Jan Philips wrote in
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On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:43:59 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

Might also be the very powerful tailcap spring? I've heard that the
battery closest to the tail cap is most likely to leak.

The springs on some of the Maglites are very strong - strong enough to
make it hard to get it on in the dark.

In both of my cases, it was not the battery near the cap that was
leaking (or not leaking the most). I was able to get the first
battery out, but the second one was frozen in there.



I never thought of that before.

Perhaps the spring is strong enough that it can compromise the seals on the
batteries. You wouldn't necessarily see the leaks from the battery nearest
the spring, but from the one(s) which had the weakest sealing in the first
place.


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Tegger