Review of new 3volt rechargeable's from JonSidneyB

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Review of new 3volt rechargeable\'s from JonSidneyB

First these cells are a bit wider than a regular 123 as one got stuck in my Surefire L1 and was a tight fit in my A2. The bottom or negative side seems to have more tape or whatever it is they use to wrap them in. I needed to use some foil to get them to work in an old style twisty Arc LS. I first did a runtime test in the A2 but could not get any light out of it? Not sure what the problem is there? Next I did a runtime test in an Arc LS with a good binned LS III the Arc is using it's stock circuitry. The light just shut off after 40 minutes constant on. I think this was some kind of internal protection as the light and battery where very warm. I am not sure though as it has been over ten minutes and I am still not getting anything out of the battery. I am doing another test with the second battery right now in a FF with a BB500 I will report back shortly with the results.
 
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The BB500 ran for 35 minutes and then did the same as the Arc it just shut off. Once it shuts down there is no voltage at all. I am going to recharge them both and try and get them to work in the A2.
 
Re: Review of new 3volt rechargeable\'s from JonSidneyB

I got 26 minutes in my LSH and 30 in my KL4 w/ VG twisty 1 cell I was holding the lights and the ARC was much hotter than the KL4. Take forever to recharge these puppies.
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Re: Review of new 3volt rechargeable\'s from JonSidneyB

I get about 2 1/2 hours on this Arc LS with a Surefire battery.
 
Re: Review of new 3volt rechargeable\'s from JonSidneyB

I cannot seem to get them to work at all in my A2? So I did a test in a KL1 mod it is a good bin LS HD at 667ma using an E2e body. It only ran for 35 minutes, which seems odd as I got better runtimes on only one cell. Granted the runtimes on one cell where not driven as hard but one was a 500ma.
 
Re: Review of new 3volt rechargeable\'s from JonSidneyB

This information has been seen by the maker of these cells. They tell me that they are going to try and make them better suited to our needs. I hope that they can pull it off.
 
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