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== Replacing Flashlight 3 AAA Alkaline Battery Pack with One 18500 Lithium Ion Battery ==
http://wiki.keithl.com/ThreeAAAto18500LiIon
== Replacing Flashlight 3 AAA Alkaline Battery Cartridge ==
== with One Rechargeable 18500 Lithium Ion Battery ==

|| {{attachment:9LED3Cell.jpg| | }} || 9 LED plastic flashlights using 3 AAA alkaline batteries in a round battery holder are inexpensive and reasonably tolerant of abuse. <<BR>><<BR>>Sadly, they use up alkaline batteries fast, which are more expensive than the flashlight. As the batteries wear out, voltage drops below 1.2V, the flashlight dims, and becomes unusable while there is some energy left in the batteries. Worse, old alkaline batteries fail and leak alkaline gunk that corrodes the innards of the flashlight.<<BR>><<BR>>Fortunately, an 18500 rechargeable lithium-ion battery is the same length as the battery holder, holds twice as much energy, does not drop voltage nearly as much, and can be charged in an external charger and reused many times.<<BR>><<BR>> It is slightly smaller diameter than the battery pack, but if it is wrapped in a flat elastic hair tie (three loops), it fits snug, but slides out easily for recharging. ||

http://wiki.keithl.com/ThreeAAAto18500LiIon

Replacing Flashlight 3 AAA Alkaline Battery Cartridge

with One Rechargeable 18500 Lithium Ion Battery

9LED3Cell.jpg

9 LED plastic flashlights using 3 AAA alkaline batteries in a round battery holder are inexpensive and reasonably tolerant of abuse.

Sadly, they use up alkaline batteries fast, which are more expensive than the flashlight. As the batteries wear out, voltage drops below 1.2V, the flashlight dims, and becomes unusable while there is some energy left in the batteries. Worse, old alkaline batteries fail and leak alkaline gunk that corrodes the innards of the flashlight.

Fortunately, an 18500 rechargeable lithium-ion battery is the same length as the battery holder, holds twice as much energy, does not drop voltage nearly as much, and can be charged in an external charger and reused many times.

It is slightly smaller diameter than the battery pack, but if it is wrapped in a flat elastic hair tie (three loops), it fits snug, but slides out easily for recharging.

ThreeAAAto18500LiIon (last edited 2024-12-08 06:08:36 by KeithLofstrom)