It wouldn’t in theory, but in practice it might since it’s going to use a boost driver (like a giant AA light) and powerful/cheap 1.5v boost drivers are rare. Kreisler’s reasoning is wrong, though, since voltage is interchangeable with current given same capacity/power.
This arrangement would be more convenient with a 4x setup like the king. I mean, who sells aa’s or 14500’s in 3 packs?
The cells in the Rook are obviously run in parallel. If it takes AA cells then it MUST have a boost circuit which means, unless it goes DD on 14500 cells, output will suck on 14500s.
i am guessing only. the driver contact disc reminds of similar lights with parallel cells. in series, 3 x 4.2V = 12.0V. The specs state 3-4.2V and i dont believe that this budget light has a fancy 4Sevens-like buck-boost-driver.
education. somehow i still think that all dogs are boys and all cats are girls :D
It should be fairly powerful on 14500 regardless of whether DD or boost/buck (unlikely since $:money_mouth_face:. The real question is how it does on AA. The most powerful AA light I have is the Trustfire 3T6 with 4 batteries in the 3x18650 config. Draws 4+A.
Sounds like it would have been better to just leave it at a 14500 light and not waste the time to have it 3AA. If it were four AA in series, I would be interested, but then it couldn't be done with 14500's too.
Seems like a boost driver is going to be inefficient or get hot?
I am liking this light, however, I am not a fan of lights that are not black. Honestly how did they come up with the name Blackshadow? Goldshadow, Coppershadow or even Bronzeshadow would be closer to a name for this.