How do I get these batteries out of my A2?

[Ledean]

Were you able to get it out ?

 

[SilverFox]

Hello Jason,

A magnet may work.

Tom

 

[thermal guy]

just buy another one there great lights

 

[MedusaOblongata]

Ok, finally got them out. I tried supergluing a paper clip to the exposed bottom of one battery, but the glue wasn't strong enough and it just pulled off. So I slammed it against the side of the counter until the counter broke, then slammed it against the side of the workbench until it came out about 1/4", just enough to get pliers around, and pulled it out that way. The second battery came out a little bit easier. Before I put the new batteries in, I removed the plastic shrink wrap, and they slid in and out easily enough.

Thanks for the help, guys.

 

[DaFABRICATA]

WOW! I'll stick to the energizers, duracells, and surefire batteries!
Glad you got 'em out!

 

[TORCH_BOY]

Have you tried putting contact glue on the battery and do the same with a piece of dowel, let it set for a day or so, then warm up the battery tube with a damp towel soaked in hot water then gently pull,

 

[Nereus]

...Before I put the new batteries in, I removed the plastic shrink wrap, and they slid in and out easily enough. ...

I have no experience on A2, but be careful with this, isn't the A2 battery tube made of electrically conductive aluminium? If it is, you are shorting the other one of the batteries (the one closer to the tailcap) because the battery case is directly connected to the battery minus.

This technique works with one-cell lights with battery minus connected to the flashlight body.

-N

 

[Alin10123]

Ok, finally got them out. I tried supergluing a paper clip to the exposed bottom of one battery, but the glue wasn't strong enough and it just pulled off. So I slammed it against the side of the counter until the counter broke, then slammed it against the side of the workbench until it came out about 1/4", just enough to get pliers around, and pulled it out that way. The second battery came out a little bit easier. Before I put the new batteries in, I removed the plastic shrink wrap, and they slid in and out easily enough.

Thanks for the help, guys.

eeer...
Didn't that dent up a brand new shiny light?

 

[chesterqw]

tie a rope to that light then go to a open field/space with no one at all.

swing the light around you like you are the sun and the light is earth.

hopefully, the batteries will come flying out.

 

[InfidelCastro]

I hope nobody tries to pour warm water over one after reading this thread. You don't wanna get too much water near lithium batteries.

 

[uk_caver]

I hope nobody tries to pour warm water over one after reading this thread. You don't wanna get too much water near lithium batteries.

With that in mind, I guess I'd better not mention how I got some swollen and solidly wedged alkalines out of a mini Maglite.

 

[prof]

Were these the titaniums that come shrink-wrapped in a pair (ie two batteries wrapped together)?

glad you got them out!

 

[greenLED]

Prof, AmondoTech "matches" their cells like that. The shrink-wrap goes on top of their label wrap.

 

[pero]

tie a rope to that light then go to a open field/space with no one at all.

swing the light around you like you are the sun and the light is earth.

hopefully, the batteries will come flying out.

heeeeeee heeeeeeee that was abit funny

 

[EngrPaul]

I guess it's too late to suggest a suction cup, or drill then corkscrew.

 

[uk_caver]

With non-rechargeable lithiums, is there any fire/explosion risk from puncturing/internally shorting in the absence of water?

 

[MedusaOblongata]

eeer...
Didn't that dent up a brand new shiny light?

No visible or functional damage to the light at all. The counter's broken and the workbench is dented, though. This is a Surefire.

It was a Titanium 2 battery pack, with the shrinkwrap around it, so what I removed was not an integral part of the batteries' insulation.

 

[prof]

It was a Titanium 2 battery pack, with the shrinkwrap around it, so what I removed was not an integral part of the batteries' insulation.

This is what I thought. Thanks!

Prof, AmondoTech "matches" their cells like that. The shrink-wrap goes on top of their label wrap.

Yes, that was why I asked, but thanks!

 

[BionicSniper]

nvm delete

 

[AndyTiedye]

Too bad about the counter. That might actually cost more to fix than the Surefire is worth.