That's strange I wasn't aware of any that didn't
That's strange I wasn't aware of any that didn't
I wish more bulbs had the voltage and wattage listed so I could find out how many amps they draw.
Most PR based bulbs which are designed to run off of "C" or "D" alkaline cells, have current draw of 0.7~ 0.9Amp.I haven't been able to find wattage ratings on the PR base bulbs. I have seen them on all the bi-pin bulbs though.
Here are only some 6V ~ 7.2V bulbs to power up with pair of 26650
Osram 64275 - 35W
Philips 5761 - 6V, 30W (or other brand)
ROP 3854H - 6V, 24W
ROP 3853H - 7.2V, 24W
WA1111 - 6V, 20W (or other brand)
WA1274 - 7.2V, 20W
Generic 6V, 15W
Carley 1499 7.2V, 14W
ROP- 3854L - 6V, 11W
ROP- 3853L -7.2V, 11W
Osram 64265 - 6V, 10W (or other brand)
6V, 5W or lower (many different brands)
With little search, you can find many bulbs from above list plus those which are not listed.How many of these are still readily available.
How about a 7C in a smaller package?
Maybe Mr. Tony ought to use these combinations (if y'all don't mind) and come out with a line of flashlights for the incandescent flashaholic since practically everyone else has gone led-even surefire. Most people will use their phones or go pay a buck or two, but we're the ones that will go $10+. If maglite is going to survive they need to cater to their buying base--us.
Edit: Hope that wasn't off topic any. I just had an ideal and wrote it down. I figure we'd all feel good about companies that will meet our needs/wants and since maglite inc. is aware of candlepowerforums they just might read this as part of their research into who is buying their product and what they want.
The LED ML 25 sold well at first. My first one was shortly after they came out. S/N was 10k plus. About a year later I bought one as a gift and the S/N was over a million. Sales flattened at some point though.
When I bought my first IT version(s) S/N's were 019, 037 and 119. Two years later the S/N on one I bought was just over 12k. So that told me the incan version was a flop. Not surprising. Now if Tony did a 3x123 version with a 6 cell bulb that might do a lot better. Yet he prefers to avoid lithium batteries largely. I'm supposing that too is due to the California system where a kid riding a bike at night with reflectors on it was hit by a car and his family won in court agaisnt Huffy. That's why bicycles have stickers that say "always wear a helmet, do not ride at night", why a bottle of shampoo has "not for human consumption" and many sodas say "contents under pressure, do not aim at eyes when opening". Yet alkaline cells used wrong can also have a thermal runaway issue too. I had to toss a light with alkalines in it one day when my pocket got really hot. Nothing like a lithium does but did when it hit the pavement and the plastic tail cap melted. Hence why the warning "never mix batteries".
Anyway, light bulbs are still plentiful and CPF members know how to get a 20 lumen flashlight to safely toss out 100 lumens or more. And the Maglite reflector causes it to look even brighter than that.