Used CR123 battery idea

[rlongnt]

I tend to burn through a set of CR123 batteries each week to week and a half in my Surefire carry. When the light cycles down due to lack of power to the lower setting I replace them at once. I’ve been throwing the 50-70% used batteries in a box now for a couple of years since they still function fine on the lower setting. Costs me nothing and one day it might be pretty valuable to have thousands of hours worth of 5-15 lumen run time.

 

[Wheel Gun]

Good idea. I chunk a lot of batteries that still have some life in them.

 

[HiredHand]

Check out the ZTS battery testers. They perform a load test to the cells to check the state of charge rather than simply checking the voltage.

 

[vvvvvvv]

Check out the ZTS battery testers. They perform a load test to the cells to check the state of charge rather than simply checking the voltage.

Link for those that don't know how to search

http://www.amazon.com/ZTS-Multi-Battery-Tester-MBT-1/dp/B000FQG1XE/

 

[neginfluence04]

 

[neginfluence04]

Trying this now I will let you know if my 5-15 lumens light turns back into a 200 lumens

 

[vvvvvvv]

200 lumens

amateur.

 

[neginfluence04]

amateur.

Come on now this is my very first EDC light.

 

[HiredHand]

Where can I find conducting electrical tape?

 

[candrpotts]

Where can I find conducting electrical tape?

leads me to question this entire concept