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Coleman 2x4w 6D lantern on sale $10 at Sports Authority.
I just picked up one of the Coleman florescent lanterns for $10. I was shopping for shoes and it jumped into the cart…
I see it uses 6x D cells. I am planning to convert it to use 2 carriers of 6AA in it instead. IE 2 sets of 6 in parallel to run it. Since it wants 6 Ds there is plenty of room. I probably could get 3 sets of 6AA, but 12 AA should work for say ½ - 1/3 the run time. But the fact that I would be using plentiful rechargeable AA cells, this should work out ok.
Any one done this already?
I tested it out to see if it would just work on 6 AAs, and it works out just fine. But have not yet done runtime testing.
I just picked up one of the Coleman florescent lanterns for $10. I was shopping for shoes and it jumped into the cart…
I see it uses 6x D cells. I am planning to convert it to use 2 carriers of 6AA in it instead. IE 2 sets of 6 in parallel to run it. Since it wants 6 Ds there is plenty of room. I probably could get 3 sets of 6AA, but 12 AA should work for say ½ - 1/3 the run time. But the fact that I would be using plentiful rechargeable AA cells, this should work out ok.
Any one done this already?
I tested it out to see if it would just work on 6 AAs, and it works out just fine. But have not yet done runtime testing.
