Keeping The Vantage Alive!

I was considering something like this? Easy enough to wire up, small enough to fit in the existing battery compartment:

www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/danto...A52-2-1-2WX/13692687

Or maybe I'll just Hulk one of my old cell phone batteries in there. :lol:

Should be easy enough to mount an 18650 battery holder in the battery compartment and have room to swap out batteries thru' the existing hole.

www.digikey.com/en/htmldatasheets/produc...e=US&lang=en&cur=USD

Or if you already use AA rechargeables then AA to D adaptors are a cheap option which doesn't require any hackery

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I was considering something like this? Easy enough to wire up, small enough to fit in the existing battery compartment:

www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/danto...A52-2-1-2WX/13692687

Or maybe I'll just Hulk one of my old cell phone batteries in there. :lol:

I don't see any reason it wouldn't work. How will you charge it? Thats what held me back from putting a phone battery in it over a year ago.

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I don't see any reason it wouldn't work. How will you charge it? Thats what held me back from putting a phone battery in it over a year ago.

What, we're thinking ahead now? :silly: I thought we were Hulking stuff!

Actually, while I was poking around, I realized that the Astro work light set I use has a built in 18650/26650 cell charger:

www.amazon.com/Astro-Tools-80SL-Recharge...-Swap/dp/B01JBNESO0/

That means I could use a single 18650 rechargeable cell in a holder and swap it in and out as needed. Good/terrible idea?