You say this works with any 6V lantern, but aren't those 6V batteries center post negative and don't you expect center post positive?
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Examining the bulb assembly of my Garrity 6V lantern, the outer ring of the positive battery contact connects to the switch, then the center spring bulb contact, thus center post positive at the bulb. The center negative battery contact leads to the outer circumference of the bulb socket, which contacts the outer housing of the bulb.
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Someone else said it works with any 6V lantern...It works fine for the ones I have (old school military lanterns with two bulbs, one on top and one on a side). They use one big heavy duty 6V Lantern battery. The bulbs have no direct contact with the battery, only through the contacts. Hope this helps.
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Good question, bad answer. Mine is 4D cell lantern (Eveready center negative), works very well. I read a post where someone wrote to Dorcy and received an answer which was almost non-committal, they said it must be multi-directional? GOOD LUCK.
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This lantern operates via 3 ways: AC/DC, solar, and by cranking. The 6V 2.5AH Valve Regulated Rechargeable Battery is a fixed, internal battery designed to hold the power when you charge it thru one of the 3 mentioned power sources. After many years of use, the battery will be dead (not holding power thru being charged anymore). I have looked up on Amazon and Ebay: they have only 4.5 AH battery, not 2.5 AH. Even if they have 4.5 AH ones i don't even know if that's the right one for this Nebo lantern. Good luck!
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Some of my batteries work better than others, but they all suddenly quit giving a very dimm light. These batteries have a voltage regulator that cuts bellow certain voltage (3.2 v). Their regular voltage is not 3 volts but more than 3.6 up to 4.1 v. What kind of voltage regulator they have? Just to cut below certain voltage. I don't think these are good batteries for electronic devices. At least those that require 3 volts. Bad bad.
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I checked my batteries and both say "10.8/12 V" on them. I would suggest you recheck your batteries to see if they are the same as mine. I'm quite sure your batteries will work just fine for the light.
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Since it's only 1.5 volts, I rather doubt it. The six volt lantern batteries you can get a Lowes, Walmart, Home Depot sure could work. If you need 12 volts just hook up two in series.
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It might be a faulty unit. Like Jimbo, my unit charges easily--even an hour or so of sun is plenty for several hours of illumination. I'm very impressed with this device and hope that you have similar luck with a replacement lantern. Good luck.
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I would say yes. I am having trouble finding mine at the moment. I liked mine because it was a lot lighter than my old battery lantern. But I also bought 2 led lights at Lowe's that are still in my backpack. They are basically an aluminum tube with 3 batteries and 4 LED's with a removable plastic/magnetic base. They are great too. I would look for those!
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It will work with ALL 12v low voltage lights (like Malibu). I've used these to build my own low voltage lights using 1/2" copper tubing and plumbing connectors and glass "shredded cheese" shakers (inverted of course - so they screw on and off) bought from dollar stores and/or Walmart. They make great lights.
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First, thanks to Kevin for telling us that the adapter is a 12volt adapter (from the label). I just want to add that my battery pack - as I suspected - outputs 9 volts; the six AA batteries are indeed in series. Therefore, I suspect anything from 9-12 volts should work. Also worth noting is that when my batteries died the other day, I just rotated them and am getting some more use out of them; I expect to have a power source fabricated by the time I need to replace the batteries.
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This machine requires a 6V adapter. Sounds like the adapter you are using may be the wrong polarity (center contact POSITIVE, outer contact NEGATIVE) or the excessive voltage may have damaged some of the electronic components. Will it still work on battery power?
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Hello, the lantern is still in the demo mode that is pre-set at the factory. All you have to do is take out the batteries and put them back in again. There was a label on my lantern with instructions as well as in the instruction pamphlet on how to do this. Hope it works, otherwise return it.
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Center-tip-negative polarity is not the norm, easier to buy one here. You'll see one in the "customers...also bought" links--e.g. Planet Waves 9V Power Adapter, which has the polarity you need. Just make sure any adapter you use is "center tip negative".
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You need not have sla battry for coleman led lantern because they are rechargeble by AC 110V or DC 12V. If you have any more qustions, ask again please.
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I have these and They are 12v. They may light for 6 but they would not be bright.
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Works fine with six AA batteries. Make sure they're fresh and you load them properly (positive & negative)
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Hi Shard, my initial assumption is that you do not have the connectors in the right place. The batteries are connected in series i.e. mine are 6volt batteries and I have 6 of them for a total of 36v. So the positive connector has to be on the 1st batteries positive terminal and the negative connector has to be on the negative terminal of the last battery. If you have it hooked up that way, one of the batteries might be bad. Bill
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I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but these shade have a wire clip on thing that goes directly on a standard light bulb so if this lantern or lanterns are regular light bulbs, I imagine it'll work okay.