes more sense, as a valid E24 value. That small difference is not critical, but it is a bit of a red flag. \$\endgroup\$
    – Spehro Pefhany
    Jul 18, 2020 at 2:40
  • \$\begingroup\$ By the way, you were right about " It is an automatic switch to turn the LED off during charging (and allow most of the charge current to flow into the battery).". I simulated this circuit and it worked as you said. But I wonder is there any constant current circuit in this scehematic? \$\endgroup\$
    – hex
    Jul 18, 2020 at 13:21
  • \$\begingroup\$ The (potentially hazardous) capacitor dropper you partially drew acts as a impedance from a high voltage relative to the battery, so it is constant-ish. \$\endgroup\$
    – Spehro Pefhany
    Jul 18, 2020 at 14:01

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