Hi, Does anyone know if the Acebeam K60,X65 mini and K75 battery carriers are ALL interchangeable?
The two photos with carriers side by side have the K60 carrier on the left and the X65 mini carrier on the right.
The photo with the white background is from Ace beams website for the k75 carrier. I will get it next week.
All 3 of them have Two alternating springs on the bottom and two alternating springs on the top. My guess is they should be okay but I don’t know.
Thanks
I don’t have those lights so I’m not sure if they are all the same.
My recommendation would be to use a Voltmeter and check the voltage on each of them with batteries loaded.
If the voltage is the same you’re good to go.
Thanks. I guess these different lights draw different voltages? Still confusing to me because they’re all 18650 lights. Wouldn’t the voltage be the same or does the light determine that?
I have a voltage meter now I have to figure out how to get the voltage. Is it with the battery carrier inside the light, or checking both ends of the carrier while it’s outside of the light?
On my GT94 the center Brass contact is Positive and the Aluminum around the outside is Negative.
After some research I see that the Acebeam K60 has a tail switch so that may change things a bit.
Thx.
X65 Carrier
I’m guessing that the brass Center for mine is also positive and then the surrounding orange.ish colored area is negative?
Or it could be possibly the aluminum around the brass Center? I don’t know.
If I put the leads on the positive and negative I’m getting the voltage of all four batteries which is like 16.6 volts. So I’m still confused about the voltage.
I emailed Ace beam and they replied and needed more information from me. Don’t quite understand that because I’m a hobbyist I’m not person buying quantity of battery carriers. They need that information for an international shipping contract? LOL. If Ace beam can’ send me a K75 carrier for a reasonable price then this won’t matter.
The center brass button is positive and the aluminum right next to it is the negative.
But this doesn’t make sense to me cuz it’s 16.71 volts that’s for all four batteries I don’t know what that has to do with using one carrier in another flashlight? I’m just getting the voltage from the batteries. Confusion continues.
If all of the carriers display the same voltage and are physically the same size/shape you’re good.
You are getting the sum of all 4 batteries because they are wired in series(4S) if you got close to 8.4v it would mean the carrier is wired (2S2P), if you got close to 4.2v the carrier would be wired (4P)
Thanks for the explanation. Don’t all those carriers look the same visually? All three of them have two alternating springs on the bottom and two alternating springs on the top. Maybe that has nothing to do with the voltages?
I’ll wait till I get to K75 and if it adds up to 16.71 volts or near there then I should be good to go, right? Thanks
It depends how the springs are wired up.
If the cells are in series, you add their voltage, if in parallel, the voltage is 4.2V, but you add the capacity.
So 4 3000mah cells in series would be 4.2v x 4 = 16.8V 3000mah. In parallel these would be 4.2V 12,000mah.
In a 2 parallel, 2 series arrangement, this would be 8.4V 6000mah.
If the voltage of your old carrier is the same voltage AND POLARITY as the new one (i.e the center is positive on both) then other than physical compatibility, it should work.
Ace beam got back to me. I just sent them PayPal money.
K75 carrier for $18 including shipping. The carrier was $10 and shipping was $8.
Thanks for the input.
My thread was a backup plan in case acebeam didn’t get back to me and I couldn’t get one.
