where can i get aa to d holders

[Barrie]

Hi guys & girls
i have been trawling the web for the holders that take 3 or 4 AAs to make a higher power D size cell i live in the UK but can find nothing over here :(any help and advice on whats worthwhile and where to get it would be appreciated
Barrie

 

[lumafist]

Barrie, right here maybe is what you`r looking for...?

 

[moldyoldy]

Hi guys & girls
i have been trawling the web for the holders that take 3 or 4 AAs to make a higher power D size cell i live in the UK but can find nothing over here :(any help and advice on whats worthwhile and where to get it would be appreciated
Barrie

If you do not mind the possible postal costs, here are a few websites offering battery adapters in common sizes - My preference is listed first as based on my current US address:

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http://www.greenbatteries.com/battery-adapter.html

http://www.starbatteries.com/baad.html?gclid=CKya5rm7pIcCFRI8SAodwkpt5A

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If you read Deutsch, here are a couple European websites:

http://www.swissbatteries.ch/default.asp?optCurrency=EUR=0&langext=0

http://www.amazon.de/dp/B000K6B6ES/

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or conduct a search for "akku adapter" for other European sources. Even Sony makes an adapter. Most adapters start with an AA (Mignon) cell.

 

[Barrie]

Thanks to you both for your replays
lumafist
that is what i am looking for but not at that price and then there is shipping to the UK i have holders that came with 3AAA lights that were only £5= $7-$8 just trying to find a AA equivalent
moldyoldy
those i can already get you putt one AA cell in to give the bigger size the ones i am looking for you put 3 or 4 AA cells in to the one holder to get one D size battery giving 3.6v-4.5v :devil::thumbsup:
thank you Barrie

 

[Benson]

Thanks to you both for your replays
lumafist
that is what i am looking for but not at that price and then there is shipping to the UK i have holders that came with 3AAA lights that were only £5= $7-$8 just trying to find a AA equivalent
moldyoldy
those i can already get you putt one AA cell in to give the bigger size the ones i am looking for you put 3 or 4 AA cells in to the one holder to get one D size battery giving 3.6v-4.5v :devil::thumbsup:
thank you Barrie

I think kaidomain carries some adapters like you're looking for, but you'll only get similar build quality and internal resistance to those cheap-light 3xAAA holders. Not that they won't work, but it makes them useless for high-current applications, which is the only thing NiMH AAs do better than normal (LiCo) Li-ions. Using the NiMH's high discharge rates requires either more expensive holders, or carefully modifying the cheap ones.

You consider D (or similar sized) Li-ions? Even 25500s (C-size) will have the same voltage, and more capacity than 3 NiMH AA cells. (4xAA holders do exist, and beat a 25500, but tend not to fit in most D-cell lights without quadboring, and a Li-ion D still has more energy.) While LiFePO4 or LiMn cells do have size/availability issues, I feel they make even make even the high-current benefit questionable enough I'll probably never build a high-count NiMH AA light.

 

[Barrie]

it is to upgrade a 2D MAGLIGHT with a terralux 600lm drop in i think one of our friend from OZ has one on the go just thought it was worth a go as it will be less than half the cost of a fenix TK40 at the price they are on offer for in the UK at this time

 

[Pummy]

barrie:
what did you decide in the end as I am looking at some and not found many around when I was searching.