Okay I bought 5 of these lights on Ebay stating they are 14500 T6 Cree. None of them work. Do I need to use 3.6v only? Will not work with 1.5v AA
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These really only work with the high output rechargeable batteries, and batt life is not great butvery bright...
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I used mine with 1.5v AA's and one 1.2v AA rechargeable and it works, albeit, with less light output.
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Yes. Standard AAA batteries will not work. Had I known this would not have bought the light.
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My light works fine with 1.5v AA batteries. But the 3.7v Li Ion batteries make it brighter.
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Sorry dude, but lights are crap. Throw them away and bite the bullet and get streamlights or pelican
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No, these lights are NOT 300 lumens, even when using a 14500 battery. It's only about 80 lumens when using a AA or rechargeable NiMH. It's about double that with the 14500 lithium. The LED's in these lights are a few years old. They don't have the power to produce too much light.
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There are certain Cree flashlights & other Cree lights that use that type of battery. U just have to search which ones. Hope this helps you.
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15 amp should work fine. Did you wire these together into one plug, or put separate plugs on each light cord? If you wired them together, they may be connected wrong. Best bet would be to put a plug on each light cord and use an outlet strip. You will have added protection with an outlet strip with a breaker on it also.
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my single hi power upgrade works like a charm, my old yellow plastic surefire used a incandescent 6V p-60 so the full power cree led made this old light burn like never before. I do see insert models that have the 5 mode driver too, in hindsight I wish I would of got that model so power output could be cut back and save battery drain. I would measure your old reflector in mm and see if it matches.
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Get a light made for 12v, there are several around. To hack this light to work on 12v, remember LED chips don't run at a voltage, they run at a specific current at roughly a particular voltage. This light would want specifically 1.2A at about 24 volts. The 10 watt lights work the same way, but at 0.8 amp curret at around 12v. If you drove them at a constant voltage, current would be out of control and they would either underperform or overheat.
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Some of 123a's are @: 3.7v, 3.6v and 3.0v. I would only buy any of the 3.0v to be on the safe side, unless your device needs more then 3v or (6v if you need 2) and so on. Also read the reviews on what battery pro's and con's are like I'm doing that right now. Too much voltage will give you brighter light but will drasticaly shorten the bulb or led's life! I am strongly considering these ones by the way.
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Good luck getting any kind of response from the Manufacturer. I bought over 2 dozen of these units to replace 500 watt work lights in my space and after several months they began to fail. E-mails and phone calls to Lights of America never got a response. I think they are just a distribution office here in the US and are not interested in customer service.
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The SMDs (LEDs) work on 3-3.6V. The current draw is between .02-.03A. There are 12 of these on each bulb. If you take the max values it comes to 1.296W ( 12 x .03 x 3.6). There might be some resistors that might be drawing some power. But overall you are doing way better than the factory bulbs. Update: I did a google search on these LEDs ( 1210). Vendors mention a consumption of .08 W per LED. For 12 it comes to .96W ( 12x.08).
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You have to use a Torch light with it.And they can vary. I use a Torch that can be used with all of the battery types.Works well with mid to large Cree Torch size.
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I have the same issues! I have had great success with the 750ma (green) batteries, so I ordered some of these 900ma (blue) batteries hoping for longer life. Instead I got varying voltages, higher than 3.0V that the flashlight did not like, plus, they are slightly bulkier and get stuck in the flashlight. They should be built to the same standard, but they are Not!
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I found the plug on Ebay. Make sure you get the correct one they are different for low beam light and high beam light. Inexpensive!
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How long had it been running (lights running, charged)? Was it getting too hot (sitting still)? My lights usually stay charged 4 hours on medium. Cree's do get hot. That's never happened to me!Hope this may help?
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I don't know what the base of the bulb in your flashlight looks like. But I would simple to a search on amazon for 2.4 volt led replacement buld. Match the image of the base of your old buld to the amazon picture and you should be OK. Also, fyi, each AA battery puts out 1.5 volts. This true for AAA, D and C batteries too. Rechargeables put out 1.25 volts. So I not sure why a single battery flash light is rated at 2.5 volts.
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they run of of 9v I use the basic radio shack power adapter with a universal socket and bought another socket to connect to the lights and everything is running fine with it. They ran fine with 20pc as well as with 8 so I could not imagine 4 not working.
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My Trustfire High-power Super Bright 8500lumen 7x Cree Xm-l T6 LED Flashlights all function as advertised but ONLY when the batteries are 26650 batteries rated as 5,000 mAh. The 18650 batteries are not robust enough to power the flashlights in all 5 modes.If you still have the flashlight, be sure you have freshly-charged batteries, and invest in some 26650 batteries - Trustfire-26650-5000mah-Lithium-Rechargeables have not failed in use.
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Don't use higher voltage batteries. I bought 3 Volt rechargeables - it turns out they are rated at 3.6 volts but output 4.2 volts fully charged. Your $80 IR Streamlight will get really bright for about 1/10 of a second before it burns out. Expensive lesson learned.Tom