Spring fell out of my Eotech 512 W/ photo

[OD Green]

I pulled my rifle out of the safe today and when I went to turn on my Eotech 512 it would not work. I popped open the battery compartment and found a spring and rubber piece attached to the positive terminal of one battery. I replaced the batteries along with the pieces that came out of the sight and it's working now. My concern is that the dead batteries I replaced had not been used but for a short time and they were less than six months old.

What advice would you give me in this matter? The sight is too old to be under warranty so I would have to incur the costs to repair it if I sent it back. I probably could glue the rubber back in place or just be sure not to lose this piece when changing batteries. It does not explain why the batteries died prematurely.

Here is what I'm talking about.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c354/czshooter/Shooting/IMG_6176-2_zpsebdcdce1.jpg (http://s31.photobucket.com/user/czshooter/media/Shooting/IMG_6176-2_zpsebdcdce1.jpg.html)

[Vendetta]

I won't pretend to be an expert, but I have known guys that had this same issue and they either had to bite the bullet and have L3 repair it, or one guy who's good with electronics did it himself. Problems like these are the reason that I will never own an EoTech.

The ones I have seen have came from use and being banged around in vehicles. This is the first I've seen of one that's been in a safe and it happened to.

[OD Green]

Thanks for the reply Vendetta. I didn't realize that there was an Eotech subforum so I cross posted this over there to see what they have to say.

[ForTehNguyen]

ask eotech there is an updated part that you replace

http://www.opticsplanet.com/eo-tech-holosight-battery-compartment-repair-kit-pre-2009.html

[Hmac]

Eotech will fix that right up for you, and promptly.

[aguila327]

Yes they will repair it. This is the main problem thst has held EoTech back in the red dot race.

I love their reticle, but the power management and battery life will keep my EoTech on the bench backing up my T-1.

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[foxtrotx1]

EOtech has good customer service, but it's sad that it's needed in the first place. I left the XPS2 series behind because of he known issues with battery drain while being turned "off."

[dwhitehorne]

Seen that happen at least a dozen times at work. Main problem I have is guys trash the batteries and then realized they threw away the gromet that is stuck to the battery. For some reason nobody every digs through the dip cups in the trash to look for the gromet. As said a common problem with eotech that they will take care of, but a hassle none the less. David