HighlanderNorth
Flashlight Enthusiast
I was one of the people who pre-ordered the original SC-52 in the fall of 2012. Received it in December, and I started carrying the SC-52 in spring 2013. I carried it for over 2 years, when I somehow lost it. It was always in my front pocket with a hand woven paracord lanyard I made myself.
The lanyard had gotten hung on branches before, causing the light to slide out of my pocket, but I managed to find it each time with minimal effort. But the 4th occurrence in spring 2015 didn't work out as well. It was lost for good.
Then, a few days ago I was spreading mulch for an old client. There's a dense group of 3.5 foot tall Japanese hollies in front of his house. I had pruned them back severely last fall, and now was able to see underneath of them. While pulling out a few dead twigs, I grabbed hold of something else that was half buried in mud, which turned out to be the SC-52.
It was partially caked in mud, but once I rinsed and cleaned it, I removed the tailcap to find NO obvious moisture inside the battery tube. The Eagletac 14500 inside it looked fine. My XTAR VC4 showed the 14500 to have 0 volts initially, but it quickly jumped up to 3.5v. I was even able to recharge it.
But the good news seems to stop there. Initially, the light blinked when I temporarily installed a new AA battery, as it normally did. But the switch won't turn it on or off with a normal click. The only way it still worked, was to hold the switch down, and it would cycle through 3-4 brightness levels. But now that doesnt even work. It still blinks when screwing down the cap, but the switch seems dead.
Is it possible to remove & replace, or repair the switch, or is it likely a circuitry issue? Here's the photo of it as soon as I found it: **LOOK up my photos at Imgur under my screen name BrockRambo.
The lanyard had gotten hung on branches before, causing the light to slide out of my pocket, but I managed to find it each time with minimal effort. But the 4th occurrence in spring 2015 didn't work out as well. It was lost for good.
Then, a few days ago I was spreading mulch for an old client. There's a dense group of 3.5 foot tall Japanese hollies in front of his house. I had pruned them back severely last fall, and now was able to see underneath of them. While pulling out a few dead twigs, I grabbed hold of something else that was half buried in mud, which turned out to be the SC-52.
It was partially caked in mud, but once I rinsed and cleaned it, I removed the tailcap to find NO obvious moisture inside the battery tube. The Eagletac 14500 inside it looked fine. My XTAR VC4 showed the 14500 to have 0 volts initially, but it quickly jumped up to 3.5v. I was even able to recharge it.
But the good news seems to stop there. Initially, the light blinked when I temporarily installed a new AA battery, as it normally did. But the switch won't turn it on or off with a normal click. The only way it still worked, was to hold the switch down, and it would cycle through 3-4 brightness levels. But now that doesnt even work. It still blinks when screwing down the cap, but the switch seems dead.
Is it possible to remove & replace, or repair the switch, or is it likely a circuitry issue? Here's the photo of it as soon as I found it: **LOOK up my photos at Imgur under my screen name BrockRambo.
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