Tiga Help

[KEITH123]

Snap lol , Keith

[fisherman_fen]

6v 12 Ah 6 volt 12.0Ah SLA Bait Boat Hovercraft Battery | eBay

heres a battery that will work and the hours it should last according to its amp hour capacity is as follows, 6 watt lamp on the battery will last approx 12 hours and with the 20 watt lamp on it will last approx 3.5 - 4 hours. hope this helps and its pretty cheap to buy as well.

[kingcod deano]

them batteries wont work for his head piece as he said his battery has a hole in it and the lamp plugs into it unless he cuts off his headpiece plug and wires it to the terminals

the tiga spare batterys are £53

[Geordie ant]

them batteries wont work for his head piece as he said his battery has a hole in it and the lamp plugs into it unless he cuts off his headpiece plug and wires it to the terminals

the tiga spare batterys are £53

Bloody hell £53

What about the ones from maplin?

How hard/reliable would it be to wire to the terminals??

Any other options??

Thanks!!

[kingcod deano]

got this from another site if any help

ive just bought a tiga sl12 with the charger belt and battery a was told the battery wouldnt hold charge so a bought a 6v 12 ah from maplins £15.99 and the female jack plug for £2.50 and the curcuit breaker £2.00 so for a full new battery and set up it came to £21.50 before a bought all this from maplins a e mailed www.headtorches.co.uk t see how much this set up would cost they wanted £45.50 !!!!! no chance ,also the sell the battery on e bay for a think its £29.50 plus £5.00 postage so it proves ya have t shop about t save money

[chrome21]

there use to be a place over north shields where you could get the batteries for the old mining lamps... dunno where it is/was but an old friend of mine got me from there many many many moons ago ( just cant think for the life of me who it was )

[fisherman_fen]

your right kingcod, but that hole is only an additional part they put on to make people buy there batteries because people think that is what they must need, i done away with that connection because they use soldered joints on the connections which arnt that good because by law and regulations we cant use lead in solder anymore which makes the soldered joint more prone to becoming brittle when a current is passed through it and causing heat which then cools down and eventually breaks the solder down. my tiga is set up on both 12 volt and 6 volt batteries as 12 volt g4's are alot cheaper than 6 volt g4 capsule lamps and the battery last alot longer too.