Is there an 18v battery about the size of a C cell? A zener tester, probably 1970s, that goes upto 17v max, takes what looks like a single C cell. There is no circuitry that could up the v as far as I can tell.
There was some weird battery, 19V or something. Rare and expensive.
HTH
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** That the one that looks like a 9V batt with terminals on each end?IOW the old style hearing aid batt.
... Phil
Yes, cheers. I guess 3x PP3 might be a better option now.
I have a few pieces of older gear that takes batteries that are no longer on the market. If there is room I use a 9 volt battery and one of the boost converters from China. You can get them to boost or lower (buck) the voltage.
I was just wondering about that, but with a 1.5v cell. 9v batteries are a lot more bucks per watthour.
It all depends on how much room you have. I don't recall how much but some boost converters have a minimum input voltage. I did use 4 AA batteries in a device that had plenty of room and a boost converter.
Not counting the loss for efficency I have found the converters to be almost like a transformer. The power out is about equal to the power in, so if going from a low vlotage to a high voltage you draw more current and if going from a high voltage to a low voltage you draw less courrent.
That has a minimum input of 5V so a single 3.7V Li isn't going to do. Several years ago I used one of these:
it is literally designed for a single 3.7V Li, the 4.5-8V input is for the charger
Sigh, you are right of course.
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