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Hey Mister - that's a nice light ya got there. (Patreon)

Published:
2024-02-27 01:33:20
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2024-02

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It would be a shame if somebody put DURACELL's in it!

To be fair - they were very much past their expiry date.  But it took a LOT to get them out.

Basically drilling out the entire interior and then trying to get a long flat driver down the sides of the shells to crinkle them in and hammer them out.

I think I may have bought this light from The Gadget Shop in Glasgow when stylish high power LED flashlights were becoming fashionable.  It appears to use an early Luxeon star type of LED.

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chris

I've a baby Maglight that I need to adjust in a similar way. A pillar drill is top of my list.

Alex Taylor

I used to clean devices for family when batteries leaked. I finally stopped and said. If you’re not willing to use nimh batteries that’s no longer my issue.

Jason DeMate

I'm in the process of doing the same thing to a laser level. Damn Duracell

Gordo

I remember Duracell used to tout themselves as 'leakproof', compared to cheap zInc carbon batteries where the outside case formed one of the electrodes and could create holes as the battery was used up. I have to say, I don't remember ever seeing a Duracell leak back in the 1970. I read somewhere that Duracell had to find a new leakproof agent to put in their cells as the old one contained now-banned toxic substances. Not sure if this is true but I have had non-expired Duracell AAs leak in equipment with zero standby current. And it's not just the battery terminals, there must be some corrosive vapour emitted that leeches into the main enclosure and along the pcb, rotting everything as it goes. Sometimes, it just leaves a white salty deposit that can be cleaned off with IPA and a toothbrush but I've seen it get under QFP chips and eat off the legs. I've yet to have an Energizer Ultra Lithium cell leak...