old dive rite lead battery

[awdemeo]

is their a way to upgrade the lead battery in the old dive rite canister lights or are you stuck with lead battery to run the light thanks for the help.
I also heard you can send it back to dive rite to have an led head put on will they be able to upgrade the battery

 

[deepstops]

If you've got the wreck canister, there are two upgrades available if you have the single 2.9 amp SLA battery. The first is pairing and paralleling two 2.3 amp SLAs for a combined 4.6 amp pack. The advantage with this upgrade is you can continue using the same charger so the cost to DIY is under $50.

There is also NiMh battery pack upgrade available that requires a new charger. DR will have to provide the details on that for you because I opted to stick with the DIY SLA upgrade.

And yes, DR can upgrade the black 10w HID lighthead with the LED 700 emitter (they can not upgrade the brown/bronze lighthead, only the black). I had this upgrade done and I'd say I'm mostly happy. I wish the beam was just a little tighter than it is.

If I was doing it again, I'd go with the new 15w HID upgrade (twice the light of the 10w HID)

 

[Packhorse]

There is no reason you cant change to any type of battery that will fit as long as the voltage will work with your light head. The 10w HIDs have a narrow voltage band that they are designed to work with. Im nor sure about the DR LED upgrade but I have upgraded a few DR lights with a custom LED set up and this allowed for a voltage input of 7 volt to 13 .2 volt. It also produced a narrower and much brighter beam than the 10w HID for the same power consumption.