Kitchen Panda
Enlightened
I salvaged my AAA Mini-Maglite from the doom of leaky batteries! I noticed on Wednesday this week that the mini-Mag wasn't lighting up, and unscrewing the cap showed the batteries were jammed. Never, never, never leave batteries in a flashlight that isn't in daily use! So, yesterday, during an Internet outage, I decided to get the batteries out. If only I'd been able to look up YouTube videos and the instructions for this model on-line. Anyway, I hammered out one battery, pushed the top insulator/switch assembly down ( and now I know how the switch works!), got the second battery out, and cleaned the interior with sandpaper. I was sure I'd lost a part but it seems the miniMag really is simple inside - only one spring, and I had that. Re-assembled today after checking the Net and it still works!
The 2 x 4 on which I was hammering the mini-Mag has deep circles all over it. I was sure I had crushed or destroyed some delicate internal part, but it seems the mini-Mag was tough enough to withstand my ham-fisted repair techniques.
It was particularly nice to get this working again because years ago I'd upgraded it with a Terra Lux LED - foolishly expensive, but that light has been all over Canada, the US and at least one trip to Africa with me.
It's gone back into my briefcase to await it's next mission, but this time the batteries are taped on the outside.
Bill
The 2 x 4 on which I was hammering the mini-Mag has deep circles all over it. I was sure I had crushed or destroyed some delicate internal part, but it seems the mini-Mag was tough enough to withstand my ham-fisted repair techniques.
It was particularly nice to get this working again because years ago I'd upgraded it with a Terra Lux LED - foolishly expensive, but that light has been all over Canada, the US and at least one trip to Africa with me.
It's gone back into my briefcase to await it's next mission, but this time the batteries are taped on the outside.
Bill