clickie switch of dereelight isn't working

picard said:

I have the DBS V2 black HAIII. the switch was working normally for past months. it suddenly not working today. The battery is fully charged.

I test it again few hours later and it working again. what is happening?

the tail cap is screw in properly and the O-ring is secured. I did wash it with soap & water last week to get rid of dirt.

could water have penetrated into the rubber tail cap?

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FlashCrazy said:

Water could have penetrated the switch, but I don't think it should've just from washing the light.

An intermittent case is the most difficult to diagnose... one has to wait for it to act up before the troubleshooting process can be started. When it acts up again, remove the tailcap and bridge the end of the battery (with it installed) to the end edge of the flashlight's body with a small wire or paperclip. This will bypass the switch. If it works fine this way, either the switch is bad, or the tailcap-to-body connection isn't making good contact.
You purchased yours direct from Dereelight, correct? It should have came with a spare switch. If so, try the spare and see if it solves the problem.

Let me know what your results.

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picard said:

how do I remove the tail cap from the body? I am refering to the green tail cap.

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FlashCrazy said:

What I was wanting you to do before (bridge the negative end of the battery and the edge of the flashlight battery housing with a paperclip or similar) was to be done with the metal tailcap removed, like you would do to change the battery.
If you want to remove the rubber switch boot, you have to unscrew the switch retaining ring from the metal tailcap. You'll see two holes on the ring... use sharp tweezers or a pair of small-nosed needle nose pliers to unscrew it. Once the ring is removed, the switch and rubber boot can be taken out. Hope this helps!

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