Front light battery
Discussion
This might get moved,but any way....
I have a niteflux vision stick which as of now is two years old but has only been used for a few rides the last two winters.
It cost £80 so not cheap
Anyway got it out the other day to find it won't charge( lithium-ion) at all.
I'm guessing it's gone too flat,but who charges their winter light in the summer?
The shop it came from are not much help so I'm wondering is there anyway I can revive this kind of battery?
It should be good for about 300 charges yet has only been charged about 10 times as each charge lasts up to 8 hours.
I'm pretty hacked off and don't feel like buying another expensive light.
Any suggestions?
I have a niteflux vision stick which as of now is two years old but has only been used for a few rides the last two winters.
It cost £80 so not cheap
Anyway got it out the other day to find it won't charge( lithium-ion) at all.
I'm guessing it's gone too flat,but who charges their winter light in the summer?
The shop it came from are not much help so I'm wondering is there anyway I can revive this kind of battery?
It should be good for about 300 charges yet has only been charged about 10 times as each charge lasts up to 8 hours.
I'm pretty hacked off and don't feel like buying another expensive light.
Any suggestions?
Could you post a picture of the battery?
I have a Hope Vision 2 LED, it runs from a custom 2* 18650 battery pack which has recently failed (ie 10 minutes runtime instead of 2 hours).
So what I did was buy 2 18650 cells (like large AA cells), a battery holder and a recharger. I bodged the cable from a spare extension supplied with the light. Its slightly cheaper than buying a replacement battery from Hope, but the real saving is that most of the cost was in the battery holder and recharger. Now I have those, I can simply buy extra cells and have hours and hours of light, for a fraction of the price.
I have a Hope Vision 2 LED, it runs from a custom 2* 18650 battery pack which has recently failed (ie 10 minutes runtime instead of 2 hours).
So what I did was buy 2 18650 cells (like large AA cells), a battery holder and a recharger. I bodged the cable from a spare extension supplied with the light. Its slightly cheaper than buying a replacement battery from Hope, but the real saving is that most of the cost was in the battery holder and recharger. Now I have those, I can simply buy extra cells and have hours and hours of light, for a fraction of the price.
In fact, if this is your battery:
I would bet any money that it contains 3 18650 cells (3 * 3.7V = 11.1V). From the looks of that case, I doubt they're soldered together, just pushed together with springs. I reckon there's a good chance you could sort it for £20-ish.
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I would bet any money that it contains 3 18650 cells (3 * 3.7V = 11.1V). From the looks of that case, I doubt they're soldered together, just pushed together with springs. I reckon there's a good chance you could sort it for £20-ish.
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And ask the question. They're very helpful.
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