I recently replaced the batteries in my EE Explorer Pro 24.  I have a
Panasonic catalog but could not find the same batteries (12 V 12 Ah),
so went looking elsewhere.  I found some from GS Batteries (OEM?),
labelled "Portalac", same physical size as the Yuasa NP12-12's that EE
supplied, but after burn testing them, I found they lasted slightly
longer on the 50 W bulb.  100 W bulb burn time was roughly equivalent
to the Yuasa.  Incidentally, the guy at GS Batteries told me that the
quality of the Yuasa's varied considerably with the plant of
manufacture.  Japan was the best, Taiwan is okay, but don't even bother
with batteries from the Korean plant.  Can anyone verify this?

I use Panasonic batteries for many other applications, and have had no
complaints.

-Sean


On Thu, 23 Mar 2000 15:23:24 -0800, Ian Puleston wrote:

>And I've just made a discovery. My old batteries are Yuasa, but EE's website
>says that they use both Yuasa and Panasonic batteries in these lights. The
>Yuasa battery (NP2.6-12FR) is rated at 2.6 AH at 20 amp, and the Panasonic
>equivalent (LC-V123R4P) are the same physical size, but are rated at 3.4 AH
>at 20 amps. That's a considerable improvement - 30% extra burn time.
>
>Anyone ever noticed longer burn times with the Panasonic batteries?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ian Puleston [mailto:DiverIan@pa*.ne*]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 2:18 PM
>> To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
>> Subject: Replacement batteries for Extreme Exposure lights
>>
>>
>> One of the battery packs for my Extreme Exposure Explorer 6 light
>> has just died on me. I've done a bit of searching, and I can get
>> replacement batteries fairly cheap from a number of battery
>> suppliers, and could then rebuild the pack using the fittings
>> from the old one.
>>
>> However, the batteries from EE are flame retardant, and all of
>> the suppliers I've found do the same battery, but not the flame
>> retardant version. Anyone know if the batteries need to be flame
>> retardant?


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