Just bought one of these
I assume the SLA means Sealed Lead Acid?
It also mentions an approx charging time of 10 hours, and specifically warns against charging for more than 10 hours.
Am I OK to opportunity charge this, or do I have to wait until it almost discharges like a drill driver?
Looks an odd shape to squeze a lead acid cell into, does it weight a ton? Other websites seem to describe it as NiMH, in which case you could use and charge as you saw fit.
No, very light in weight, thats what confused me when I saw SLA on the spec. I've only looked at the B&D site so far.
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3.6v is also an odd voltage for lead acid which are a nominal 2v/cell. It could have a couple of cyclon type cells I guess but they still have a fair bit of weight. NiMH are nominally 1.2v so three of them makes the maths on the voltage work. B-)
Something wrong there. Nicads etc are nominally 1.2 volts per cell while lead acid 1.5v. So SLA would be either 3 or 4.5 volts. Although in practice any lamp I've seen that uses SLA is 12 volts, using standard burglar alarm batteries.
FWIW I've got two rechargeable devices that use SLA - a car jump start pack and a 55W torch. Both chargers switch off when the battery is charged. By the look of that lamp it uses NiCads etc.
Mustn't post before the coffee kicks in. Make that 2 volts for lead acid so 2 or 4 volts.
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No you haven't... :(
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