[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Flashlight remote switch is HOT

Posted: 5/8/2006 4:01:00 AM EDT

I have a light and the remote tape switch will burn the shit out of you if you keep it pressed more than 5 seconds. Is this normal?

Posted: 5/8/2006 5:22:43 AM EDT

[#1]

Need more info,

Make, model, battery type, aftermarket cord or manufacturers?

Posted: 5/8/2006 5:45:39 AM EDT

[#2]

I use Surefire batteries. The light is a Surefire G2 light. I don't know the model of tape switch, but it kind of looks like this one from ebay: G&P Tailcap Tape Switch for SureFire 6P G2 flashlight.

Posted: 5/8/2006 7:17:17 AM EDT

[#3]

definately NOT normal. You have a bad tape switch.

Posted: 5/8/2006 8:01:33 AM EDT

[#4]

I have used a few different tape switches from cheapo ones to the Surefire XM tape switch and none of them ever got even a little bit hot. Something definetly wrong there.

Posted: 5/8/2006 6:02:03 PM EDT

[#5]

That's what I figured, guess I will be getting a new one.

Thanks

Posted: 5/12/2006 9:49:21 AM EDT

[#6]

Electricity should flow through the tape switch nice and fast. Resistance is what is causing the heat which shows that the tape switch is made of cheaper single strand wire or that it has too high of a resistance. I might have been designed thinking it would be used on a 2x AAA flashlight or something as well...

If it is creating heat, you are losing electrical efficiency and light output.

Posted: 5/12/2006 12:28:18 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
Electricity should flow through the tape switch nice and fast. Resistance is what is causing the heat which shows that the tape switch is made of cheaper single strand wire or that it has too high of a resistance. I might have been designed thinking it would be used on a 2x AAA flashlight or something as well...

If it is creating heat, you are losing electrical efficiency and light output.

Yeah, what he said!

I'm glad I can contribute here......

Posted: 5/12/2006 12:43:45 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
I might have been designed thinking it would be used on a 2x AAA flashlight or something as well...

Thanks. I was thinking it was probably designed for another light or it was just a cheap piece of crap.

Oh well, mabe I can find a G2 tailcap really cheap and still use the light as a backup.

Posted: 5/12/2006 1:53:07 PM EDT

[#9]

It's just not working WELL. If the light comes on and is bright enough for you to blind someone, maybe that's good enough?

This should somehow be added to some "clone" type of thread as a warning.

I just turned my SF M3 on for 6 seconds and the lense wasn't even warm - 9V 125L

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