bad battery in new red dot?

[mayes]

I bought a Nikon P-Spur in Dec and just mounted it on rifle last week.Everything seemed ok. I was thinking of sighting in tomorrow so I took gun out of cabinet and wanted to make sure I was happy with position of sight and it doesn't work

 

[Foxer2373]

Good chance you accidentally left it on and it drained the battery.

 

[7ECA]

Easy enough to test, plug in a fresh battery and see what happens.

Normally, I'd suggest testing new items closer to the purchase date - just in case you do end up with a defective item.

 

[kc34]

If your red dot doesn't have an auto-off feature then the battery is likely dead.
Pop a new one in and you will know right away if that is the problem.

 

[terBC]

Does it have a night vision compatible mode? Wonder if it's set to that and the dot isn't visible?

 

[mayes]

I turned it off and it will also auto shut off after 12hrs

 

[mayes]

night vision mode is the first 2 settings and is supposed to return to previous setting when turned on again

 

[kamlooky]

Is there a plastic sleeve installed between the battery and contact points?

 

[stevebc]

I turned it off and it will also auto shut off after 12hrs

12 HOURS?

That seems excessively long. I have a Holosun 406c that will "shake awake", and it shuts off after 10 minutes with no movement.

 

[douginont]

Amazon, half the price of Chinadian Tire.

 

[madcow]

Put a meter in it, it’s a cr2032, so it should be 3v

Should real 3.1v or better if good, under that it’s pretty much bad

 

[marshall]

Take the battery out and put back in, may be poor contact, check the battery voltage.

 

[Foxer2373]

Take the battery out and put back in, may be poor contact, check the battery voltage.

This guy must be in I.T. Turn it off pull the battery wait 5 seconds put battery back it and voila it works for some magic reason LOL seriously though no clue why this works with things.

 

[OkayShooter]

Connectors could have pushed in, so not making contact. Happened with a new RDS I bought. 15rds and it shut off, I assumed it was the battery. Nope. The connectors didn't spring out enough to make positive contact.

But my Shield has no shut down mode, It's on 24/7. Just dims a bit, when not in use. But also has a run time for like 12 months on the battery.

 

[mayes]

I bought a new battery and seems to work. I read through the manual and in small print it said supplied battery was for operation check.So Nikon basically doesn't supply a proper battery

 

[mayes]

Checked sight today and doesn't work so it wasn't battery. I contacted Nikon and hopefully get a reply back this week