Directly replacing NiMh cells with Li-Ion cells - bad idea ?

[stj]

Re: Directly replacing NiMh cells with Li-Ion cells - bad idea ?

it's a bullshit manual.
i have many such lights, they all sold for use with 3x alkaline non-rechargeable cells as a backup to the 18650.

btw, do they have a usb port on the light or a barrel-jack?
the jack type have no charger or protection circuit in them!!!


btw, you wont get far with NiMH cells - even the very best are only going to give you 900mAH

[Dannyx]

Re: Directly replacing NiMh cells with Li-Ion cells - bad idea ?

It's USB. Yeah, I too find it a bit misleading that it says it can use either of the two, which lets your average Joe who knows nothing about electronics to just roll with it and throw in there whatever batts he comes across....

[sam_sam_sam]

Re: Directly replacing NiMh cells with Li-Ion cells - bad idea ?

It might be interesting to see what in this light because STJ is right I have seen some of this crap before

I bought one a while back and the battery that came with it
Had some milliamperes claim but came no where near it was way off I just tossed the battery

[eccerr0r]

Re: Directly replacing NiMh cells with Li-Ion cells - bad idea ?

currently for the hll of it, I have a 6-cell SLA hooked up in parallel to a 10-cell NiMH and charging CCCV at 13.8V.

Big tradeoff here, see it? Alas, it's difficult to use both packs at the same time...