14500s work fine. Been using one on my meg for 5 ish years now. They also work in the petrel and Perdix and I just charge them with my backup light batteries.
do you have any specific brand recommendations for 14500’s?
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14500s work fine. Been using one on my meg for 5 ish years now. They also work in the petrel and Perdix and I just charge them with my backup light batteries.
do you have any specific brand recommendations for 14500’s?
I normally get 90+ hours from my SAFTS, and checking my logs, barely 30 hours from a Duracell AA or Energizer AA (not sure which exact specs though).
It’s also 3x the amount of trash.I believe you are right. But I can buy a 16pack at Costco for $10 bucks. 30x16 >1x90 for that $10
I started a cave dive yesterday with my Petrel 1 with the battery icon showing 50%. I did not look at the voltage. I had an Energizer Ultimate Lithium battery in it, and the computer was set for that battery.
Moments after getting into the water the computer went blank. Would not restart. Got it home and replaced the battery and it works just fine now.
Seems odd the battery icon showed 50% & died within a few minutes.
Anyone else experienced this issue?
Luckily I had my Perdix AI on also. it worked just fine so we could make the dive.