Anyone have any idea where these might be found? Protected or unprotected.
Will these 1700mAH Sanyo's do?
As their main role in life appears to be DSLR Battery packs perhaps the folks in the forum at DPReview would have a better idea.
Enerpower sells them, maybe you can contact rutzki.
But the Sanyo ones have a better discharge curve for single cell flashlights.
I’ve been modifying a Shadow BL20 bike light into a flashlight/weapon light. I’ve re cut the end of a few Solarforce body tubes to 1”x24 threads. On fresh batteries it draws 2.40 amps. On the plain tube it uses 2-18350’s with extensions its set up for 2-18500, 2-18650’s or 4-CR123’s. I have a Shadow TC750X, the BL20 is noticeable brighter than it, around 1500 lumens. The head is already drilled for a #15 torx bolt. Combined with the 1” body tube its set to also be a weapon light. The 2-18500 been filled with 18490 AW imr’s. Looking to increase that configurations run time as much as possible.
I have several of these. They are real nice cells.
http://www.fasttech.com/products/1420/10004184/1315401-authentic-sanyo-ur18500fk-18500-1700mah-3-7v
I have some new NCR18650B cells available.
I am also in Texas.
LarryDFW
He’s looking for 18500’s (50mm long cells) not 18650’s (65mm cells).
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Hi (texas shooter),
I know that you were asking for Panasonic 18500s, but you might be interested in these:
A number of us have gotten these, and they yield 6 18500s, apparently Sanyo, and apparently ~1700 mAh.
EDIT: I already had a setup (direct drive) in place for testing a 3up XP-E2, so I just swapped one of these in, instead of an 18650, and measured ~4.9 amps (emitter current, via clamp meter).