You're an enterprising lot - any suggestions?
A while ago, I bought an 2 AA torch from Tesco, with a great Cree LED. It's turned out to be really useful, in that it's pocketable, very bright, with good battery life and fits on my bikes' bars with assistance from a super little TwoFish LockBlock. Trouble is its battery cavity is only wide enough for disposable batteries - rechargables appear to be a little bit wider! Any ideas about how to enlarge the dia. of the inside of the torch?
Tesco aluminium torch
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simonineaston
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Tesco aluminium torch
S
(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)
(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)
Re: Tesco aluminium torch
Some rechargeables do fit and others dont.
My Energiser 2500 and Uniross fit easily.
My Tronics vary between colours of battery some sticking a little bit.
The Vapextech and Sanyo Eneloops XXX are no chance.
Of course companies may have changed where they have their batteries made and the same may not apply for all batteries from that make.
My Energiser 2500 and Uniross fit easily.
My Tronics vary between colours of battery some sticking a little bit.
The Vapextech and Sanyo Eneloops XXX are no chance.
Of course companies may have changed where they have their batteries made and the same may not apply for all batteries from that make.
Yma o Hyd
Re: Tesco aluminium torch
I was lucky as my tesco torch takes rechargeables ok (including eneloops). There are several reports about this torch being tight with rechargeables but it appears to be down to variable sizing when they were machined. The advice was to check at the time of purchase - bit late now though. You could try using a length of wooden dowel with a slot and a small length of coarse emery paper located in the slot then wrapped around the dowel. Use this in an electric drill. It would help to fix the drill in a vice/stand/workmate and hold the torch barrel in a gloved hand and work it up and down. You don't need to remove much material so check periodically. best of luck.
ps link here to an earlier thread on using an old cateye lamp bracket. - viewtopic.php?f=5&t=29231&hilit=+tesco
ps link here to an earlier thread on using an old cateye lamp bracket. - viewtopic.php?f=5&t=29231&hilit=+tesco
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simonineaston
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Re: Tesco aluminium torch
meic wrote:Some rechargeables do fit and others dont.
My Energiser 2500 and Uniross fit easily.
My Tronics vary between colours of battery some sticking a little bit.
The Vapextech and Sanyo Eneloops XXX are no chance.
Of course companies may have changed where they have their batteries made and the same may not apply for all batteries from that make.
Of course Eneloops is what I have! I'll buy a pack of Energisers, that'll sort it - Thanks
S
(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)
(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)
Re: Tesco aluminium torch
These Energisers are pretty old (made in Japan) and the new ones might not even be made in that same country but somewhere larger whos standards are not quite as good.
Yma o Hyd
Re: Tesco aluminium torch
meic wrote:Some rechargeables do fit and others dont.
My Energiser 2500 and Uniross fit easily.
My Tronics vary between colours of battery some sticking a little bit.
The Vapextech and Sanyo Eneloops XXX are no chance.
Of course companies may have changed where they have their batteries made and the same may not apply for all batteries from that make.
I go along with meic, except that I've not tried the Vapaxtech (never even heard of them) nor the Sanyos. The rechargeables from Lidl have a bit bigger diameter, and they do tend to stick in the barrell - and somehow they seem to affect the reliability of the light.
Today I bought a 3W Cree torch from Lidl, which takes three AAA batteries - all in a little cassette. Well actually, I bought two. They are £7.99p each! There are three settings; a high setting, an economy setting and an "SOS" setting - which flashes in Morse Code (at least I think it's Morse Code). On the higher setting, they are way more powerful than my Tesco torches - amazingly so. They need a gadget for fitting to the handlebars, but I'm working on that. The light focuses from a spot to a flood.
Re: Tesco aluminium torch
JohnW wrote:
Today I bought a 3W Cree torch from Lidl, which takes three AAA batteries - all in a little cassette. Well actually, I bought two. They are £7.99p each! There are three settings; a high setting, an economy setting and an "SOS" setting - which flashes in Morse Code (at least I think it's Morse Code). On the higher setting, they are way more powerful than my Tesco torches - amazingly so. They need a gadget for fitting to the handlebars, but I'm working on that. The light focuses from a spot to a flood.
Anyone know if the Cree led is a C5 or T6 ?
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rjb wrote:JohnW wrote:
Today I bought a 3W Cree torch from Lidl, ...............
Anyone know if the Cree led is a C5 or T6 ?
I can't find any references on the distructions or the packaging. The only reference that I can find that I don't understand is "3L", which I'd taken to refer to batteries or battery cartridge.......or something. Neither do I know how long rechargeables will last.