costakarl Posted September 7, 2014 Share #1 Â Posted September 7, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Because of the favourable price I am tempted to use these lithium batteries in my winder. They are labelled 'high drain' and are typically used in a flashlight. Â Has anyone tried them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 7, 2014 Posted September 7, 2014 Hi costakarl, Take a look here Surefire 123a batteries in MW-R8. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Echo63 Posted September 7, 2014 Share #2  Posted September 7, 2014 Surefire 123 batteries are the same size and voltage (3V) as any other CR123 type battery  rechargeable cells (surefire's LFP cells, Part Number SF2R-CB) RCR123, 16340 etc will have a higher voltage (4.2v when charged, average of 3.7 under load) and will probably damage the winder - they certainly make incandescent flashlight bulbs very bright for a fraction of a second. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
costakarl Posted September 9, 2014 Author Share #3 Â Posted September 9, 2014 Thanks for that. I was more concerned about the camera which also gets its power from those batteries. Â Anyway I installed the surefires and all is well so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamgm Posted September 9, 2014 Share #4  Posted September 9, 2014 Rather unfortunate name for a lithium battery…... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo63 Posted September 10, 2014 Share #5  Posted September 10, 2014 Rather unfortunate name for a lithium battery…...  Hahaha !  Actually Surefire is a well respected flashlight manufacturer, they started the small "tactical" flashlight market and weapon mounted lights, powered by CR123 cells, and then started selling the batteries  Fwiw - i have a bunch of their lights, around 15 different models (although most are now running a rechargeable cell, NOT reccomended for cameras or incandescent lamps)  A bunch of info on flashlights and batteries is available over at candlepowerforums Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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