LeDfLaShEr
Newly Enlightened
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- Aug 9, 2005
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Hey folks I have a job where I need a reliable bright flashlight on a daily basis.
I've had an old surefire 6p since the early 90s. A few years back I changed it over to an LED insert with rechargable batteries. I bought a high quality dropin (I'll leave the companies name out because I don't want to blemish their stellar reputation) and a pack of rechargables.
I'm not sure when it started happening, but I'd notice that the light wouldn't turn on when I pushed the tailcap button. I could disassemble the light, put it back together, and most of the time it would start working without a problem. Then after it sat in the holster for a while, it wouldn't work again.
The problem was really intermittent and I couldn't do anything in particular to replicate it.
I cleaned out the entire inside of the light with Deoxit and eventually even went so far as to use steel wool to clean the places where the light connects (tail cap, and head threads) to make sure oxidized aluminum wasn't causing the problem. The problem continued so I replaced the old style tailcap with a new one from Surefire.
When the problem continued I replaced the batteries with a new set of AW RCR123's. After I still had the problem I bought a new dropin from a different company figuring I just got a lemon.
As of today I still have a very intermittent light. What I've figured out is that if I turn the tail cap all the way down, and hit the light on my leg a few times it will turn on.
Obviously there is a problem....I've replaced every part that I can replace without going back to straight halogen/cr123s and still don't have a reliable light.
Any ideas? This light has traveled all over the world with me so I'd like to keep it functioning as my EDC light if possible.
I've had an old surefire 6p since the early 90s. A few years back I changed it over to an LED insert with rechargable batteries. I bought a high quality dropin (I'll leave the companies name out because I don't want to blemish their stellar reputation) and a pack of rechargables.
I'm not sure when it started happening, but I'd notice that the light wouldn't turn on when I pushed the tailcap button. I could disassemble the light, put it back together, and most of the time it would start working without a problem. Then after it sat in the holster for a while, it wouldn't work again.
The problem was really intermittent and I couldn't do anything in particular to replicate it.
I cleaned out the entire inside of the light with Deoxit and eventually even went so far as to use steel wool to clean the places where the light connects (tail cap, and head threads) to make sure oxidized aluminum wasn't causing the problem. The problem continued so I replaced the old style tailcap with a new one from Surefire.
When the problem continued I replaced the batteries with a new set of AW RCR123's. After I still had the problem I bought a new dropin from a different company figuring I just got a lemon.
As of today I still have a very intermittent light. What I've figured out is that if I turn the tail cap all the way down, and hit the light on my leg a few times it will turn on.
Obviously there is a problem....I've replaced every part that I can replace without going back to straight halogen/cr123s and still don't have a reliable light.
Any ideas? This light has traveled all over the world with me so I'd like to keep it functioning as my EDC light if possible.