UK 2AAA - My latest experience

[thunderlight]

Hi,

Despite previous problems with my UK 2AAAs, I decided to try again. I like the form factor and simplicity and I want a small plastic LED and/or incandescent light that uses old fashioned tubular batteries.

I purchased the safety rated incandescent model. My previous models were essentially identical, but they did not have the safety rating. So far, so good. I have used the xenon lamp assembly as well as the LED from my other models and have not experienced any of the previous issues.

As a reminder, in the past, there appeared to be some peculiar short that heated up the batteries. The rear of the battery compartment became extremely hot. Other individuals reported similar problems. I have not experienced that with this model SO FAR.

I like this model in both the incandescent form and the LED form, so I will probably use both. I realize that the safety rating no longer applies when I use the LED. It should be noted that all the evidence pointed to a shorting problem in the wiring. This was not an issue of venting or similar, since the result was the same for alkalines, rechargables, and lithium AAAs.


Thanks,
Bob

 

[paulr]

Those were nice little lights. Only shorting possibility I can think of is the clip like contact at the front. You might also like the Princeton Tec Blast.

 

[Chrontius]

Had one of those die quietly in my sock drawer once; the polycarbonate bezel died of old age in climate-controlled comfort. What the heck?
Pretty sure it's a materials problem, but they won't replace it.

 

[GarageBoy]

Mines still going!