Simple Survival Tips - The Flashlight Battery Protector

Flashlights are handy little items but they aren’t much use if the batteries are dead. Unlike zombies, when most flashlight batteries go dead...they stay dead. Many times flashlight batteries will suffer a power drain without you ever being aware it’s happened. Flashlights have a habit of getting turned on accidentally when they aren’t in use. They get stuffed in a pack and the switch gets bumped or the switch might just decide to act up. The result is usually a flashlight with a dead battery.

There’s a simple way to avoid this problem. All you need to do is insert a piece of plastic, electrical tape or any other type of material that doesn’t conduct electricity between the battery and the switch. All you need to do is remove the battery protector when you need to use the flashlight. You could simply take the batteries out but that could create other problems such as a lost battery.  There’s not much difference between a lost battery and a dead one...neither will do you much good in your flashlight.

Many times new flashlights will come with a battery protector right out of the package.

Got flashlight battery protector?

Staying above the water line!

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