Battries

Ok so I killed one of the battries that came with my laser pointer (put it in charger wrong) and so that one battery gos from 3.7v to 1.1v almost instalinty thought it was my laser pointer messing up cuz I would turn it on and it would go dim after a vary short time but tested battries with multi meter one was at 3.69v other at 3.5v put them in laser turned it on it quickly went dim took the Batteries back out and checked them agin one 3.69v other 1.1v so I need new battery where can u find "lc 16340 800mAh @ 3.7v" batteries

Oh and the battery that died takes about 3s to fully charge

Uhm... yeah... batteries take a bit longer to charge lol.

lighthound.com, batteryjunction.com, lots of places to buy batteries out there.

These are great: AW IMR16340 550 mAh IMR CR123 size LiMN Rechargeable Lithium Battery

I think the easiest way is to get the 3.7 V Ultrafire 16340 on ebay. There are lots of these batteries being sold on ebay and it's pretty cheap. That's where I usually buy them.

Roam said:

I think the easiest way is to get the 3.7 V Ultrafire 16340 on ebay. There are lots of these batteries being sold on ebay and it's pretty cheap. That's where I usually buy them.

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Its no more difficult ordering from a website such as InfinitusEquitas linked to, and that particular battery is one of the best. AW also do a protected 16340 sized battery rated at 750mAh - http://www.lighthound.com/AW-RCR123a-Protected-750-mAh-Battery_p_114.html

Ultrafire are all over ebay and very cheap for a reason

Does the amperage of the battries affect anything sense myne are rated at 800mAh would it hert to go over or under that rateing don't want mess something up?

mAh refers to the capacity of the battery. The higher the better.

Although all chinese batteries, anything XXXXFire mAh ratings are pure BS.

Z31daG33k said:

Does the amperage of the battries affect anything sense myne are rated at 800mAh would it hert to go over or under that rateing don't want mess something up?

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mAh refers to the capacity of the battery - Milliamp Hours - and is useful to give you an idea of lasing time between recharging. For example, a laser/driver drawing 800mA would give about an hours use in theory on 800mAh rated batts before needing recharging.

Of the AW's mentioned before, the IMR can supply higher currents than the ICR, though the ICR are still very good and I've used them on a high current drawing 532 without any apparent loss in power output (LPM tested)

If the host allows it though, AW IMR 18350 are the way to go i.m.o

I got some 880mAh 3.7v battries from eBay (fast shopping)
thank you all for your help