nimh in mag 2AA led

[jabe1]

Will I get diminished output ?

 

[LED-holic]

No, why would you? Nimh is way better than alkaline batteries.

 

[Marduke]

Quite the opposite. Increased output with increased runtime.

 

[jupello]

No, why would you?

I think he refers to the 0.6V smaller voltage in the NIMH setup.
And my personal guess would be that it might give little bigger output for a short time with alkalines. But yeah, NIMH is way better overall..the difference is most likely unnoticeable and NIMH will be brighter after few minutes of use.

 

[gearmonky]

in my experience, these lights do NOT work well on NiMH. i own two, and both of them tend to flicker and randomly go out with NiMH installed.

i think part of the issue may be the design of the contacts in the tailcap - they leave quite a bit to be desired, design-wise. it appears to be conductive enough for alkalines, but using a battery with 20% lower voltage really causes issues. the reason i think this contributes is that when you clean the contacts on the cap, it helps the issue - for a while. in the end though, the light's driver is probably just not designed to cope with the lower voltages (and therefore higher currents) associated with NiMH. just my experience.

oh, another bit of trivia - mag lite says (on the package) not to use anything other than alkalines. this is a fairly common warning, and is usually meant to protect a device from a consumer trying to stick a HIGHER voltage battery in, but in this case maybe the intent of the warning is more restrictive.

this is all unfortunate becuase NiMH are as a rule more power dense and have a lower internal resistance than alkalines... not to mention that they are much less wasteful.

ironically it is the performance of that model light on NiMH that prompted my search for a better AA powered light (a search with ended with a L2D Q5 and D10 in my hands :ironic. needless to say, i dont use them anymore.

 

[TexLite]

Here you go,runtimes with NiMH and Alkaline.
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=132640

-Michael

 

[TORCH_BOY]

Works well in mine

 

[Black Rose]

in my experience, these lights do NOT work well on NiMH. i own two, and both of them tend to flicker and randomly go out with NiMH installed.

The 2AA magLED isn't the greatest light in the world, especially at the price they charge for it.

Mine used to flicker with alkaline or NiMh cells.

 

[outersquare]

in my experience, these lights do NOT work well on NiMH. i own two, and both of them tend to flicker and randomly go out with NiMH installed.

i think part of the issue may be the design of the contacts in the tailcap - they leave quite a bit to be desired, design-wise. it appears to be conductive enough for alkalines, but using a battery with 20% lower voltage really causes issues. the reason i think this contributes is that when you clean the contacts on the cap, it helps the issue - for a while. in the end though, the light's driver is probably just not designed to cope with the lower voltages (and therefore higher currents) associated with NiMH. just my experience.

oh, another bit of trivia - mag lite says (on the package) not to use anything other than alkalines. this is a fairly common warning, and is usually meant to protect a device from a consumer trying to stick a HIGHER voltage battery in, but in this case maybe the intent of the warning is more restrictive.

this is all unfortunate becuase NiMH are as a rule more power dense and have a lower internal resistance than alkalines... not to mention that they are much less wasteful.

ironically it is the performance of that model light on NiMH that prompted my search for a better AA powered light (a search with ended with a L2D Q5 and D10 in my hands :ironic. needless to say, i dont use them anymore.

i had the SAME EXACT problem with mine
when i put alkalines back in, it worked fine
what BS