You all know I’m a flashlight freak and that my latest flashlight is like 7600 lumens (well not quite, but it’s pretty bright).  Lately it has seemed to be getting dimmer and dimmer, but I didn’t think anything about it until this morning, when it would not come on at all and if it did flicker it was just for a second.  I told Sherry I’d have to work on it later.

Usually, you just have to wiggle the contact points, maybe sandpaper the contacts of the batteries and possibly work a pencil into the contact on the back of the bulb and rub it.  The re-insert the batteries and VUELLA!  Let there be light!

I tried all of that today and nothing worked.  So to the internet I went!  I searched for “My mini mag light won’t stay on”….lots of stuff came up but the first one was the key to my problem.

They guy posted a troubleshooting page from Mini mag company and it said:  Mini Mag Flashlights equipped with LED lights are manufactured to remain as bright as possible until the last minute of the batteries useful life and then they go out.

So, after all my sanding and adjusting, all I really had to do was replace the batteries!  I sort of feel like a dummy.

Bears Butt

August 12, 2013