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Old 03-07-07, 10:04 AM
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Question VR3 - Where do you get the batteries?
Hi All,

I am fed up with changing the battery in my VR3 - Where do you get the 3.6V AA batteries from?

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I ordered some on Sunday from the Small Battery Company.

AA Lithium Thionyl Chloride battery. Equivalent to Tadiran TL-2100, Tadiran TL-4903, Tadiran TL-5104, Saft LS-14500, Sonnenschein SL-360/S etc.

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I used to use the small battery company or also Battery Force. Selling brand name batteries online at cheap discounted prices. Duracell Energizer Panasonic Uniross Camcorder Camera Phone Watch Charger Tester Batteries

both are pretty good in terms of prices and delivery and the 3.6v batteries are so much better in a VR3 than a standard AA
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One thing to be aware of, I have been told that their degradation curve is very steep, they go from working to not working very quickly.

Don't know how true it is, one of the YD boffins will help here, but it has led me to change mine when it drops below 3.4v

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Maplin sell them, if there's one on your high street it might be easier.

They do have an alarmingly steep discharge characteristic. I was on a dive once and all seemed well, 3.4V before I set off, 45minutes later, blank screen and I don't run with my backlight on much. So they don't gradually drop from 3.6 to 1.4 before lights out.

I've gone back to 1.4Vs.

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I have found some halfway - 1.7v - lithiums in Jessops

Much cheaper than the 3.2 v offerings at IIRC £6 for 4

Seem to last well - and to drop to 1,5 before bouncing back to 1.7. This running light on when wet.
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Rebreatherspares.co.uk do the 3.6v batteries at a good price. Delivery is quick and cheap too!
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