Trilight-3 on 123's, but not for long

[JimH]

Trilight-3 on 123\'s, but not for long

Tried my Trilight-3 in a Mag 2C with 3 C123's. It started out very nice and bright, but within 10 minutes was noticably dimmer. After 15 minutes of on/off (mostly on) use, I noticed the handle seemed warm so I checked the batteries. Whoa - too hot to handle.

Does anyone know if 2 Pilas whould handle this load?

 

[TORCH_BOY]

Re: Trilight-3 on 123\'s, but not for long

The internal resistance of the C123's would be noticeable at those high current demands plus the capacity of the cell
is not as great as the C and D cells, I have always been curious about this myself, I am not to sure about Pilas
as I think that it also depends mainly on the amount of internal resistance, great testing