Signalcorpsoperator
Newly Enlightened
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- Feb 18, 2017
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Good evening everybody,
So I've found that I'm recently bit by the Surefire flashlight bug, and am learning there's an entire world out there concerning making these work better and by more economical means, and I must say, it's quite staggering the amount of information out there.
I ran across a few posts online about the 16650 (~3.7V @ ~2500 mAh) batteries, and it seems that they can be used as a direct sub (for the most part) for many of the Surefire lights that use a pair of the little 123 Lithium batteries. Most of the Surefires I've seen use this power source, so that could be a useful power source for just about any of them really.
What are your thoughts on this? It seems that a fully-charged 16650 would be pushing a little over 4 volts, it might be me, but doesn't that seem a little low for a light originally spec'd to run off of ~6 VDC?
I've one of the incandescent 6P lights, and while it's one of my favorites, it's quite the appetite for batteries. If I could run it off of a rechargeable battery, that might make it more practical for daily use. . .plus the lower voltage would mean the lamp assembly would last probably drastically longer?
Any thoughts on this would be most appreciated!
Thanks!!
Tom
So I've found that I'm recently bit by the Surefire flashlight bug, and am learning there's an entire world out there concerning making these work better and by more economical means, and I must say, it's quite staggering the amount of information out there.
I ran across a few posts online about the 16650 (~3.7V @ ~2500 mAh) batteries, and it seems that they can be used as a direct sub (for the most part) for many of the Surefire lights that use a pair of the little 123 Lithium batteries. Most of the Surefires I've seen use this power source, so that could be a useful power source for just about any of them really.
What are your thoughts on this? It seems that a fully-charged 16650 would be pushing a little over 4 volts, it might be me, but doesn't that seem a little low for a light originally spec'd to run off of ~6 VDC?
I've one of the incandescent 6P lights, and while it's one of my favorites, it's quite the appetite for batteries. If I could run it off of a rechargeable battery, that might make it more practical for daily use. . .plus the lower voltage would mean the lamp assembly would last probably drastically longer?
Any thoughts on this would be most appreciated!
Thanks!!
Tom