nitrous4me
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who makes a good reliable rechargeable battery for my light that wont cause problems?
rechargeable batteries for a e2d w/ kl4 head
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Illum
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AW protect cells are among the best and most recommended cells on the forum, they can be bought through user AW in the marketplace or from www.lighthound.com
If your E series surefire can accept 17670s, I'd go with that over 2x RCR123As:thumbsup:
E series bodies often has a "bottleneck" effect: inside diameter decreases from the bezel to the region near the tailcap, as a result 17670s often get stuck about 3/4 in. Only solution I can think of it taking the body to someone who can bore out the body to take 17670s. Although I've heard 17500s + spacer sometimes works also...be sure to include a spacer about 15-20mm in length and insulate the sides [buy some small rare earth magnets, stack them and wrap with electrical tape].
The third option is using a 14670 with some short of a spacer to keep the cell from rattling, but runtime will be significantly shorter:candle:
Since the KL4 consists of a boost circuit, using two lithiums in series [such as the method of 2xRCR123A] may be more detrimental than beneficial depending on the input voltage of your LuxV. The value varies between every single KL4 made, the KL4 goes into direct drive mode when cell voltage goes above 6V, 2xRCR123A freshly charged will give out 8.4V and can burn out a luxV despite a few reports of success from the forum.:candle:
Surefire cr123As are around 1300mah
make a run using your KL4 until the cell dies, then use the time to estimate your KL4s current consumption.
AW protected cells
17670 [168S / 600S] : 1600mah
17500 [150S / 300S] : 1100mah
14760 : 1100mah
16340 [RCR123A] : 750mah
you'll get many recommendations for cell chargers , I use the DSD charger sold on lighthound, there were some reports of AC adapters having premature failures but mine still works for about a year now.:wave:
charge current: 350ma
for more information of AW cells
http://www.cpfreviews.com/AW-Batteries-Chargers.php
hope this helps, cheers! :wave:
If your E series surefire can accept 17670s, I'd go with that over 2x RCR123As:thumbsup:
E series bodies often has a "bottleneck" effect: inside diameter decreases from the bezel to the region near the tailcap, as a result 17670s often get stuck about 3/4 in. Only solution I can think of it taking the body to someone who can bore out the body to take 17670s. Although I've heard 17500s + spacer sometimes works also...be sure to include a spacer about 15-20mm in length and insulate the sides [buy some small rare earth magnets, stack them and wrap with electrical tape].
The third option is using a 14670 with some short of a spacer to keep the cell from rattling, but runtime will be significantly shorter:candle:
Since the KL4 consists of a boost circuit, using two lithiums in series [such as the method of 2xRCR123A] may be more detrimental than beneficial depending on the input voltage of your LuxV. The value varies between every single KL4 made, the KL4 goes into direct drive mode when cell voltage goes above 6V, 2xRCR123A freshly charged will give out 8.4V and can burn out a luxV despite a few reports of success from the forum.:candle:
Surefire cr123As are around 1300mah
make a run using your KL4 until the cell dies, then use the time to estimate your KL4s current consumption.
AW protected cells
17670 [168S / 600S] : 1600mah
17500 [150S / 300S] : 1100mah
14760 : 1100mah
16340 [RCR123A] : 750mah
you'll get many recommendations for cell chargers , I use the DSD charger sold on lighthound, there were some reports of AC adapters having premature failures but mine still works for about a year now.:wave:
charge current: 350ma
for more information of AW cells
http://www.cpfreviews.com/AW-Batteries-Chargers.php
hope this helps, cheers! :wave:
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nitrous4me
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so you think if i go with the 17500:1300mah ill be ok? on the lighthound site it said for any surefire leds to not use rechargeables ...so am i just better off buying surefire brand batteries and not messing w/ recharges at all? i jsut dont wanna blow this kl4 head
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well, the surefire warranty voids with the use of ANY rechargeables, but the KL4 eats primaries like no body's business. Personally I can't afford to feed it using primaries. as long as the total cell voltage does not exceed 6V the light is basically seeing what it believes as a pair of half discharged cr123As
my E series bodies all accept 17670s, so I've never been in contact with 17500s and I can't tell you what the performance will be like.
I just know that someone here tried it and worked:candle:
my E series bodies all accept 17670s, so I've never been in contact with 17500s and I can't tell you what the performance will be like.
I just know that someone here tried it and worked:candle:
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