About this replacement
Streamlight Portable Scene Light II — 11.1V Li-ion Replacement Battery (46005)
This 11.1V 5200mAh (57.72Wh) Li-ion battery replaces the original pack in the Streamlight Portable Scene Light II. It fits the three-cell configuration that powers the scene light's LED array at job sites, emergency scenes, and outdoor worksites. The OEM part number is 46005.
- Portable Scene Light II compatibility: The Scene Light II uses an 11.1V three-cell Li-ion pack wired to a driver board with a specific BMS handshake. This replacement matches that voltage rail and connector, so the driver board recognises the pack and enables full output from the first charge.
- Bench tested on actual hardware: We cycled this pack through charge and discharge on the Scene Light II's driver board. The BMS communicated correctly at each stage — no false low-voltage cutoffs and no fault flags during high-draw LED operation.
- Multi-cell replacement timing: The Scene Light II runs three cells in series. If you mix this new pack into a unit that still has a partially degraded original cell elsewhere in the chain, the weakest cell drains first under high-current draw. Replace the full pack as a unit — never mix old and new cells from different batches.
Why the Scene Light II steps down output before the battery indicator reads low
The Scene Light II's LED driver uses brownout protection — it monitors cell voltage in real time, not just pack-level state of charge. When any one of the three cells drops below the driver's threshold under load, the driver steps output down to protect both the LEDs and the cells. This can happen before the indicator lamp signals low battery because the indicator reads average pack voltage, not per-cell voltage under load. A new, balanced pack eliminates this early stepdown because all three cells drain at the same rate and hold voltage more consistently under draw.
Scene Light II won't power on after sitting unused for several months
Li-ion cells self-discharge at roughly 2–3% per month. After extended storage, the pack voltage can drop below the BMS's minimum re-initialisation threshold — typically around 2.5V per cell, or 7.5V for this three-cell pack. When that happens, the BMS locks the output rail and the light won't turn on even when connected to the charger. Place the pack on the Scene Light II's charger for at least two to four hours before concluding it is dead — many BMS circuits have a trickle-recovery mode that slowly raises cell voltage back above 3.0V per cell before enabling full charge current.