>>Hi John, I´m little bit confused. Do you really mean the ACR Firefly, the flat one, also used by several coast Guards and the Military, these "Mercedes" und the pesonal strobe lights? << Greetings Jochen, Yep, both Fireflys were the genuine article. The first I 'kept' when I left the army. It was an older version and had a rubber boot over a switch on the bottom, beside the battery cover. The rubber perished and presumably flooded the unit. The one I have now is the "Firefly Rescue Lite ACR / 4G". It seems to be the sliding magnetic switch that is playing up, as by pushing hard down on it when sliding it sometimes worked. Now that doesn't work either. This failure has surprised me, as I know the abuse that the units get in the military, and that they are built to take it. The other unit to fail was a cheaper unit that took a C cell battery and had a rotating magnetic switch on the bottom. It has failed in the strobe unit itself, as far as my limited testing can ascertain. Cheers John Kirk-Anderson Banks Peninsula NEW ZEALAND *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Nov 16 2002 - 12:55:39 PST
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