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I have had this flashlight for a number of years and find it to be perfect for me.
Unfortunately, it just quit working one day, and i found that one of the batteries had leaked and is now jammed inside the barrel and I'm not able to use it.
I've found some guidelines on using various solutions to get the battery out, but the first step is to take the light bulb out. These particular instructions show an incandescent bulb, not an LED. It looks very easy to remove. It shows the bulb resting in a little metal sleeve that was pulled out. Is the LED seated in a similar sleeve that I can pull out? Is it possible to remove the black platform the bulb sits in?
Or, if you have any practical suggestions on removing a corroded battery, I'd be interested in those. Looking through YouTube, it seems lit the most popular method is to use a drill on the battery, screw in a long screw, and pull to get the battery out. If you're familiar with the 3AA, you'll know that it's about 10 inches long and my stuck battery is the first one in the tube, so I don't know if there is a drill bit that long.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Unfortunately, it just quit working one day, and i found that one of the batteries had leaked and is now jammed inside the barrel and I'm not able to use it.
I've found some guidelines on using various solutions to get the battery out, but the first step is to take the light bulb out. These particular instructions show an incandescent bulb, not an LED. It looks very easy to remove. It shows the bulb resting in a little metal sleeve that was pulled out. Is the LED seated in a similar sleeve that I can pull out? Is it possible to remove the black platform the bulb sits in?
Or, if you have any practical suggestions on removing a corroded battery, I'd be interested in those. Looking through YouTube, it seems lit the most popular method is to use a drill on the battery, screw in a long screw, and pull to get the battery out. If you're familiar with the 3AA, you'll know that it's about 10 inches long and my stuck battery is the first one in the tube, so I don't know if there is a drill bit that long.
Thanks in advance for any advice.