Dick Zeiter
Well-known member
I have a problem with some LED flashlights. I carry one on my belt.
When garage door openers started using circuit boards instead of relays, you could wet your finger, touch the push-button contacts and it would run. Also after a time the limits would not shut it off and had to be cleaned. I was told that due to the low current, there was no arcing to keep the terminals clean.
As this relates to LED flashlights, I am finding that after a while my LED flashlight stops working. I change the batteries. After having this happen quite frequently, I thought it was "eating" batteries. Eventually I inadvertently discovered that if you merely take the batteries out and put them back in, the light works fine.
The problem is, what if you suddenly need the light in an important situation and even with good batteries, it won?t light. I supposes I could rotate batteries in my LED flashlight every day but, what about the two or three laying around the house/camper.
Has anyone else experienced this?
When garage door openers started using circuit boards instead of relays, you could wet your finger, touch the push-button contacts and it would run. Also after a time the limits would not shut it off and had to be cleaned. I was told that due to the low current, there was no arcing to keep the terminals clean.
As this relates to LED flashlights, I am finding that after a while my LED flashlight stops working. I change the batteries. After having this happen quite frequently, I thought it was "eating" batteries. Eventually I inadvertently discovered that if you merely take the batteries out and put them back in, the light works fine.
The problem is, what if you suddenly need the light in an important situation and even with good batteries, it won?t light. I supposes I could rotate batteries in my LED flashlight every day but, what about the two or three laying around the house/camper.
Has anyone else experienced this?