PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-669

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 669

AUGUST 2008
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-669 - Page 24 of 33
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f you’re using BA-5123/U, 3-volt lithium batteries in your flashlight, make sure
they’re not Interstate 123A batteries. These batteries come with a warning from the
manufacturer that states: “Not recommended for use in flashlights.”
The confusion is not entirely your fault. You may have ordered the batteries using
NSN 6135-01-351-1131. That stock number will bring 3-volt lithium batteries made
by other manufacturers that can be used in flashlights. It’s just the Interstate batteries
that you don’t want to use.
That’s the bad news. The good news is, they do Fne in other equipment like the
AN/PEQ-6A, -14, -15; the AN/PSC-12, AN/PSX-1; and test sets, TS-4495/U and
TS-4501/U.
So right now, check your 3-volt lithium batteries and make sure the warning on
the Interstate batteries about not using them in flashlights is well-known and well-
heeded in your commo shop.
3.6V Li-Ion rechargeable (RCR123A, 18500, 17650, 18650)
1.5V button cell (S76, A76, A625, A640)
1.2V NiMH/NiCad Rechargeable (AA, AAA, C, D)
1.5V alkaline (AA, AAA, C, D, N)
9V alkaline
12V alkaline (A23)
1.5V lithium (AA L91, AAA L92)
3V lithium coin (1616, 1620, 2016, 2025, 2320, 2032,
2430, 2450, 58L 1/3N)
6V lithium (BA-5372/U)
Lithium
Battery
Safety…
Commo
Batteries…
This Is a Test
why?
well,
they could
explode!
It’s a great battery for some equipment, but not flashlights!
These
Aren’t
for
Flashlights!
this tester is
easy to use
and
easy to
read
and will
quickly show
you whether
a battery is
good-to-go
or dead-as-a-
doornail.
here are
some of the
batteries it
will test…
every commo shop
worth its salt should
have battery tester,
sure it will cost
you $150, but it
will test the state
of charge for
more than 30
types of batteries.
oh, man…
I am just
rarin’
to
go!
and I’m
already
gone!
me
first!
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