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Ok, I am going to discuss different options for the Double Barrel 4AA and want some advice also. I could:
1. Stick with stock bulb and battery combo
2. Rewire for 6 volts and run off of that
3. Find a 6AA bulb, rewire for all series, use NiMH's, and run that
4. Run NiMH's as is and use an R30 bulb
5. Run NiMH's (AA's) in series and run a p60 or p61
6. Take out the spacers, use 123's (3) and run a p90 or p91 (and have a spare set of 123's in the other barrel
7. Take out spaces, use 2/3 A NiMH's (1000 mAH or so) and get 7.2 volts (all series, 6 total). This could run a p60 lamp. However, will the voltage drop be enough to not burn out the lamp early? Will the voltage drop be enough with the p61? I am thinking this would over-drive the bulb.
8. Take out spacers, use nimh A's (2700 mAH), run all series (for 4.8 volts) and run a p60 (for nearly 2 and a half hours!) or a p61 (for over an hour!!!)
What I need is your advice as to what I should do. Surefire lamp assemblies are quite expensive as I'm sure you all know. So, with that, I do not want to take the risk of blowing one of them by over-driving it or under-driving it. Do you all know sources of the correct sized bi-pin bulbs that will fit in the 4AA other than the (for me) hard to find WA bulbs, or underwater kinetics bulbs (though the 5.8 watt bulb doesn't seem too bad)?
Well, I need to go practice typing on the dvorak layout, then clean my car out for prom.
Spudgunr
Ok, I am going to discuss different options for the Double Barrel 4AA and want some advice also. I could:
1. Stick with stock bulb and battery combo
2. Rewire for 6 volts and run off of that
3. Find a 6AA bulb, rewire for all series, use NiMH's, and run that
4. Run NiMH's as is and use an R30 bulb
5. Run NiMH's (AA's) in series and run a p60 or p61
6. Take out the spacers, use 123's (3) and run a p90 or p91 (and have a spare set of 123's in the other barrel
7. Take out spaces, use 2/3 A NiMH's (1000 mAH or so) and get 7.2 volts (all series, 6 total). This could run a p60 lamp. However, will the voltage drop be enough to not burn out the lamp early? Will the voltage drop be enough with the p61? I am thinking this would over-drive the bulb.
8. Take out spacers, use nimh A's (2700 mAH), run all series (for 4.8 volts) and run a p60 (for nearly 2 and a half hours!) or a p61 (for over an hour!!!)
What I need is your advice as to what I should do. Surefire lamp assemblies are quite expensive as I'm sure you all know. So, with that, I do not want to take the risk of blowing one of them by over-driving it or under-driving it. Do you all know sources of the correct sized bi-pin bulbs that will fit in the 4AA other than the (for me) hard to find WA bulbs, or underwater kinetics bulbs (though the 5.8 watt bulb doesn't seem too bad)?
Well, I need to go practice typing on the dvorak layout, then clean my car out for prom.
Spudgunr