It's sad that they discontinued the 5C. I do have a 4C
light, which I rather like. I painted a couple bright yellow
stripes, it has a bit of a "bumble bee" look now.

When possible, I store lights with the batteries out. The
two in my vehicles, I "try" to remember to remove the
batteries, and put them back in a different order every few
months.

Years ago, I saw a Youtube on removing the switch. Pop the
rubber button off, and use a thin allen wrench to loosen set
screw. Through the center of the switch button shaft. Was
that close to what you remember?

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"zxcvbob"
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Well, the key is *alkaline.* you want to neutralize the
alkalai so a
weak acid would seem to be the most appropriate chemical
to use. I'm
thinking phosphoric acid is probably your best bet as it
is also good
at removing corrosion, although I don't honestly know what
is the
safest for the anodized black finish.

nate


When that happened with my 35-year-old Maglite 5C, I
couldn't get the
last 2 batteries out. I wrote to Mag and got directions for
removing
the switch assembly so I could press them out, but that
didn't work. I
sent it to Mag and they replaced it with a 4C model (they
don't make a
5C anymore sob ) They said they had an agreement with the
major
battery makers to replace the lights and bill Duracell,
Reyovac,
Eveready, etc. If you use off-brand batteries, even
alkalines, you
might be out of luck (I know you said Duracell)

-Bob