I am very interested in doing the clickie switch mod posted above in this thread by Attowat on 9/21/05. The only question/concern I have is that in the modified version of the flashlight, I am not seeing a spring battery contact anywhere.
It looks like battery contact is maintained only by compression forces through imcompressible parts. The risk I am seeing here is that if you overtighten the tailcap even slightly, you will be driving the batteries mercilessly into the circuit board at the front of the light and possibly causing cracking, dislodging, misalignment or other problems there.
Also, maintaining good contact is achieved by having the tailcap tightened to just the precise point-- too lose and the light would probably flicker.
I would assume that the rubber switch boot does privide a very minimal amount of springiness between the endcap and switch body. Maybe this is sufficient to maintain good battery contact and avoid too much trouble if you are careful about the overtightening issue.
Still, I think it would be ideal if there were a spring battery contact in there at one end or the other. But it looks like there is not much room and attaching it properly is another thing to figure out.
So I am wondering if anyone has any input on this? Did I miss something in the instructins or is this nothing to worry about anyway? Easy solution?
Also, just to throw this out there, the River Rock .5W 2AAA headlamp has a dual-brightness clickie switch. Anyone figured out how to stuff those electronics into the flashlight? That would be neat too.
It looks like battery contact is maintained only by compression forces through imcompressible parts. The risk I am seeing here is that if you overtighten the tailcap even slightly, you will be driving the batteries mercilessly into the circuit board at the front of the light and possibly causing cracking, dislodging, misalignment or other problems there.
Also, maintaining good contact is achieved by having the tailcap tightened to just the precise point-- too lose and the light would probably flicker.
I would assume that the rubber switch boot does privide a very minimal amount of springiness between the endcap and switch body. Maybe this is sufficient to maintain good battery contact and avoid too much trouble if you are careful about the overtightening issue.
Still, I think it would be ideal if there were a spring battery contact in there at one end or the other. But it looks like there is not much room and attaching it properly is another thing to figure out.
So I am wondering if anyone has any input on this? Did I miss something in the instructins or is this nothing to worry about anyway? Easy solution?
Also, just to throw this out there, the River Rock .5W 2AAA headlamp has a dual-brightness clickie switch. Anyone figured out how to stuff those electronics into the flashlight? That would be neat too.
