Geoffrey
Newly Enlightened
I've recently moved to CR123a, RCR123a, and 18650 batteries for all my flashlights, headlamps, and lanterns.
My kids have all taken an interest in lights too and want their own lights.
I currently use my Panasonic CR123a cells until they've dropped down to 2.9V or so then let my oldest son finish draining them in a single cell Solarforce L2M with 0.8v-4.2v dropin. What I'd like to do is set each kid up with a low(er) output and draw single cell CR123a light that can safely finish draining my partially used CR123a cells.
I won't have two cell lights since we can cause problems when the cells are imbalanced.
What I'm not sure of is how safe it is to run these cells in vampire lights that will fully deplete them?
I do have a lot of Eneloop AA and AAA cells too but would prefer to run CR123a lights for all of us if it's safe to do so.
What are are your thoughts?
My kids have all taken an interest in lights too and want their own lights.
I currently use my Panasonic CR123a cells until they've dropped down to 2.9V or so then let my oldest son finish draining them in a single cell Solarforce L2M with 0.8v-4.2v dropin. What I'd like to do is set each kid up with a low(er) output and draw single cell CR123a light that can safely finish draining my partially used CR123a cells.
I won't have two cell lights since we can cause problems when the cells are imbalanced.
What I'm not sure of is how safe it is to run these cells in vampire lights that will fully deplete them?
I do have a lot of Eneloop AA and AAA cells too but would prefer to run CR123a lights for all of us if it's safe to do so.
What are are your thoughts?