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  1. Pellidon

    18650 Harvest from Battery Pack

    A few years ago, we had a laptop at work that the battery pack would super hot. Fearing it would flame out, I removed the cells. Charged them and found them to be just fine. The charging circuit was going bad and could have been catastrophic if it had finally overcharged them. I don't use them...
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    effects of using 1.2v NiMH and 1.5v Alkaline in series?

    Don't mix types or even brands. I had an old Brinkmann plastic 5mm LED (yes back in the dark ages) on my night stand with a Ray-O-Vac Alkaline and a Duracell. One night I heard a pop, not terribly loud. The tailcap of the torch was blown off the body and the wrapper on the ray-O-Vac was half off...
  3. Pellidon

    Which 18650?

    I have this light and a similar one that came with four button top protected batteries. It gets bright but with that many LED's it should. I don't think the cells supply much current individually since all four are in parallel to handle the juice. Like Ven said any button top protected is good...
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    Can someone help identify this battery size

    http://www.batteryspace.com/NiMH-Rechargeable-Cell-2/3A-1600-mAh-NiMH-Battery-1PC---RoHS-Compliant.aspx Measure your individual cells to this. Or can you fit a single 18650 or 17650 cell in the light with a spacer to take up the rest of the space? The original charger can't be used but the...
  5. Pellidon

    For Australians - **** Smith closing down sale

    They had either a franchise deal or tried having shops here in the US 30 some years ago. I thought they folded up then. It must have just been the US experiment. I spent a lot of money there.
  6. Pellidon

    DMM for batteries as well as mains use.

    I picked up a Fluke 116 at a pawn shop recently. The local automotive tech school puts their logo on them to sell to students. It has temperature, frequency and the other standard features. It's smaller than my old 73 so it gets more use.
  7. Pellidon

    Using Li-ion cells in LED flashlights safely

    Re: Li-ion EDC - is it too risky? I carried a Nuwaii Q3 for years with a no-name protected cell. My charger was one of the old ones that charged the 123 size sideways compared to the 18650's it could charge. I would still have it if someone had not stolen it out of my car. I finally switched to...
  8. Pellidon

    I keep hearing on CPF how horrible alkaline batteries are

    Re: I keep hearing on CPF Just a few cells.....:D
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    I keep hearing on CPF how horrible alkaline batteries are

    Re: I keep hearing on CPF Until the past 3-4 years I had not had much trouble with Alkalines. Just a Mag Light that was out in the car and froze. That's not good for any battery. But recently, I have had several failures of AA batteries. One popped with a loud snap as the outgassing ruptured...
  10. Pellidon

    NP-50 Batteries

    I'd pay the money to get the Fuji branded battery. I had a near mishap with an off brand battery in a Sony Play Station Portable game console. I am a little leery of off brand batteries at the moment. The cell in that thread was in a tightly glued containment box that the expansion gasses...
  11. Pellidon

    Battery leakage

    Remove the switch module and dunk the tube in lemon juice or vinegar to neutralize the alkaline goo. Scrape out any crystalline crusty stuff in the tube, if any. I sprayed mine with krylon just to seal the sediment left behind. That bit isn't necessary.
  12. Pellidon

    Strange Ebay Battery Charger?

    I missed that on the first sweep of DX. That looks like a good thing to toss in my computer bag for when I travel.
  13. Pellidon

    Strange Ebay Battery Charger?

    I saw this light on Ebay but the Charger's write up has me confused. I am ready to call BS on this. Something this small can have the brains to do either? Saw no switch. I'm guessing it is a standard trickle charger and not a dual chemistry one. Searched the forum and looked at all DX's...
  14. Pellidon

    Leaking Alkalines?

    My oldest 2D mag had battery failure twice. Several other lights have had batteries leak. Mostly Energizers and off brands. I did ruin a cheap plastic brinkmann when I put two different brands in it. It didn't last very long. The warning of not mixing brands I thought was a myth. No clear...
  15. Pellidon

    Cheapo Walmart Rayvac AA nimh

    If they don't publish a capacity on the cell like the ones I saw they are low, under 2000 for sure. I think they are 1700's from what I researched a few months ago.
  16. Pellidon

    How do you get a stuck battery out of a mini-mag?

    Re: mini maglite 2AA led problem I have had several failures in different lights with the Energizer batteries. Not too often with duracells. Unless I leave the batteries out in the cold in a light. Some of the off brands (Radio Shack, etc) leak if you look at them crosseyed. This is only with...
  17. Pellidon

    I HATE DURRACELL!!

    I have had troubles with AA Energizers leaking and D Duracells. Most of the Energizers were purchased in the same time frame of a few months. The copper tops were many years ago and the second set was probably from not cleaning the Mag Lite properly after the first failure. Both copper top...
  18. Pellidon

    Energizer 15 minute charger soft charge modification unsuccessful

    I removed some of the slats around the fan to allow more flow too. That plus proping it up or on it's side helps quite a bit.
  19. Pellidon

    How long do NiMH cells last?

    It could be the batteries and the charger setup but.... Also check the website for your camera to see if there has been a firmware update. Some brands have bugs in the software that will report a bad battery condition when the cells are still good. I had a very early HP unit that would take...
  20. Pellidon

    Rechargeables in Surefires

    You can use rechargeables in standard Incandescent lights if you use lamp assemblies from Lumens Factory or Ultrafire Lamps. They have lamps for the output of one or multiple cell rechargeable lights. Ultralast and Ultrafire make 3.0 volt limited cells that use an internal circuit to regulate...

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