Problem w/ Surefire L4

jhereg said:

Well, it's effectively an L4. I've got a L4 body & switch w/ a KL4 head on it. I lost it several years ago. I got it back today, but it's having switch issues. It will turn on if I rotate the switch to on, but the momentary is sporadic at best. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it comes on, but is really dim. I thought it was the batteries, but replacing them hasn't made much difference. (I used new Surefire batteries.) I've cleaned up the light, polished the threads a bit on the body to find the source of the problem to no avail.

Any suggestions?

(The light was lost in a couch, so it's not all grimy & corroded.)

edited to add: How I press the switch seems to make a big difference, but it's not consistent. Sometimes a straight push works. Sometimes it's pushing a bit to the side of the rubber button. Sometimes nothing seems to work.

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lightr07 said:

You've probably tried cleaning the contacts on the light (I'm not sure if the L4 is like the E1/E2L series where when you take the head off it exposes the battery or has contacts. But i would try cleaning contacts like i said on the Tailcap spring, and on the bottom of the head, and if that doesn't work maybe an extra tailcap if you have one. (That might be going a bit far) I dont think its the head as it sounds like the head is working fine, It sounds like its more of a contacts / electrical issue. Probably felt good to find your L4 though

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JNewell said:

Given how frequent reports of bad E-series clickies seem to be, you'd think they'd either redesign 'em or switch back to LOTCs?

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Braddah_Bill said:

jhereg,

What kind of tail cap is it? a Z-52 twisty or a Z-57 clicky.

If its a Z-52 I'd be willing to buy it if the outside shell is not scratched up.




Bill

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