Garrity clickies for a dollar?

[nikon]

I went to a DOLLAR TREE store today and found a flashlight with a clickie switch for a dollar. I disassembled the light when I got home and found that the switch seems to be the same as the one used in the Garrity light which sells for 8 bucks. It operates the same as the Garrity switch, making contact on the upstroke.

 

[PlayboyJoeShmoe]

Cool! I can spare a dollar or two!!!

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[PlayboyJoeShmoe]

Whoops!

Notice the two 'wings' coming out the sides of the switch pictured???

One is Pos. and one is Neg. No contact on bottom (I have a 2D light similar and checked the switch out).

One would need to figure out how to get one wing down under without touching a side. And we use the wings on the clickie from a 2AA Garrity to keep it in place...

Might still be a way to use these, but they are different than the one that costs us +- 7 bucks.

 

[nikon]

A mere bagatelle, my good man, easily remedied by the judicious use of the hot end of a soldering iron. Fill in the newly acquired gap with your choice of non-conductive filler material.

 

[PlayboyJoeShmoe]

Could be... but on the Garrity clickie I used out of a newer version of the 2AA...
In trying to make my PM6 have a Garrity switch, one of the ground ears on the side broke off. It would no longer work reliably in a G2.. (and never did work reliably in the PM6)

These will only have one neg ear with the pos ear turned under the switch.

Additionally, the one I examined was trying to come apart down at the bottom.

It might work, but the 2AA clickie is a more sure thing.