ok I tryed out something that may help ,
reed switches are notoriously inconsistant and sometimes tweaking them can help.
I held a high power magnet against the bad batt while taking a long drag two or
three times and that seems to have loosened up the switch, It now cuts out at ~5 seconds.
I can live with that.
anyone else with this problem that can try out the magnet idea please post back if it works for you or not
if it works for two of us maybe we have a fix for the problem
