I’m running 2 leds and I set them up to be bright and that’s only 0.4 milliamp. Thorfire’s single led is probably under 0.2 milliamp so the driver itself is about 4.0 milliamps.
The Q8 driver has a 0.02 mA draw with switch led turned off and a 0.135 mA draw with it turned on. That’s very good.
I guess Thorfire expect their customers to always turn it off with the tail switch?
Are you talking about a bleeder resistor for the switch led? I’m sure it does just to not burn it up. Still, 2 bright leds only pull 0.4 mA. So the single, not so bright, led in the S70-S can’t be more than 0.2 or 0.3 mA. The big 4.0 mA draw has to come from the driver.
Or do you mean a bleeder resistor that is part of the driver circuit? I’m not familiar enough with driver dedigns to comment on that.
It’s not that big a deal if you turn the tail switch off when your done using it or you recharge the batteries every week or 2 already.
Oh yeah, the new model is the S70-S. The older one is just the S70.
I know the new driver is slightly small in diameter and the sense resistors are a larger smd size. The firmware is definitely different. I don’t remember too much else about the 2 drivers.
Yeah, that would turn the S70-S into a beast. With only 0.08 mA drain from the driver as well. Maybe 0.2 mA total for driver and single LED side switch.
The $37 light, plus $25 driver, turns it into a $62 light. That’s the price of an L6, but Narsil and the increased output make it worth it. It’s still a bargain.
Don't think you can use the indicator LED though, not with 3 channels, an e-switch, and voltage divider resistors for 2S -- that's all 5 I/O pins used.
Unless someone can help with the firmware coding, I won't have time for looking into pin sharing for quite some time. I'm struggling for time as it is.
Hey guys I’m still very new here. Sorry if this has already been answered but I’m wanting to know if it’s ok to leave the S70S in standby mode just overnight?
I like the glowy side switch and it would come in handy when I wake up in the middle of the night to use the potty or just get up to check inn something.
Don’t want to ruin my light or cells.
Thank you, could you tell me what the better night stand lights are with a glowy button please? I can’t afford 300 dollar lights.
This was the only light I’ve seen so far with a glowing button.
There are many. You can even add a glowing button to certain lights, but not all drivers respond well to that. It’s best to get a light that is made with a glowing switch. Try these:
These have a nice 5 lumen moonlight mode plus the Bistro UI which let’s you configure it many different ways. I would suggest mode 4 or 5 with memory turned off. That way it will always turn on at moonlight first, regardless of what level the light was on when you turned it off.
The S3 is a smaller version of the S2 and uses a 14500 battery.
I know there are some more lights that come with lighted tail switches. Maybe people can post some more.
So if I’m understanding this correctly (just got out of the ER concussion crap sorry), both those astrolux lights have a lighted tail cap? Or is it glow in the dark? I have a few with glow in the dark switches but the problem is that they don’t actually glow. That’s why I liked the S70s switch.
Those two lights were designed by the crew here at blf and a member named pilotdog66 was the one who designed the switch PCB with LEDs built in that shine through the silicone boot. They do have a small amount of parasitic drain, but it’s not too bad.
Here is an example of a switch “kit”.
I’ve put these in an Eagle Eye X2R and a Convoy C8, but they mess up the memory feature if you don’t also mod the driver to make it compatible.