I tried without and with a number of bleeder resistor values but did not get the lighted tail working on the X2R without it messing with the timings (and I think I remember there was something wrong with the charging also). The next mode memory that Jason got is in fact the light seeing any amount of time, including infinity, as a short “off” , which is interpreted as a half-press and thus going to the next mode.
This is kind of an old thread so I don’t remember it real well, but I’m sure there was somebody that said they added a bleeder resistor and the light worked normally. Maybe they were wrong or I’m just remembering it wrong?
You remembered it right :person_facepalming: , look what I just found in my stash?
…with perfectly functioning UI with last mode memory. And now I remember what the problem was: another X2R I modded with a FET-driver, on top of the stock charging board. All ki d of things went wrong there, including the lighted tail. Later I did a lighted tail on a stock X2R and that went fine. In the light in the pic I found that I used a 670 Ohm bleeder, I found a place for it on the spring-side of the driver.
I’m a night person. Assuming your a day person, then you and I are probably awake and asleep at very simular times. So it just SEEMS like I’m awake all the time.
I’m just thinking, but being a small thing, wouldn’t it be possible to ask someone from US to buy it for you them send in a normal envelope as a letter?
Unfortunately, buying from MTN has a very expensive shipping, so that could be some alternative, if there would be no damage for the LED…
Would not kill it, but overdrive by quite a bit if you were to use alkaline AAs. DON’T PUT IN LITHIUM AAs though. Their open circuit voltage is 1,8V, so that would be 3,6V and probably kill the LED instantly since it draws very low currents.