kramer5150
Flashaholic
Curious, is there such thing as a 14500 3Volt lithium primary cell?
3 Volts from 14500 size?
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greenLED
Flashaholic
Yes & no.
Yes, you can get them at Radio Shack (I forget the details but they should be on the batt rack).
No, they're not good for high current drains (ie. the lights we're used to around CPF).
Yes, you can get them at Radio Shack (I forget the details but they should be on the batt rack).
No, they're not good for high current drains (ie. the lights we're used to around CPF).
Wouldn't the battery which is called (i believe) 2CV (???)
be what he's looking for ?
You know, it's got two Lithium AA-size primary cells inside.
And each cell is 3 volts.
They're made for cameras, and do indeed handle high currents.
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be what he's looking for ?
You know, it's got two Lithium AA-size primary cells inside.
And each cell is 3 volts.
They're made for cameras, and do indeed handle high currents.
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Fallingwater
Flashlight Enthusiast
You sure they don't just have a couple of standard 1.5-1.7V primary lithium AAs in series?
Fallingwater
Flashlight Enthusiast
Weird though... why go to all the trouble of producing custom 3V primary AAs when you can just use existing lithium technology in series?
I think only energizer uses 1.5v lithiums because they have the patent on them while the others have to use 3v ones.
before lithium AAs were more mainstream people would buy the CRV3 energizers and harvest the cells from them for cheaper.
I recently bought two two packs of walgreens CRV3 batteries (rebranded energizers) for $4 a pack and they had 1.5v lithiums with nipples in them all... black wrappers though. $1 for lithiums is a good thing.
before lithium AAs were more mainstream people would buy the CRV3 energizers and harvest the cells from them for cheaper.
I recently bought two two packs of walgreens CRV3 batteries (rebranded energizers) for $4 a pack and they had 1.5v lithiums with nipples in them all... black wrappers though. $1 for lithiums is a good thing.
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I was once thinking about using these 3v lithium AAs in a UK 2AA light with a 4AA eled head.... shorter runtime but smaller form factor. I am guessing you could use them in a mag with the AA adapters and have twice the voltage to drive a brighter bulb till you ran out of cheap 3V AAs....
