The two main niggles about the Premier dancing flame candles are the rather random colour of the flame LED and the way the flame tends to move quite forcefully and noisily. Both of these issues can be fixed if you’re technically inclined.
Because the cases are made of wax it’s quite hard to get the internal mechanism out without breaking the case. I’ve found the most reliable approach is to use a suitable bit of tubular plastic to push the insides out via the flame support ring on the top of the candle. Go slowly and carefully to avoid damaging the flame or its support.
To tame the flame down add a resistor in series with one of the leads on the magnet assembly underneath it. I’ve found that the value required is either 100 or 150 ohm depending on the candle, so some experimentation will be useful.
You can also try swapping the leads on the coil, since one polarity will push the flame magnet away from the coil and the other will pull it in to the middle. The coil pushing the magnet away seems to have the best effect.
You can also change the LED colour if you wish. And it doesn’t have to be white. It could be blue or green for a weird surreal look. (a green flame in a red candle?)
To change the LED requires that the flame assembly is unclipped from the base or physically removed from the spacer pipe in taller candles, then the one or two screws that hold the flame housing together removed. Note the position of the coil PCB in the housing and be careful not to damage its ultra thin windings. Also note that the LED is held in place by just being clamped between the two halves of the housing. Lastly, it’s important to note how the flame is mounted as you carefully take the housing apart. There is a thin wire that supports the plastic flame, and it has two right angled ends that go into two tiny holes in the housing and get locked in by the other half of the case. The slight dip in the wire goes at the opposite end to the LED and should dip down, so that the flame centres nearer the back so the LED can shine up onto it.
When reassembling the mechanism into the wax housing, note that the flames wire and also a chink in the case that creates an illuminated line, can be used to help align the mechanism assembly up with the front of the candle.
