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Do the magnets stick to the terminal on the led, or just to the battery? I actually have a few of those tiny flat ones, but as powerful as they are, I don't want to get one up in that battery tube. I'd probably never be able to get it back out. My SC60 won't power up on any of my 2600 batteries either and I was going to return it, but this might be a fix.
 
I don't know. They definitely stick to the battery terminal but I don't know about whether or not they stick to the flashlight terminal also. I would hope not.
 
I broke down after still not hearing back from zebra and put one of the small magnets on my AW 18650 2600 and the light works!

This is after removing the plastic around the top part of the battery, cleaning everything, etc. Only the magnet enabled the light to work. The magnet does NOT stick to anything in the light BTW but I would not trust using it as it could potentially fizzle the circuit board if it slips off-center.

So I can say without a doubt on MY light MY AW2600 bats are NOT compatible.

I guess I'll keep the light and buy new batteries..

YMMV

I'm still very intereseted in hearing of anyone else's lights work with these flattops... if not I'd suggest to Zebra that they inplicitly state on their product description that these batteries do NOT work.

off to find something to buy that uses flat-tops!
 
Brasso said:
Do the magnets stick to the terminal on the led, or just to the battery? I actually have a few of those tiny flat ones, but as powerful as they are, I don't want to get one up in that battery tube. I'd probably never be able to get it back out. My SC60 won't power up on any of my 2600 batteries either and I was going to return it, but this might be a fix.
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Hey Brasso the brass terminal on the driver board is non-ferrous so the magnet will not stick to it.
 
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Maybe a FAT resistor or component on the board is holding the battery away ?
Those exposed components are the only thing that could be keeping the terminals from touching.
That seems to be proven by momentarily adding a magnet - then the light suddenly works.


ZebraLight should CHANGE the brass terminal on the driver board and make it DEEPER/THICKER and maybe just a little bit smaller in diameter.

BECAUSE WE WOULD ALL LIKE THE ABILITY TO USE - AW2900mAh FLAT-TOPS IN THIS NICE LIGHT.

It should be immediately studied by ZebraLight / EARLY in production !
This may turn out to be an overlooked design flaw. (not their first)

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EDIT > 9-28-2010 ...... UPDATE NOTICE > BE AWARE ...

THAT THE SC-60 DOES NOT WORK RELIABLY WITH FLAT-TOP CELLS ..... at this time .

BE AWARE IF YOU INTEND TO ORDER IT !
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I just got my SC60 yesterday and popped in a Trustfire red and black 2400 and it works great however I also tried one of my AW 2200 cells and it will not work. It would have been so easy for them to make the post taller so that these lights would work with both types of batteries.

It is my favorite light that I own now anyway and I am glad that I have batteries that will work.

I was wanting to buy some of the newer AW 2900 batteries however because of the higher capacity.

Can anyone tell me of any button top batteries with the same "tested" capacity of the new AW cells?
Why do the AW batteries not have a button top?
 
TooManyGizmos said:
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Maybe a FAT resistor or component on the board is holding the battery away ?
Those exposed components are the only thing that could be keeping the terminals from touching.
That seems to be proven by momentarily adding a magnet - then the light suddenly works.


ZebraLight should CHANGE the brass terminal on the driver board and make it DEEPER/THICKER and maybe just a little bit smaller in diameter.

BECAUSE WE WOULD ALL LIKE THE ABILITY TO USE - AW2900mAh FLAT-TOPS IN THIS NICE LIGHT.

It should be immediately studied by ZebraLight / EARLY in production !
This may turn out to be an overlooked design flaw. (not their first)

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Good point and suggestion.

In fact, due to the multiple changes and improvements made to the SC50w (culminating in the release of the SC50w+, and in the near future, the SC51) over a period of several months after it was first released, I've pretty much decided that in the future I'll wait for a while before purchasing a newly released ZL model, to give them some extra time to iron out all the bugs.
 
Grumpy said:
Why do the AW batteries not have a button top?
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The logic is that the very high energy potential & the recessed positive terminal minimizes accidental shorting with these high energy density cells because a short will be ugly if it happens with a anywhere near full cell.
 
Grumpy said:
I just got my SC60 yesterday and popped in a Trustfire red and black 2400 and it works great however I also tried one of my AW 2200 cells and it will not work. It would have been so easy for them to make the post taller so that these lights would work with both types of batteries.

Why do the AW batteries not have a button top?
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AW 2200 cells have a button top. Are you sure yours are not 2600? That would be really bad if AW 2200 do not work.
 
pae77 said:
Good point and suggestion.

In fact, due to the multiple changes and improvements made to the SC50w (culminating in the release of the SC50w+, and in the near future, the SC51) over a period of several months after it was first released, I've pretty much decided that in the future I'll wait for a while before purchasing a newly released ZL model, to give them some extra time to iron out all the bugs.
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And that is why I currently own three H501s (old UI), one H60, one H60w, one H501w, one H501r and a SC30w. I buy ZL lights that have reached a stable position in terms of development. It is also a good test of a flashaholics willpower...

I have been considering buying a H501 with the new UI but with a H51F and SC51 due out I am prepared to wait for ZL lights with the XP-G led. I will, however, wait at least a couple of months after their release before I order them just so any bugs can be worked out.
 
I got my SC60 earlier this week but just got my batteries today. I was worried that they may not work but they seem to be fine. I'm using AW2900
and right now it works perfect. I'll have to try it out in the dark to know how well I like the light. I just thought someone might want to know about these particular batteries.
 
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But someone has to determine why it's such a hit-or-miss proposition .... on flat-top cells .

There has to be a valid reason for all the inconsistency we are seeing.

We need Consumer Reports Lab to start testing Flashlights !

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tre said:
AW 2200 cells have a button top. Are you sure yours are not 2600? That would be really bad if AW 2200 do not work.
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My AW 2200 are NOT button top and do not work in my light. They have the recessed positive end.
 
Grumpy said:
My AW 2200 are NOT button top and do not work in my light. They have the recessed positive end.
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Ok. Just making sure. I was not aware that AW made 2200 flat top cells. I wanted to make sure the button top 2200 cells will work in this light (since I ordered them for this)
 
waxking1 said:
I got my SC60 earlier this week but just got my batteries today. I was worried that they may not work but they seem to be fine. I'm using AW2900 and right now it works perfect.
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Due to uncertainty of AW cell, I just ordered Redilast 2900. If you got your batteries earlier, I could have saved a lot of shipping fee:-(

Alan
 
Got my sc60 yersteday and it dont work with flat top cells either 🙁 i Can see compared to my h60w that it is some resistors on the circut board that prevents the cell to make contact with the battery terminal, Will use my imr's for now
 
Just adding another couple photos... it just doesn't look like the ICs would interfere but its hard to tell from a straight shot...
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Anybody else notice the heat this light puts out on high? After about 3 min on high, the head is quite warm. After 5 min the head is more then warm (I would call it hot) and the whole battery tube is warm/hot. My SC60 is warm right down to the tail cap. In less than 10 min I no longer fell comfortable holding the light. I can't imagine that much heat is good for and 18650 cell. Does anyone else notice this? I'm using an AW 2200 button top cell.
 
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