Re. “Press and hold both switches for more than 1 second to lockout the flashlight. Press and hold both switches for more than 1 second to disengage the lockout.”, does that mean that there is no parasitic drain when it is locked out, since this is not a “mechanical” lockout?
Funny y’all should bring up “parasitic drain during lockout” concerning this light. I got curious about that too after reading about that little Nitecore key chain light thing.
I just started testing one of my EA45S’s back on 19 September 2016.
Here are the results so far.
Light Nitecore / EA45S
Batteries / Eneloop ‘PRO XX’ AA _ (HR-3UWX min 2400mAh / 11-05-EE) _ Batteries fully charged, rested over 24 hrs. then installed.
My Eneloops are flat, light doesn’t turn on after a few days without using AT ALL! I have tried many sets of fully charged batteries, all dead within few days.
Is my light faulty?
Hmmm, how many days is “a few”? Something doesn’t sound exactly right with it for sure.
The post above yours is what mine measure after two weeks. I am gonna update that post every two weeks or so and see what happens.
Even for Nitecore parasitic drain, that sounds excessive. One tip to pass on: On many Nitecore lights, Once you put the cells in, turn it on for a second or two before putting it in lockout. Seems to cut down the drain considerably.
My bad ‘arow55’……….
Looks like in six weeks of being on “Lock Out” with absolutely zero use, the average loss per battery is 0.08525v.
That seems like a pretty minuscual loss to me.
We will see what happens with more time though…. but I am thinking it will be nothing drastic.
Light Nitecore / EA45S
Batteries / Eneloop ‘PRO XX’ AA _ (HR-3UWX min 2400mAh / 11-05-EE) _ Batteries fully charged, rested over 24 hrs. then installed.