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Posted: 7/7/2010 3:05:18 AM EDT
| I have a Aimpoint T 1 I bought this year. When the guns not in use I remove the battery to protect the sight. I have only used this sight twice . The first time the dot went out. I reseated the battery and it was fine. Yesterday It took three attempts and I finally had to give the contact tabs a little bend inward and it was fine the rest of the day. Should I leave the battery in the sight when the gun is stored or should I send this back to Larue and ask for another. I plan to shoot the gun again tommorrow so will see if bending the contacts was the fix. |
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There's no need to remove the battery when not in use. Tomac I'll take this a step further. There is no need to turn off the optic when not in use. You can leave it on and it should last for a few years without shutting off. The only issue I ever had with any of mine was when I removed the battery cap and didn't tighten it fully when I put it back on. |
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As mentioned. Use the flat part of the tool that came with your sight and make sure the battery compartment is nice and tight. Also, leave your sight on and battery in for up to five years. It won't burn out the LED or harm the sight. It is actually made to stay on for 50,000 hours (about five years) between battery changes.
If you don't want to leave it on, then at least leave the battery in there. |
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As mentioned. Use the flat part of the tool that came with your sight and make sure the battery compartment is nice and tight. Also, leave your sight on and battery in for up to five years. It won't burn out the LED or harm the sight. It is actually made to stay on for 50,000 hours (about five years) between battery changes. If you don't want to leave it on, then at least leave the battery in there. Five years at position "8". Good luck using that during a bright sunny day. LOL! My default setting for the T-1 is "10" - and the battery lasted less than the advertised 5 months. |
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To answer your original question, you got to tighten that battery cap. I posted this exact same issue here.....maybe about a couple of months ago. Most said "tighten the cap" and I insisted that I HAVE tightened the cap. Yes, the cap was tight, but turned out that I needed to tightened the cap even more. So I decided to crank the cap really tight and I have not had a problem with it ever since. I guess with some Aimpoints you can just hand tightened tightened the cap (like one of the two that I currently have) and with some, you really need to bear down on it with the tool. |
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As mentioned. Use the flat part of the tool that came with your sight and make sure the battery compartment is nice and tight. Also, leave your sight on and battery in for up to five years. It won't burn out the LED or harm the sight. It is actually made to stay on for 50,000 hours (about five years) between battery changes. If you don't want to leave it on, then at least leave the battery in there. Five years at position "8". Good luck using that during a bright sunny day. LOL! My default setting for the T-1 is "10" - and the battery lasted less than the advertised 5 months. For a HD gun, I'd venture to say the majority of the time yer going for it would be at night. However, for combat situation, I'd agree with you on that. And 5 months at "10" seems pretty dang short! |
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