Dropped my 2nd-gen X0... strange battery problem.

[Valpo Hawkeye]

So I just put fresh Battery Station primaries in my X0 last week. Yesterday at work (HVAC) I was having a particularly awful day. Anyway, I dropped my X0 about 3 feet onto a carpeted floor. I was shocked to see it immediately go dark. I turned it off, then back on. It was dim at first, then faded out.

Since it was so sudden, I figured I somehow damaged the circuit. I was a little mad since I thought it should have been tougher than that. So when I got home I was going to call Inova service. I figured they'd ask me if I tried different batteries I put some in to cut them off at the pass. Well, when I fired the light, it came on full brightness. I was pleased and surprised at the same time.

The moral of the story is that somehow the fall shorted, not the light, but one or both of the cells. I wasn't aware that could even happen, but sure enough...

 

[Burgess]

I've read that *Alkaline* batteries
are quite fragile, and sensitive to rough handling.

Pelican even made a point of it, in the instructions
for my Super SabreLight 3-C flashlight.


Don't know about Lithiums . . . .

But if you *DO* drop 'em, be careful not to "sniff" 'em.


Glad to hear that your problem was "resolved" so easily.


Another reason to always have spare cells at the ready.