OttaMattaPia
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Good afternoon,
Being relatively new to the higher end flashlight hobby, I've read many opinions on the use of unprotected cells in high drain LED flashlight applications.
The particular flashlight is a Convoy L6.
Since I've never had a flashlight with this much power demand, I thought it would be a good idea to ask in general terms how much risk I run of having a battery mishap using unprotected vs protected cells with this flashlight.
The Convoy L6 does have built in low battery protection that I believe kicks in at 6 volts. But should that be trusted to prevent a battery mishap?
That said, I wouldn't necessarily consider myself a pending Darwin Award recipient and I do have respect for the potential for overheating the cells by over-discharging them and I'm aware of the potential and basically what the danger is. I would tend to use this light in short bursts of 1 minute or less. Once I detect a rise in temperature or a decrease in light output I would always turn the light off and recharge the batteries.
Is there more I could do? Is it foolish to attempt to use this particular light with UnProtected cells?
The only protected cells I've been able to find that will fit in the Convoy L6 are the KeepPower 26650's because they hav to be under 70mm's in length.
Thanks for your replies.
Being relatively new to the higher end flashlight hobby, I've read many opinions on the use of unprotected cells in high drain LED flashlight applications.
The particular flashlight is a Convoy L6.
Since I've never had a flashlight with this much power demand, I thought it would be a good idea to ask in general terms how much risk I run of having a battery mishap using unprotected vs protected cells with this flashlight.
The Convoy L6 does have built in low battery protection that I believe kicks in at 6 volts. But should that be trusted to prevent a battery mishap?
That said, I wouldn't necessarily consider myself a pending Darwin Award recipient and I do have respect for the potential for overheating the cells by over-discharging them and I'm aware of the potential and basically what the danger is. I would tend to use this light in short bursts of 1 minute or less. Once I detect a rise in temperature or a decrease in light output I would always turn the light off and recharge the batteries.
Is there more I could do? Is it foolish to attempt to use this particular light with UnProtected cells?
The only protected cells I've been able to find that will fit in the Convoy L6 are the KeepPower 26650's because they hav to be under 70mm's in length.
Thanks for your replies.
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