On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 17:19:52 -0500, wrote:



You are acting as to be expert on battery but by reading your post
I personally would not let you change battery in flashlight!
Who - me, or the "painted cow"?
I spent half my working life as an auto mechanic/auto electric
specialist/service manager/Automotive instructor, and the other half
as a computer technician - and I built and drove my own electric car
back in the (late) seventies - so I know a bit about batteries.

Don't know about the "painted cow"

I didn't do it, but you can cuff me if you wish...

I'm the guy with this problem (OP). I worked as an electrician for
years, and did electronics as a hobby for years too. But this battery
thing is a new one for me. I never know it was possible, which is why I
posted this, while I was still compleltely puzzled by it.

Since then, this thread and what I googled on th web, has taught me
something new. But I still have to clean up the mess.... The holiday and
bad weather, have kept me from doing anything except reading and
determining which is the best solution. At least now I know what
occurred, even if it's still sort of unbelievable.

So, I put a note under my tree, and asked Santa for a brand new tractor.
That should work.
Which reminds me, I need to go look for flying reindeer.....
I can always hire them to pull my tractor... LOL....

Later!