TorchEnvy
Newly Enlightened
I was playing with my SF L2 a little while ago. I've only had it a couple of weeks, and probably have less than 20 minutes on its original batteries.
I shot it at the ceiling and it kinda flickered and went out. I tightened the tailcap all the way and nothing. Then I noticed the LED was baaaarely glowing lime green, kind of like a really bright tritium vial on a handgun.
I'm thinking, what's the deal, are the original batteries messed up? Of course, I had visions of the cells going nuclear on me, so I took them out and tried a fresh set. Same glowing LED. Then, I happened to grasp it by the front bezel and it started working intermittently. I tightened it a bit and it seems that was the culprit. But, in total I really only tightened the front bezel a tiny fraction of a turn. I mean, almost to the point of being an inperceptible turn.
So, my question is, should the front bezel be this sensitive to completing the circuit? Is there something obvious this newbie can inspect to ensure greater it's-gonna-work-when-I-grab-it reliability with out twisting the bezel?
I put the original batteries back in and it seems fine.
Thanks!
I shot it at the ceiling and it kinda flickered and went out. I tightened the tailcap all the way and nothing. Then I noticed the LED was baaaarely glowing lime green, kind of like a really bright tritium vial on a handgun.
I'm thinking, what's the deal, are the original batteries messed up? Of course, I had visions of the cells going nuclear on me, so I took them out and tried a fresh set. Same glowing LED. Then, I happened to grasp it by the front bezel and it started working intermittently. I tightened it a bit and it seems that was the culprit. But, in total I really only tightened the front bezel a tiny fraction of a turn. I mean, almost to the point of being an inperceptible turn.
So, my question is, should the front bezel be this sensitive to completing the circuit? Is there something obvious this newbie can inspect to ensure greater it's-gonna-work-when-I-grab-it reliability with out twisting the bezel?
I put the original batteries back in and it seems fine.
Thanks!