1/3 Nimh AA cells to use in place of cr123a's

stykeeryce · Oct 18, 2003

1/3 Nimh AA cells to use in place of cr123a\'s

in my search for cells to replace the expensive lithium 123s i found this site

http://www.batteriesamerica.com/newpage3.htm

shipping isnt too bad and it comes out to 12 dollars for 2 batteries, each rated at 350 mah, any opinions on this?

Streak · Oct 18, 2003

Re: 1/3 Nimh AA cells to use in place of cr123a\'s

I couldn't get these here but did manage to get 1/3A NiCd cells at a lowly 250mAh. I have charged them up and so far they work great in my ARC LSS.

B@rt · Oct 18, 2003

Re: 1/3 Nimh AA cells to use in place of cr123a\'s

Whistler uses 1/5 A ceels with a capacity of 400 mAh. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Recharcheable 123's

PaulW · Oct 18, 2003

Re: 1/3 Nimh AA cells to use in place of cr123a\'s

stykeeryce,

It seems that NiMHs of this size have about 1/3 the capacity of the lithium 123s. Wouldn't that would cut the run time of an Arc LS from about 2 hours to about 40 minutes? Of course, if you're willing to top them off frequently that should be no problem.

Paul

Ferrous · Oct 18, 2003

Re: 1/3 Nimh AA cells to use in place of cr123a\'s

Vetco in Renton had some AA sized 3.6V (NiCd 100mAh)batteries for a buck each a couple months ago. If there's someone in the Bellevue/Issaquah area it may be worth looking into.

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