Battery Life of a 6P

[penTHrox]

Hi,

I recently purchused a 6P and I used it for around 5 mins in total (keeping in mind that I am using the standard equipment P60 and the sf123's) then they died.
I left them overnight and no I didnt leave it on and when I picked it up for work it was dead.
Any ideas? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rant.gif

 

[JohnK]

There are many threads about SF's 123's dying prematurely.

You should get near an hour of light, with diminishing brightness during that time.

 

[chamenos]

if its not a defective P60 then its the batteries. try using non-surefire CR123a batteries to see if it helps.

 

[maverick]

penthrox, did your 6P come in a sealed box? If it wasn't sealed then it's possible someone was playing around with it before you got it thus depleting the batteries.

 

[Double_A]

The normal discharge curve of lithium 123 cells is very flat and should give you approx 60 minutes of good solid light with a very noticable drop off at the end. When you get to this sharp drop you have about 5 minutes of dim light left at this point. That's been my experience.

Contrast that to regular alkalines which have a sharp drop within the first 30 minutes and then a long slow drop after that.

You may have bad 123's

GregR

 

[simbad]

All SF's are coming in a film sealed box, but the batteries, if you check them with a m.meter just opening the box are at 2.9 - 3.0V...