if such a thing exists i would be interested in finding it at budget pricing
why do you wish to run a 14500 where an 18650 will fit? or am I missing something obvious here?
You’re not alone Gords, I’m sub’d to discover that very answer…
There’s these also. http://www.oveready.com/battery-/sleeves-spacers/aa-delrin-battery-spacer-sleeves/prod_271.html
It’s obvious isn’t it, the op evidently wants to run a battery with only 1/5th of the capacity for massively reduced runtimes. And would likely spend £5-10 on such an adapter instead of spending £8-11 on an 18650….
that really doesn’t sound like bort to me.
I’m sure there’s a well thought out reason, I just cant see it myself is all.
For charging a 14500 in an 18650 charger? Short bolt (wrap with cardboard or packing material & tape to stabilize) or copper pennies as spacer, maybe.
Spacers for sale here, also. Scroll down to see pics & prices.
If you run out of charged 18650 cells, but still have 14500's lying around, I suppose it would be nice to have an adapter lying around.
On a side note, I have 15 good quality 14500 batteries, and really no decent light to use them in. Crelant v11a, and Balder HD1 just don't do it for me, the balder won't even fit the keeppower and orbtronic cells :(
Just buy some plastic rod the rough size of 18650, cut to length then drill 14500 size hole down the middle, I do things like this for other projects with delrin, but there are much cheaper plastics etc about.
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You would also have to put some sort of spacer in there to compensate for the length difference…
I never have any look finding adapters. I have been looking for a 18650 to 14500 adapter for ages!
Marc.
Nice find, kreisler! 8)
Bort would not spend such money on an adapter (hence budget in the first post), but is seeking the feasibility of building a high quality custom light using a fasttech host and readily rechargeable NiMH, the target market not being conducive to lithium
The answer to this is to leave a section undrilled all the way along the length and use a nut and bolt trimmed to length.