Jetbeam CLE question

I've read that you can use a CLE with the hidden mode with 14500's but it will burn some of the boards out and be direct drive. Will a cr123 do the same? I found a body and tailcap that will work with primary 123's and was wondering. Any help will be appreciated.

Probably.

14500 and cr123 both run at roughly the same voltage (3.7), which is most likely the problem since the light was designed to run at 1.5v.

Thanks for the info. I was afraid of that. It would be nice to gain the clickie with C-le.

primary 123's usually around 3.2V nominal

RCR123's & 14500 are higher ~4.2V nominal

I have a CLE and I wouldn't risk the higher voltage batteries. Seems like I read a post that a 14500 fried a CLE. Probably not a good idea..

On the whole, I've seen no failures with the CR123s (primaries) in a C-LE (older model with hidden mide).

I had one a while back with hidden mode, I tried out with CR123s. I only used it briefly for fear of burning it out. No problems, but I didn't get good contact so decided to just stick to AAs.

Others have used 14500s successfully, but many have burned out the boost circuit, so it can ONLY use 14500s. The newer ones (v1.2) will just fry so don't try those.

Overall, you're pretty safe with CR123s. Personally I wouldn't bother. It is brighter, but I love the form factor as is and I would rather not risk it.

Hmmm, not sure if that helped...

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blademan said:

I've read that you can use a CLE with the hidden mode with 14500's but it will burn some of the boards out and be direct drive. Will a cr123 do the same? I found a body and tailcap that will work with primary 123's and was wondering. Any help will be appreciated.

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What body and tail did you plan on using, a clickie would be a great addition to a CL-E. I have been using a 14500 in mine since I got it, I will take the chance.

Tim

I found out that the Hugsby p12 body will fit the head. It runs on 1 Cr123 or two aa's so it's pretty versatile. I bought the light from another cpfer.