Halcyon Pro 3 battery advice

[Lou]

My torch appears to no longer want to charge, so using my keen engineer's brain I have deduced that this is either down to a duff battery (likely as it was left flat for ages) or a dicky charger.

I plan to replace the battery first, but I am loather than a loathe thing to pay the DIRdirect price of £56 for a replacment battery when the battery itself should only cost about £20 and the connector soldering i am quite capable of doing myself.

Only thing is, I do mechanics, not electrics and HID lights worry me....so, seeing as i can't seem to find a direct match for the existing 12V 2.9 Amp Hr battery that is duff, should I go for a 2.8 Amp hour or 3.3 Amp hour?

What risks am I taking with either of those choices?

Cheers

Lou

[johnkendall]

Originally Posted by Lou

My torch appears to no longer want to charge, so using my keen engineer's brain I have deduced that this is either down to a duff battery (likely as it was left flat for ages) or a dicky charger.

I plan to replace the battery first, but I am loather than a loathe thing to pay the DIRdirect price of £56 for a replacment battery when the battery itself should only cost about £20 and the connector soldering i am quite capable of doing myself.

Only thing is, I do mechanics, not electrics and HID lights worry me....so, seeing as i can't seem to find a direct match for the existing 12V 2.9 Amp Hr battery that is duff, should I go for a 2.8 Amp hour or 3.3 Amp hour?

What risks am I taking with either of those choices?

Cheers

Lou

Hi Lou,

Go for the one that fits in the canister Seriously, either of the 2 options will be fine, just as long as it actually fits. Then just be careful when putting the wires back onto the battery to get the polarity right.

HTH

John

[David]

Originally Posted by Lou

the connector soldering i am quite capable of doing myself.

What risks am I taking with either of those choices?

Cheers

Lou

if the replacment 12 volt battery fits in it will work, Maplins would be a good place to look.
If you solder it the wrong way around the balast will let out all the magic smoke :-) and never work again.
So just unsolder one wire from the old batery then solder it on to the new, this should make it harder to get it wong.

DAvid

[Okeanos]

As said whatever fits, current capacity will have no affect on your torch other than lasting a little longer.

RS components woud be the cheapest place, failing that then CPC will be the next cheapest. Maplins is retail, RS is trade, CPC is between the 2.

[andy b]

Hi Lou

Have a gander over: Halcyon Proteus 3 battery pack replacement

Hope this helps.

andy

[Lou]

Cheers chaps. I will have a look about for the right battery and get it on order tomorrow

[miniman]

A friends just fitted a maplins pack into his pro 3. He bought two bats so he can get a weekends diving in.