I went out to a friends new ranch this weekend to do some hog hunting. I was getting all my gear ready I turn on the LWTS clip-on thermal to check the battery status, it showed 3/4 full. As I was looking around it shut off and would not come back on. I then put a new set of batteries in it, turned it on and within 20 seconds it shut off again. Battery level showed full. I opened the battery compartment and it had a fair amount of corrosion down on the contacts. What looked the most concerning was that one contact was black, like it got hot.
I always store my gear without batteries if they are going to be up for some time. This set of batteries was 1 week old and I left them in there because I knew I was going hunting this weekend. They should not have corroded in 1 week and the one contact should have not gotten hot.
I sent a RMA request for repair to EOTech this morning so we will see how long it takes them to get back with me. The unit was build 02/2014 and I purchased it new in 12/2014. Time to test our EOTech's customer service!
I always store my gear without batteries if they are going to be up for some time. This set of batteries was 1 week old and I left them in there because I knew I was going hunting this weekend. They should not have corroded in 1 week and the one contact should have not gotten hot.
I sent a RMA request for repair to EOTech this morning so we will see how long it takes them to get back with me. The unit was build 02/2014 and I purchased it new in 12/2014. Time to test our EOTech's customer service!