D cell 1.5Volt Lithiums?

[NoMoreDarkness]

Ok many years ago, when I was in the active Army, I bought some lithium D cell batteries for my angle head flashlight. It made the light alot lighter. I am not sure, but I do believe they were made by enrgizer and were quite expensive. I bought them at the PX. I figured I would try them out to see if it would improve the run time on my flashlight. The weight savings was a nice bonus!

However, not to long after that, they vanished and I never saw them for sale again. I never gave it a thought at the time as I was not into flashlights back then as I am now. But today I cannot even find a reference online that they even ever existed! I can find 3.0 volt versions but does anybody recall the 1.5volt version?

 

[alpg88]

never heard of 1,5v lithiums d cells.
i know there are planty of 3, and 3.6v cells, they are expencive, and most aren't made for high amp draws.

 

[lolzertank]

Try 3 L91s in a parallel AA->D holder?

 

[Illum]

Try 3 L91s in a parallel AA->D holder?

sounds like a recipe for 1.7V 9000mah

 

[tabetha]

Crompton, were experimenting years ago with these very batteries, but would not have been labled as crompton, they may have released some for research pruposes ?
tabetha

 

[R@ndom]

sounds like a recipe for 1.7V 6000mah

*9000 mah http://data.energizer.com/PDFs/l91.pdf

 

[NoMoreDarkness]

Thanks all. I like the idea of 3 L91's in an adapter. Expsensive but cool:twothumbs. I still wonder about those batteries though. I guess they did not sell well. They came out roughly the same time the lithiums came out in AA.

 

[JBorneu]

You don't have 1.5 volt lithium D-cells in the US? I think I saw them in a supermarket here in Belgium (Delhaize, for fellow Belgians), made by Energizer. Maybe it's because you guys have the Energizer bunny which consumes all the Lithium D's ...

Edit: Nevermind, they were probably Energizer Ultimate's.