There’s no mechanical tail switch here, right?
I’m beginning to wonder why all the side switch lights use the electronic switch… essentially this leaves full power running up to the emitter at all times in a “sleep” mode when off. Have I forgotten why a mini Omten isn’t used as a side switch, breaking the positive flow instead of the usual negative interruption? Was just thinking, probably dangerous I know….
With a mechanical side switch, like in the Little Dipper series, you can’t use the press and hold for ramping. You would be limited to the tail clicky UI’s.
With the e-switch you do get some parasitic drain since the MCU needs to monitor the switch circuit, but usually that drain is very low like on the Q8 and GT. For a light sitting on a shelf most of the time I just turn the tail cap to break the circuit. No worries of drain then.
I do remember hearing of a ramping UI that used a clicky switch. You would half press to start it ramping then another half press to stop it. I recall they said it was pretty clunky to use. It might have been from ToyKeeper or Tom E.
I think the parasitic drain on the 3 lights mentioned (with switch leds turned off) are a bit higher than the self discharging rate of the battery. It would still take years to fully discharge.
Not too many. Some people just like certain things.
Certain drivers have ultra low electronic switch parasitic drain. Only a few though. If one is planning to use a different driver then things change, parasitic drains can become quite large.
I asked because I may be changing the driver in my GT mini and it may be preferable due to the UI for me to use a mechanical switch. The SS ring around the rubber boot is press fit in the GT mini, not recommended to remove it and I’m sure it wouldn’t be easy to do, might even be loose upon trying to reassemble. Still though, it may be possible to approach the situation from another angle….