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From: Bozeman
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Matt,
I'm not saying the different battery length is weird. I'm saying that the fact the light didn't work when you fit the (shorter) battery in there after you had some solder gobbed on the end. If the battery was, in fact, making contact, it SHOULD work. Period, no ifs, ands, or buts.
That's what I'm saying is weird.
Oh and as for charging it beforehand, I only meant initially! Maybe the charging circuitry doesn't like the voltage to be that low? (Even though that voltage is perfectly normal for a Lithium ion cell...) Just a thought.