Bullzeyebill said:If the XO has a buck/boost circuit, and I don't know if it does, two RCR123's would work. If they did, best runtime would be with unprotected RCR123's. To test, at risk of frying driving board or led, measure current at tailcap, if possible. If current is lower than running two CR123's, then it at least has a good buck circuit.
Bill
The LiIon *3.0V* 123's that are sold as 'direct replacements' work fine - just a little fiddly with the on/off (i.e. has to be carefully adjusted to 'just nearly on' for the button to work.)chevrofreak said:Being a buck circuit doesn't mean it can automatically handle that much voltage. Several people fried older Inovas because they fed them too much voltage.
I think some of the regulated RCR123's that AW sells will fit if you remove the label.
dmz said:What rechargeable CR123 batteries will work in the new Inova XO? Does the seller AW have a rechargeable solution?
aceo07 said:I tried RCR123s before in the old XO and it was be fine for about 10 seconds.. This was with your normal RCR123 batteries, not sure what the new ones will do..
Brighteyez said:What is a "normal RCR123" battery?
If you use 2 3.7V batteries in it, the circuit may not be able to support that level of voltage for a sustained period and thus your "10 seconds"