Not arguing with what you say but souldn't it still fail to fire with the bottle out then? With the samsungs it will fire with the bottle out but will not with it in. I would think if it was not making contact it would fail in both cases.
Bottle may put enough pressure on an area to be the difference
yeah I have been dealing with mechs for nearly 4 years. I spent all told about 6 hours trying to figure out how it was not making contact and cleaning and recleaning. LOL
Honestly, the best thing you can do and it's safer is mark where the battery makes contact with the positive and take a hammer and a metal punch or nail countersink and create a raised contact point. Safer should your wrap ever tear near the positive contact. Won't have a hard short instantly.
ok is metal punch or nail countersink what the tool is called? I ask because I am going to have to go buy one. Not a terribly tool heavy household here.
Yeah, like a 3/32. Don't want a sharp or pointy one. Mark where the positive battery contact makes contact. And from the under side of the contact, center and hammer until you have a raised point.
ok thanks much
Don't need to buy an expensive tool. I use a small bolt held with needle nose pliers.
Hate to say it but I like my painted one (black) more than my unpainted one (resin gray). The painted finish feels better and the lid fits much better. Unpainted is creakier, the lid is looser, feels more junky and plasticy. Just don't like it as much. Thinking of making a sturdier box and putting the unpainted ones guts in it.
Not that you asked.
Wait...
Am I really just buying a plastic Franken shell?
