Can the GatLight use rechargeable batteries?
Officially the light is designed to be used with 3V Primary Lithium (123) batteries. There are 3V & 3.6V rechargeable lithium ion batteries available and the GatLight’s driver circuitry is designed that it can operate with both rechargeable batteries. The driver can work with any input voltage between 1.5 and 5.5 Volts. HOWEVER there are a couple of things to consider when using rechargeables (such as RCR123s). • ONLY use protected rechargeable batteries. Protected means they contain a circuitry which prevents a too high discharge. Batteries without this circuitry build hydrogen inside of the shrink plastic and can explode. We’ve seen battery manufacturers sell unprotected batteries as protected ones. We know that the batteries at this store here are protected. • OVERDRIVE – The GatLight is designed that when a rechargeable battery is used, that the light will overdrive the LED by about 30%, meaning at the maximum brightness setting you will get a little bit more brightness, at the exp
