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Forgive my ignorance and inexperience, but how are purchases made for AW's batteries? I can't really make sense of postings for him on CPF. Can anyone give me a little guidance and step by step to order 17500's and the appropriate charger? How many will I need and can they be used in my 6P?-spece
Best bet as mentioned already is to order from lighthound.com if you want simplicity. If you want to save a few bucks you should read his sales thread in the dealer corner of the marketplace, the first post in his batteries sales thread includes pay-pal instructions and all the cell types he sells with prices, you have to decide what you want, add up the cost of what you are ordering plus shipping and send it to him, leave order information in the paypal notes, but also provide order details in the thread so he has a double and a timeline. You have no use for 17500 cells in a stock 6P, please read the compatibility chart and li-ion>incan guide to learn more about these cells before "diving" in. (click the link in my signature)... But I will tell you now if you intend to maintain the stock size, you will be either running a 2xRCR123 configuration or a 1x17670 configuration.
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I use the EO-9 in my Pila GL3, which is pretty much set up to use this bulb. The Pila 300P cells (17500) work perfect, and it gives 30-40 minutes of runtime (in 5-10 minute intervals). I don't think you can use 300P's in SF 9Ps though, or the 300S variant for that matter (voltage is too low).-dudemar
300P=18500=LRB-150A ~1500mAH
300S=17500=LRB-150B ~1100mAH
600P=18650=LRB-168A ~2200mAH
600S=17670=LRB-168B ~1600mAH
This is the conversion chart for Pila and Wolf-Eyes designations into standardized cell sizes...
When dealing with lithium cobalt oxide cells, (which all the Pila Cells ARE), they are all the same voltage, not sure where you are getting this information about the voltage being too low. Cell size has nothing to do with voltage.
In this case a 17500 (or 300S) can in fact run an EO-9. It is pushing the limits but it can do it with reasonable safety.
Also, the EO-9 is claimed to be 380 bulb lumens, but in "SF terms" it's more likely 247 torch lumens. Not trying to rain on your parade, just thought this information would be useful to you. Output is still mind-blowing for a 3 cell light.-dudemar
Actually that is also misleading, SF doesn't give torch lumens either, they give a de-rated minimum worse case scenario lumen rating. To convert the EO-9 to SF terms, it's somewhere between 175 and 225 lumens depending on how you drive the lamp, the range may be wider than that if you compare everything from driving it on CR123s up to 18650s.
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Using 2 protected 17500's do you need to double click with the EO9.
I have that la in a G2 + AN14 + UCL lens + battery spacer cut down & primarys. I would like to go 17500 but figured I would need to double click.-hog
If you buy cheap cells, from some no-name place with a bad reputation, you may very well have to double click, or very likely, it won't light up the lamp at all. I have some 17500 cells around here from a few years ago with a PCB set to trip at ~1.5A, they won't even light up standard output 1.2A lamps with a single click, let alone anything like an EO-9, I use them in a LuxV flashlight now instead. However, if you buy quality protected cells that have high limits set on their PCBs (purpose built for driving incans), you will not have any problems lighting up an EO-9 on 17500s. Get some AW brand protected cells and you won't have any problems, the PCB on those cells is set somewhere around 4amp from what I can tell.
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