Removing Stuck Batteries (Torch)

Nitro_Junkie · 22 Apr 2008 at 17:10

I've got a 6 D cell maglite thats had some batteries left in it for quite awhile, 4 came out fine but its got 2 stuck down the far end that won't budge, I've tried giving it a good beating but to no avail.

Any ideas?

sniffy · 22 Apr 2008 at 17:11

Shout at it.

G|mp · 22 Apr 2008 at 17:12

Run it under a tap, it loosens the batteries

snowdog · 22 Apr 2008 at 17:13

Nuke from orbit ?

Bunka · 22 Apr 2008 at 17:16

sniffy said:
Shout at it.

Quite why that made me laugh so much, I don't know.

Azagoth · 22 Apr 2008 at 17:17

Mustard?

Haggisman · 22 Apr 2008 at 17:39

don't they fully dissassemble so that essentially you're just left with an aluminium tube? i.e. just poke it from the other end XD

Lummox · 22 Apr 2008 at 17:52

sniffy said:
Shout at it.

That made me laugh so much.

Monkey Puzzle · 22 Apr 2008 at 17:56

G|mp said:
Run it under a tap, it loosens the batteries

Just make sure you use hot water. Or alternatively, put it in the microwave.

shifty_uk · 22 Apr 2008 at 17:57

sniffy said:
Shout at it.

lmao

GD, the home of stupid questions...

Lummox · 22 Apr 2008 at 17:59

Isn't metal in the microwave a bit of a no no?

wannabedamned · 22 Apr 2008 at 18:10

A Magnet

Cr0fty · 22 Apr 2008 at 18:18

Burn it out, batteries get smaller when exposed to heat.

HamZilla · 22 Apr 2008 at 18:18

Come on, be a real man. Donkey punch just behind the lens ring.

paradigm · 22 Apr 2008 at 18:20

Araldite pre mixed on the end of a stick. Stick it to the battery, leave it for half an hour, pull.

Nitro_Junkie · 22 Apr 2008 at 18:21

Haggisman said:
don't they fully dissassemble so that essentially you're just left with an aluminium tube? i.e. just poke it from the other end XD

don't think so, it seems sealed

to the rest

OCUK, the home of sensible question, stupid answers

paradigm said:
Araldite pre mixed on the end of a stick. Stick it to the battery, leave it for half an hour, pull.

now thats a plan! I got araldite so its worth a go, worst that can happen is a stick stuck in the torch as well

fat-600 · 22 Apr 2008 at 18:24

if there stuck then surely they have leaked?

iamdjdz · 22 Apr 2008 at 19:05

Try deionised water?

Nitro_Junkie · 22 Apr 2008 at 21:46

fat-600 said:
if there stuck then surely they have leaked?

yup, I want em out

fat-600 · 22 Apr 2008 at 22:30

Put the body in boiling hot water for a few mins to expand the metal? Then bang them out

Failing that

I have heard maglite do replacements if they have been damaged by approved batteries