Batteries, what else??

[sniper]

I put three new Radio Shack batteries in my new Streamlight TT3C, and got a fairly weak, but passable output, and a really yellow tint to the incan.; About what my Mag 3D looks like after much use.

The light and batteries have had very little use, but I changed the batteries and bulb anyhow, and it is now slightly brighter and shows less yellow tint.

Do you think I get better results with Duracells, which is what Streamlight recommends? Thanks

 

[Paul_in_Maryland]

The problem with alkalines is that they get dimmer by the minute. Why, oh why, won't someone make 1.7V lithium C cells?

Meantime, I wonder whether you'd get whiter light with 1.7V AA lithium cells mounted in cheap AA-to-C adapters. At the very least, you'd get a MUCH flatter discharge curve. I blew the lamp of a Streamlight 4AA xenon in 10 minutes by running it with lithiums, but that was a light designed for AA cells. Used in a C light, maybe the 1.7V AAs would drop to a safe 1.5V.