[TheForge] Mag lite

[Bob Ehrenberger]

About an ounce.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Freeman" <freemab222 at gmail.com>
To: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>; "Blacksmithing List Sponsored 
by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2011 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Mag lite


How much water?  Condensate, maybe?  I.e., water that got in with the
air one humid day.

Or maybe the O-rings are only for show?


On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Bob Ehrenberger <eforge at centurytel.net> 
wrote:
> I had something interesting happen yesterday. A few weeks ago I went to 
> use
> the mag-lite that I keep in the shop and it was dead. I put it back in the
> tool box to deal with later. Well yesterday I finally got the 4 D cell
> batterys to bring it back to life. When I opened it up there was water
> inside. How could this be, the lites are sealed with O rings.
>
> I removed the batterys and cleaned and dried the lite. I left it on the
> warming shelf of the wood stove while we went to Christmas eve service.
> When we got home I put in the new batterys and it worked. So whatever 
> caused
> the moisture, it didn't damage the lite.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
>
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-- 
Bruce
NJ



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