D Lithium rechgeable 3.7v 7500mah-Feeler...

[Morelite]

When the time comes I will probably get 2. I'm trying to line up some Saft VL 34570 cells right now. We'll see which ones I'll get.

I thought the Saft cells where for low drain apps since they have a rather low discharge rate. Am I mistaken or are you looking at something different.

 

[spencer]

The VL 34570 are 5.4Ah and are good for (I don't remember!) >1C. I think these are better though.

 

[DocD]

Hi,
if a well known and respected CPF long term member would like to pick up the USA end of this possable/might be a group buy thing, as it's all about the number's
we need a USA contact this to work?
i will pay or share the cost with the lucky person who sign up to the task, please be aware this is not for profit on my part and do this just because we can :twothumbsso please check the cost as they are posted add possable usa custom taxes and import taxes all of these things change the price and beyond my control as soon as i now a price too, USA min is 25 cell's i'll let you know, if this does not happen i'll post full details of company and contact details for any one too have a go, as it's not fair to hide this info after a honest try to buy.
it's all about the numbers so state an interest only if you a solid yes:twothumbs is in turn will go over to a GROUP BUY THREAD so not to break any rules many and hopefull thanks DocD

 

[DocD]

saft do not sell to single buyers this i know for sure:sigh: as for any one who will sell these cell as a per item cost who knows? saft deal with a min order of 5000 cells just to be intrested if have try many time over 10 years and no luck i think you might be shock at the cost of these cell i know i was but best wishes and luck dealing with saft twice as hard as the past 3 weeks i've had :thumbsup: but i'll buy your cells if you get some for sure

 

[VidPro]

saft do not sell to single buyers this i know for sure:sigh: as for any one who will sell these cell as a per item cost who knows? saft deal with a min order of 5000 cells just to be intrested if have try many time over 10 years and no luck i think you might be shock at the cost of these cell i know i was but best wishes and luck dealing with saft twice as hard as the past 3 weeks i've had :thumbsup: but i'll buy your cells if you get some for sure

i have saft Dcells, through one of thier dealers after having to fill out enough paperwork and explaining my intended purposes. but at the time they werent selling protected cells.
a few years later i saw a pic of a beautifull 6amp protected D cell from saft, here in this forum, but i cant even find it on the saft site now. the ones i have could not be openly re-sold , because they were limited in even physical protection. they are excellent cells.

2005 https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/79839&highlight=SAFT aparentlly 4sevens had his hands on some too.

 

[DocD]

hi was reading that link well done to any one who manged to buy from saft and all the forms
It's a funny thing 2005 li-ion battery $50 dollars or so 2009 still $50 dollars
just a thought cheers DocD

 

[spencer]

Thinking about it a little now, if I have the choice, I will get these cells over the Saft ones. I don't remember if it was mentioned earlier but are these cells protected?

 

[VidPro]

Thinking about it a little now, if I have the choice, I will get these cells over the Saft ones. I don't remember if it was mentioned earlier but are these cells protected?

well that is the thing, i think for most users they would be better off with even the kai or dx cells, unless they can get hold of one that has every aspect of the protection. the ones i have dont., that is why i wanted the new saft one i only saw ONE time.
plus although you can 2c discharge via the specs, that is pretty wild, to be doing that.

on the other hand, more people who could test and check and know things, and be sure of things , should get stuff that others dont know about, so we can expand options and stuff.

i want one or 2 of these cells you have going here. just because of the high capacity, but i wouldnt expect to be drawing more than 3+ amps off it , its all about for HOW LONG, not for HOW MUCH.
the setup plasmaman put them in should be just right.

 

[spencer]

For me, these will be used in a 2D P7 build. I will only need to draw about 1.5A MAX from them. On low I would only need a a couple hundred miliamps. On high thats about a 0.2C discharge rate. With that rate on high I should see the full 7.5Ah capacity.

 

[plasmaman]

Thinking about it a little now, if I have the choice, I will get these cells over the Saft ones. I don't remember if it was mentioned earlier but are these cells protected?

Yes they are protected - here's a pic of the top of the cell, below the button.
I accidentally shorted this cell out oops so decided to strip it down to see what makes it tick.

 

[Raoul_Duke]

Yes they are protected - here's a pic of the top of the cell, below the button.
I accidentally shorted this cell out oops so decided to strip it down to see what makes it tick.

So the cell was shorted, but then the protection was broken?

I would have guessed shorting a cell would just trip the protection circuit.....and that it would require to be reset by giving it a recharge.

Still I'm in for as many as five cells, if I can get some please. ( & in the UK so dont ship mine to the US :thumbsup: )

 

[cnjl3]

I am good for two cells.

 

[DocD]

That's add's up to 11 cell in the usa 2 canada and 12 in the uk (10 more for me) any of the original cpf'ers that show an interest might like to show some more interest :thumbsup:
come on your know you want these :thumbsup: mill spec,7500 mill amps, protected :twothumbs
what more could you ask for cheers DocD

 

[plasmaman]

That's add's up to 11 cell in the usa 2 canada and 12 in the uk (10 more for me) any of the original cpf'ers that show an interest might like to show some more interest :thumbsup:
come on your know you want these :thumbsup: mill spec,7500 mill amps, protected :twothumbs
what more could you ask for cheers DocD

DocD - did you receive the cells I sent you?

 

[PhantomPhoton]

I'm still interested in a couple of these. It'd be nice to get a groupbuy for those of us in the states.

 

[Benson]

That's add's up to 11 cell in the usa 2 canada and 12 in the uk (10 more for me) any of the original cpf'ers that show an interest might like to show some more interest :thumbsup:
come on your know you want these :thumbsup: mill spec,7500 mill amps, protected :twothumbs
what more could you ask for cheers DocD

Just think, 2C is about 50W per cell... 6D Mag, AlanB's driver, and a 64663 for ~25 minute 8000lm with killer stealth. How can you argue with that?

Not sure if you're counting me in yet, or for how many (I said earlier I'd be in for "some"), but you can put me down for at least 2. I'd like 4 or 6, but I'll have to see what my finances look like when it's time to pay for them.

 

[TnC_Products]

You can count me in for a few also! (3 at least)

 

[flex76italy]

Interested as well here in Italy

 

[smflorkey]

That adds up to 11 cells in the usa 2 canada and 12 in the uk (10 more for me) ...

DocD, I just built a spreadsheet in Google that I'll try to share into the thread later today. Starting from the beginning of the thread, my count is

Australia: 3
Canada: 2
Germany: 4
Italy: 3
Singapore: 2
UK: 21
USA: 51
unknown: 34
--------------
total: 120

Only 31 of those commitments are posted in 2009 so we may want confirmation (if not PayPal) before buying the cells.

Thanks for your efforts. I'm looking forward to a 2-D MagLite with some punch. :duck:

EDIT: Google spreadsheet is now published at http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pud_AZvnXLwB3pcZ-IcCWfQ

Shalom,
Steve

 

[DocD]

Hi, smflorkey thanks for that it, would be great if all that showed interest in 2007/8 said yes to a confirmed buy, i'll try PM'ing them to see if they still have interest.
Still need a man in the USA who handle the USA side of things if will get to 50 comfirmed. (min order to the usa is 25 cells)
i think a long term, respected, big name CPF member, any takers
thanks DocD
yes got them bad boys :thumbsup: cheers plasmaman