Any problem using Battery Station rechargeable 123's in SF L2?

I just found Battery Station, and I'm considering buying their rechargeable 123's, but i'm a little concerned about the voltage. Their 123's are rated at 3.6V and can be as high as 4.2V right off the charger. Would 8V be too much for my L2's Luxeon to handle(as opposed to 6V)?

Hi Aviator,

rechargeable RCR123 don´t work with the L2. Lighthound has a info side about rechargeable batterys and with which light to use.

http://www.lighthound.com/info/rechargeable_lithium_battery_info.htm


Ben

benagesch said:

Hi Aviator,

rechargeable RCR123 don´t work with the L2. Lighthound has a info side about rechargeable batterys and with which light to use.

http://www.lighthound.com/info/rechargeable_lithium_battery_info.htm


Ben

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Nice, thanks!

Aviator,

You may want to check this out :


http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=103009

AW said:

Aviator,

You may want to check this out :


http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=103009

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Thanks! I dont understand though....it says the 14670 is a 3.7V battery, and that you only need 1 to power the L2. That doesn't make any sense, because the L2 is designed to run on 2 3V 123's in series, right? Which means it's designed for 6V. So how can it possibly run on almost half the voltage, and put out anywhere near the same amount of lumens??

i got my L2 to fire up with an MP unprotected li-ion and a 123 battery spacer from lighthound

Aviator said:

I just found Battery Station, and I'm considering buying their rechargeable 123's, but i'm a little concerned about the voltage. Their 123's are rated at 3.6V and can be as high as 4.2V right off the charger. Would 8V be too much for my L2's Luxeon to handle(as opposed to 6V)?

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Hi Aviator,

I have been using RCR123 batteries from batteryspace.com that are rated at 3.0 volts, and have not had a problem with them in my Streamlight 2L 3W luxeon light or my 7 w Golston. Originally I tried their 3.6 volt rechargeables in my Streamlight 1L Twin Task and blew out the Xenon bulb, and switched to the 3.0 volt RCR123 batteries with "NO PROBLEMS". Make sure you get the 3.0 volt RCR123 batteries.
Specs. 3.6 volt RCR123 batteries measure 4.10 volts charged
3.0 volt RCR123 batteries measure 3.94 volts charged