I've been alternately feeding it WD-40 & Brake Cleaner for about a week
now. The battery is still stuck in there. Fortunately, I do have spare
flashlights.
On 12/16/2013 11:10 PM, mike wilson wrote:
As the substances involved are generally basic in nature, I would try
some vinegar. BUT, as vinegar will equally happily eat the aluminium
of the tube, I would keep a very close eye on it.
On 10/12/2013, John <[email protected]> wrote:
If you put one of those LED replacement bulbs in a 4 cell Maglight, it
will still light up really bright even if you do something stupid like
putting the last battery in backwards.
If you then leave it sitting for several months until you actually need
it, the other three batteries will be drained (the LED does still just
barely light up) & the battery that's in backwards will corrode so you
can't get the batteries out to change them.
By comparison, the other 4 cell that I keep in my car is still working
just fine with six month old batteries.
Right now I've got it standing on end in the basement with brake cleaner
soaking into it so I can see if the tube is salvageable. If I do get
them out & manage to ressurect the flashlight, I will make DAMN SURE I
put ALL of the batteries in there the right way round.
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