L4 body with 17670's

marxs · Sep 3, 2006

sorry i couldnt find the thread showing the old and new gen of L4 bodies. Can some kind CPFer point me to the link showing the different bodies? Im planning on picking up an L4 soon and want to be sure that AW's 17670's fit snuggly.

cheers
mark

Bullzeyebill · Sep 3, 2006

Doesn't make any difference. 17670 should fit snugly with any L4 body. In fact, 17650 worked ok in my L4's.

Bill

marxs · Sep 3, 2006

really? thats interesting news...ive been hearing stories about 17670's not fitting in the newer L4 bodies (rounded ones i think), just wanted a pic to be sure i know what i was talking about.

mark

:)> · Sep 3, 2006

I had to remove the outer coating of one of my 17670's and replace it with one wrap of packing tape to make it fit because the diameter of the battery was too great to fit in my L4.

I don't know if the body is a new or an old one as I traded for it with a member of CPF.

-Goatee

Bullzeyebill · Sep 3, 2006

> , did your 17670 have two coatings (wrappings)?

Bill

Planterz · Sep 4, 2006

I just received an E2L body (the same as the L4, just different markings) and my AW 17670s don't fit. They get almost all the way, but get stuck short about 3/8" from fully in.

Believe it or not I "fixed" it by sanding the wrapping on the battery. It's still kinda snug (I gotta shake hard or *whack* it or stick something in from the other end to get the battery back out), but at least it'll fit.

I'm expecting an L4 on Wednesday, I'll let ya'll know how the 17670 cells fit in that.

marxs · Sep 4, 2006

planterz,

thanks for the info. let us know how the 17670's fit in your L4. btw, what kind of body does your E2L have? is it the newer round bodies? i heard the 17670s dont fit in the newer bodies as compared the the older square sided ones

mark

Planterz · Sep 4, 2006

I think all E2L bodies are round (ie: the model wasn't in production when the flat bodies were still made), but I could be wrong.

Looking inside the body it kinda looks like there's a slightly narrower section right where the 17670 starts to stick. Like it wasn't fully bored out at that point. A SF cell fits just fine, in fact it rattles around like it still has a bit of space. The strip that runs along the side of the 17670 that connects the protection circuit seems to be the culprit more than anything else.

If you try the sanding thing, be careful sanding around the protection strip thingy. You don't want to sand through the wrapping. I used 400 grit BTW.

marxs · Sep 4, 2006

thanks for the info, much appreciated. ill try and check out the bodies of the L4, if theres a good tint on a square body i think ill just settle for that.

mark

:)> · Sep 4, 2006

Bullzeyebill said:
> , did your 17670 have two coatings (wrappings)?

Bill

Bill,

It was only wrapped with a single heat shrink coating. I got these from www.lighthound.com and they are the AW brand.

The packing tape that I had worked great because it was just the right size to wrap the battery once. I don't like the way it looks now... just the way that it works.

-Goatee

Miracle · Oct 15, 2006

Planterz said:
I think all E2L bodies are round (ie: the model wasn't in production when the flat bodies were still made), but I could be wrong.

Looking inside the body it kinda looks like there's a slightly narrower section right where the 17670 starts to stick. Like it wasn't fully bored out at that point. A SF cell fits just fine, in fact it rattles around like it still has a bit of space. The strip that runs along the side of the 17670 that connects the protection circuit seems to be the culprit more than anything else.

If you try the sanding thing, be careful sanding around the protection strip thingy. You don't want to sand through the wrapping. I used 400 grit BTW.

hello Planterz,

can you please post pix of the 'sanded' batteries?

I had the newer version L4 and the 17670 cannot fit....

TxTroubleMaker · Oct 15, 2006

I don't know which version my L4 is, but 17670's pop in and out pretty easily. I'll post pics when I can....

**Pics Added**

Miracle · Oct 16, 2006

can some kind souls please post pix of the 'sanded' batteries?

I had the newer version L4 and the 17670 cannot fit....

:faint:

Chao · Oct 16, 2006

Miracle said:
I had the newer version L4 and the 17670 cannot fit....

Me too, and only the unprotected 17670 can fit.

sbebenelli · Oct 16, 2006

They won't fit in my E2L either.

schiesz · Oct 17, 2006

I had a round E2d body that the new protected 17670 from AW fit fine in. On his newer ones you can even remove the sticker that says AW and the specs if its a bit too big. I never had to remove the sticker from mine though. They are the black ones with the silver sticker.

schiesz

frisco · Oct 17, 2006

I'm gonna use an E2E 17670 battery with a KL4 head. Is this a good way to go???? I know the battery fits.

frisco

Weskix · Oct 18, 2006

My new style L4 fits AW's batteries just perfectly. Here are some pictures, the batteries slide in and out with ease.

Kevski · Oct 19, 2006

Weskix, what kind of runtime do you get out of the 17670?

marxs · Oct 19, 2006

with the 17670 i believe it should be similar to the runtimes on two 123 batteries. try the search, that particular topic has been discussed time and again.

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