If that's too much like work, get a small drillbit and a long drywall
screw. Make a starter hole in the top of the battery so the screw has
something to bite into, then drive the screw into the battery, grab it
with a pair of Vice Grips (tm) or equivalent, and pull until the
battery comes out. If it's stuck too tight for this to work,
repeating the process a few times might let you claw the battery out
in bits and pieces, but it's likely there's enough corrosion in that
case to make replacing the flashlight a better option.

When you are done, clean the flashlight and the drillbit with some
baking soda in water (if it's foaming or fizzing, keep at it), then
wash in clear water and dry well, then inspect for damage from the
acid. Flashlight batteries, especially dead ones, aren't all that
dangerous...at least not compared to a fully-charged car battery. The
acid is more or less solid, and it won't burn your fingers...though I
certainly wouldn't suggest eating it or sprinkling it into your eyes
or anything, so a face shield or at least safety glasses might be a
good precaution when drilling and pulling.

The structure of the average flashlight battery is a cardboard case
around a zinc can filled with acid that's a lot like dried up modeling
clay or crumbly plastic, with a carbon rod up the middle and a couple
of shiny metal (steel?) end caps to act as contacts. I used to take
them appart as a kid to get the carbon rods out to use as electrodes
for electrolyzing water.

-- Mike

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 13:47:59 GMT, Jerry Wass
wrote:

1: Procure a piece of thinwall tubing 6-8" long-slightly smaller than the
battery.
2:-File or Dremelize some teeth in the bottom end---not the top end! you want
to
chuck the top end in your drill press! If you have room, tape a strip of
paper
to the tube about an 1-1/2" above the end, wrap it around the tube in the
same direction your drill will be turning--do not expose the tape, it just
gets gummy.
3: Drill a little, shake a little--just don't drill too much.
This will relieve the internal pressure that is causing the little ba@#$#d
to stick

silver wrote:

what make of battery was it I had a five "d" cell maglite with
coppertop batteries and duracell replaced the torch (they garrantee
their batteries) and it was the battery closest to the bulb (murphies
law again I spose)
best rgds
silver

On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 11:50:51 GMT, "Charles Friedman"
was bump'n their gums abowt:

I know that this never happens to any of you, but it did to me!

I have a small (AA size) maglite that has a corroded battery stuck in the
bottom. The top piece where the bulb inserts says do not remove, so I do
not have access to the bottom of the battery. I have scraped out all the
corrosion that I can reach, and tapped the hell out of the case, but no
movement. Can anyone suggest a nondestructive way (to the case) of
removing the battery?


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