I just got my AW123s off the charger and placed them in my 6p with M60 dropin and now it wont light :confused: I've charged the batteries before a few times on my Ultrafire charger with no issue. I'm not sure whats going on. When I place my old Surefire alkalines in the light it works normally. Anyone have any ideas?b I'm at a loss.
Problem with M60 and AW123s
- Thread starter rdrkt
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Sgt. LED
Flashaholic
Do the AW cells work in another light now? Shame you don't have a tester............
Also the Surefire batteries are lithium not alkaline.
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Can I test it in another surefire or is it too much voltage?
Ive been lurking for awhile now :wave:
Kestrel
Flashaholic
That is odd. The only thing that comes to mind is the protection circuit in the rechargeable cells (are they protected cells w/ black&silver labels?), everything else should be bombproof.:confused: Are the cell stacks exactly the same length, perhaps it's a tolerance issue, not contacting the M60 springs or something?
If you had a single-cell light, that would be very helpful for troubleshooting. Try making a conductive spacer (of one cell length) from a nut + bolt + duct tape around the outside for electrical insulation, then try the M60 + host + single cell + conductive spacer to see if there is an issue with one of the individual cells. The M60 should fire up quite nicely from a properly-operating single RCR123. I used that technique to determine which 17500 was giving me problems in an M60 / 2x17500 setup.
You might ask this to be moved to the batteries / electronics subforum.
Good luck,
If you had a single-cell light, that would be very helpful for troubleshooting. Try making a conductive spacer (of one cell length) from a nut + bolt + duct tape around the outside for electrical insulation, then try the M60 + host + single cell + conductive spacer to see if there is an issue with one of the individual cells. The M60 should fire up quite nicely from a properly-operating single RCR123. I used that technique to determine which 17500 was giving me problems in an M60 / 2x17500 setup.
You might ask this to be moved to the batteries / electronics subforum.
Good luck,
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Check each cell individually. Put one in the light, and make contact between the negative end of the cell and the flashlight body with a metal paper clip, screwdriver, whatever, see if it lights up, then do it with the other cell.
One probably works, while the other doesn't. At least it would be unusual for both batteries to lose their protection circuit at the same time.
Contact AW, or Lighthound if you got the cells from there, about a replacement. I believe AW guarantees his cells, but am not sure for how long. Another member here recently had this happen with an 18650, and it was promptly replaced.
One probably works, while the other doesn't. At least it would be unusual for both batteries to lose their protection circuit at the same time.
Contact AW, or Lighthound if you got the cells from there, about a replacement. I believe AW guarantees his cells, but am not sure for how long. Another member here recently had this happen with an 18650, and it was promptly replaced.
