Voltage on New CR123A
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Flash_Gordon
Flashlight Enthusiast
In my experience the unloaded voltage on new cells is in the 3.2V to 3.3V range. I can't recall measuring any higher than 3.3v or lower than about 3.1V.
NextLight
Enlightened
My latest Surefires are 3.25V. I saw lots of 3.15-3.19V "new" CR123As straight out of the package last year.
Cells at 2.92V (rested, @23C) are probably 20% used or so.
Cells at 2.92V (rested, @23C) are probably 20% used or so.
nighthawk
Newly Enlightened
what im interested to know is the average discharge voltage. anyone ?
Billson
Flashlight Enthusiast
Discharge voltage will depend on the load you put on the battery. The higher the load, the more the voltage will sag.
wptski
Flashlight Enthusiast
If you mean at what voltage is the cell considered at? It all depends on what your using the cells in! The SF U2 has built in low voltage cutoff which is said to be just over 3.0V. If you were using 2xCR123s, I guess that it would drop to 1.5V per cell. I have a U2 but never used CR123s in it only Li-Ion cells.
I've mentioned this point in several threads lately about my Fluke 189 DMM that uses AA batteries but shows a low battery icon at 1.2105V/cell which means the cells aren't really being depleted fully!
I've mentioned this point in several threads lately about my Fluke 189 DMM that uses AA batteries but shows a low battery icon at 1.2105V/cell which means the cells aren't really being depleted fully!
