Metz 60 CT-4 battery (in Europe)

[kerkko_kehravuo]

Has anyone an idea where a battery for Metz 60 CT-4 could be purcased. Maybe even in Europe?

[Jochen_S]

The 6V Dryfit battery looks discontinued.

Shops refurbishing proprietary packs with new Ni** cells could weld 5 subCs into your NiCd case. The proprietary Metz charger would be abusive for those, especially NiMh.

Last time I used mine was with an external PSU.

[BeBu Lamar]

My dryfit battery went bad. I can't buy replacement either dryfit or Nicad. So I build my own packs. One with 5 sub C NiMh and the other with 4 Li-ion in series and parallel configuration. Both works well. The NiMH one can be charged in the unit via the standard charger. It works but I think not very good for the battery. The Li-Ion has to be charged outside of the unit using a charger designed for it.

[rodeo_joe1]

Shops refurbishing proprietary packs with new Ni** cells could weld 5 subCs into your NiCd case.

Why would they use sub-Cs when full sized C cells fit perfectly comfortably? And that's the size of cell originally fitted by Metz into their NiCd batteries - with room to spare for some foam padding.

 

Refurbishing the 60 series NiCd battery packs is relatively easy - as opposed to the 45 series batteries that are a complete Pita to re-cell. The most difficult bit is finding a source of tag-ended C cells at a reasonable price.

[BeBu Lamar]

Why would they use sub-Cs when full sized C cells fit perfectly comfortably? And that's the size of cell originally fitted by Metz into their NiCd batteries - with room to spare for some foam padding.

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Refurbishing the 60 series NiCd battery packs is relatively easy - as opposed to the 45 series batteries that are a complete Pita to re-cell. The most difficult bit is finding a source of tag-ended C cells at a reasonable price.

Sub C and C cells are the same size. The sub C cells don't have the positive tip thus the overall length is a bit shorter. They also available with tab which the original cells are. Sub C isn't smaller than C cell.

[rodeo_joe1]

Sub C and C cells are the same size. The sub C cells don't have the positive tip thus the overall length is a bit shorter. They also available with tab which the original cells are. Sub C isn't smaller than C cell.

Do these look the same size to you?

Do your homework BeBu.

A quick Google would have thrown up a table like this, that shows the sub-C (SC) is 2.5mm less in diameter and 7mm shorter than a C cell.

Edited August 29, 2021 by rodeo_joe|1