can do a lockout, and when it's locked out, the Ind. is OFF - I thought that made the most sense for most common usage (4X clicks in ramping to lockout, other way in mode sets)
can also use a quick shortcut to disable the Ind. LED when the light is OFF, in both ramping and mode set operation (ramping: press&hold til the light goes on in moon, quickly release)
can also disable it completely in the configuration settings
I knew this would be a wanted feature so put in a lot of support for it.
Tom E posted the below back in #7351. His numbers are a bit different from what DEL found, but there is certainly little danger of parasitic drain rendering the light useless in time of need…. even if the user is just halfway paying attention to their light every few years. …
I just spent 350 dollars online, and not a dime of those was for the Q8 will have to resort to throwing wads of cash at my computer screen to get things going.
I am so glad you guys are on top of things and have caught/noticed/seen this delamination issue so that it can be addressed & corrected before production.
Depending on how bad & widespread it is…. this was a potential Q8 disaster in the making. :person_facepalming:
Hat’s off to you all for being on top of things. :+1:
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I guess that’s why multiple proto’s where asked for… If it’s a proto board then the issue could be resolved easy. If not it might be a good idea that the team looks for a mpcb producer? Although I don’t think I ever heard of thorfire lights having this issue or they never designed a light pulling 20A in stock form.
Is there an accelerated-aging test to detect this kind of problem?
I’d guess repeated heat-cycling would provoke it, if it’s going to happen.
That’s a fairly common method of testing for potential failures, isn’t it?
Someone who knows something, please comment ….
That’s one of those QA issues — think of everything that could possibly go wrong, and fix the production
and one of those QC issues — do tests of samples of the produced work to find patterns of errors.
My impression was:
It may be a situation where these mcpcb were made on a older machine that doesn’t get much use anymore. It’s a good machine to use for small batches and prototype stuff, but when full production starts, the newer, faster, fully automated mcpcb machine will be used. That’s the thought that popped into my head.
I’m sure it wasn’t hand made and hand etched, etc…
I’m actually curious if Thorfire makes them or they buy them from another company.
Either way, either it’s a problem they already know happens, and know how to watch for, or it’s one they’ve never seen happen and need to take into account.
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