Smells like antifreeze inside my lights

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I have two lights that both smell like antifreeze on the inside. Is that normal?

One of the lights is a convoy L6.

The other light is an imalent dx80

Any information you can provide will be much appreciated.

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Does it taste like antifreeze?

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:open_mouth: … :open_mouth: … Hmmm…… maybe flux or thermal paste giving off the smell??

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I’ve detected odors like that especially from lithium ion primaries Energizers AA-AAA/ / cr123 types

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Do you know if it’s normal?

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No, I do not. But never has caused a problem that I’m aware of.

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Venom, so what battery types are you noticing the odor from. In my case, it was only when opening the battery tube and only from Primary lithiums.

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Oh…. I was thinking about when the head was disassembled when I said flux or thermal paste.

I have sometimes detected a slight sweet type odor coming from the battery tube when opened. It was very slight & I just figured it had something to do with the batteries. Nothing has blown up so I figured I was ahead of the game… so far anyway. :smiley: . :wink:

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Almost all my lithion ion battery lamps smell sometimes. i guess it are the batterys that give a little fumes sometimes. performance are all good and no broken lights or batterys yet so i think its normal

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The smell was dubbed “flashahol” back around 2004-2005.

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hot light and battery is likely little of the electrolythe evaporating and leaving the cell

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I never experience it myself but I was just wondering if it was normal . This way if I ever did experience I know if it’s normal or not and if I should threw out the cells.

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In my case the batteries 18650 30Q

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Inside my lights, smells like teen spirit