MN20 Powered by 2x AW 18500's?

[Lightedge]

Can 2 AW 18500's drive the MN20 OK? Will I get pretty much full output? What would the runtime be?

Thanks.

 

[fivemega]

Can 2 AW 18500's drive the MN20 OK? Will I get pretty much full output? What would the runtime be?

Thanks.

MN20 is 2.5A bulb using 2 li-ion and AW's new protected 18500 will provide more than 3.5A with single click.
You will get good output for about 30 minutes per charge.

 

[mdocod]

it will work fine... Though an MN16 would actually be brighter/whiter in this configuration, but the MN20 will last longer. (on average).

 

[stockae92]

because the MN16 is slightly overdriven in this configuration (7.4V)?

i tried MN20 with 2 x DX protected 18650 last night and it fires up w/ one click

 

[mdocod]

yea, the MN16 gets a more hefty overdrive on li-ion than the MN20 does. The MN16 is really more like a [email protected]@3275K@30-hour lamp, while the MN20 is something closer to a [email protected]@3275K@30-hour lamp. So the MN20 operates very close to it's *design* voltage on li-ion cells, while the MN16 gains about 50% output from the overdrive on li-ion cells. not to mention, being boosted to around 3375-3400K region, and around 2.7amps.