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    NiMH batteries not charging properly

    Would charge rate have a factor in individual cell longevity (i.e. C/10 versus C/2 or 1C) or is it more of a manufacturing element? I do know that all batteries degrade, slowly, the moment they're assembled. It doesn't help that a lot of charging for mobile devices and laptops these days don't...
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    NiMH batteries not charging properly

    Posting this on behalf of someone I know. Personally, I've heard about individual cells acting up in a pack, which is at least one reason why laptop batteries have varying degrees of lifetime (besides manufacturing reasons, use, abuse, et cetera). Nowadays they don't use NiMH batteries in...
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    Sekonic Mod. 246 Light Meter

    Any more comments?
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    LED weaponlight review Surefire X300 vs Streamlight TLR-1s

    I use a TLR-1 on a front site mount on an AR. The mount is made by Midwest Industries. Works great. Unobtrusive, stays out of the way, doesn't upset the balance too much, and doesn't look like it doesn't belong there. As I'm right handed, I just use my thumb on the switch, on the momentary...
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    Sekonic Mod. 246 Light Meter

    Righto There is a X10 widget that is secured in the back of the unit. If I put that in and separate the flashlight source and the meter by 1 meter, I would get readings in lux then? Also there is a greenish filter that was included in the box. The white filter screws off (turns like 45...
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    Sekonic Mod. 246 Light Meter

    Hi there, I acquired this bit of kit two years ago, and it's sat around doing nothing. (Have the case & everything, except the manual. Mint.) 1980's style Made in Japan. It's a light meter that measures in foot-candles. What do I do with it? What is it good for? Does it have any relevance...
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    Are these real Duracell cells?

    The Seller goes under the name of the Hillflower Store. Apparently they're out of California. Too bad I didn't live nearby otherwise I would have dropped by to check out their joint.
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    Are these real Duracell cells?

    They just issued me a refund. They said in a parting note, that "Our item is genuine from Duracell company." mmmkay well I'm not in the mood for arguing all day. They now know that they are expired, if they didn't before.
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    Are these real Duracell cells?

    Wow expired. I thought they were just production codes, sometimes they have those over date codes. Dunno. Actually if you look at some of them, they are a bit...well, shoddy on the marking process. I was led to think they were fakes. Considering that one of them has a bad ejection port on the...
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    Are these real Duracell cells?

    I ordered a box of 12 Surefire 123a cells off a seller in the Amazon marketplace. Instead I got back some thing else. I'm in the process of dealing with the seller. The first photo shows the box they came in. I was a little enthusiastic, as you can tell. :huh: The second photo (to the...
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    Tailcap switches?

    At the risk of a slightly undesirable gravedig over making a new forum thread, here is a photo of my Carribbean as it was three years ago. It hasn't been a major issue, as was the first one I got (had sloppy threads on the light, resulting in poor electrical contact and mediocre head tolerance)...
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    Muliti-Channel, long range, walkie-talkie 2-way radio suggestions wanted

    Anything involving cities usually benefits more from UHF radios rather than VHF although VHF can work fine and still does to this day, in my area it's more of Fire freqs. Public Safety (Police) and Medical units generally use UHF somewhere in the 460MHz range. VHF does do better versus foilage...
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    1.5v LED Fuse Bulb?

    I'll garnar that the "old" lightbulb can probably be replaced with a 5mm white LED. 5mm white LEDs have a typical forward voltage around 3.4v-ish, depending on a lot of things. At that point they are fairly bright although they can top out around 3.6V. You can get something like this which...
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    A few questions from someone who doesn't know much about all this.

    If you get that exact product, and it has the "AC System" (whatever that means), then that probably means it just has a cheap low-grade transformer with a rectifier to convert it to DC. What you can do with find out what the DC input voltage into the LED strip is and figure how much amps it...
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    Getting in touch with PEAK

    Sad to hear the same condition or illness is continuing. Peak, thank you for motivating myself to buy a Quark 123 series light. Should be better, much better.
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