Rechargeable pak for UK lights

[Judestudio]

I have a UK C8 eLED Plus light, I'm tossing between getting the rechargeable pak or some rechargeable C-cells instead. Anyone?

[Joew]

I haven't used this particular light, but I have a lot of electronic gadgets and I really like proprietary batteries. I think dealing with 8 rechargable C-cells all the time would be a PITA. It's a lot easier to just plug the charger into the battery pack. The only downside to proprietary batteries is that they are usually more expensive. But $65 for the UK nicad pack is a good deal. You might spend more than that on 8 rechargable C-cells and a charger.

[Judestudio]

Originally Posted by Joew

....I think dealing with 8 rechargable C-cells all the time would be a PITA. It's a lot easier to just plug the charger into the battery pack. The only downside to proprietary batteries is that they are usually more expensive. But $65 for the UK nicad pack is a good deal. You might spend more than that on 8 rechargable C-cells and a charger.

Good points. C-cell rechargeables should be a bit cheaper, but they'll be a pain to deal with especially when traveling around. Thanks Joew.

[Venio]

I personally would not touch anything that is NiCd. If it's going to be a rechargeable battery it has to be NiMH for its higher capacity.

[CompuDude]

If the rechargeable battery pack was as good as rechargeable C's, I'd be all over it. If it could be used anywhere else (like, say, if I wanted a new dive light at some point, or wanted to use them in a toy car or something!), I'd be all over it.

But NiCad is a terrible battery technology, and I avoid proprietary battery packs whenever possible. I use rechargeable 6000 mah NiMH C cells instead. Thomas Distributing carries good ones. It's not cheaper than the UK pack, but it's FAR more versatile, and lasts longer. I get roughly 4 hours out of my UK Light Cannon with them, compared to the two hours UK advertises for their battery pack.

[the gooch]

CompuDude is right, stay away from the NiCd battery pack.

[the gooch]

I want to see what happens when LiPo becomes more mainstream.

[frankc420]

Make you up a battery pack, solder the batteries together and shrink wrap them, you can most likely buy any of the connectors you would need anyway. That's what we did when I was into RC racing..

[niko5]

Judestudio

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[guggie]

Originally Posted by the gooch

I want to see what happens when LiPo becomes more mainstream.

I use Lipos in my radio control helicopters all the time. They need to be cared for and do not take deep discharging well nor over charging. They are quite flammable as well. Their discharge characteristics and power/weight ratios are not beaten though.