Ah, the 30 seconds would explain it, I generally test at 5-10 seconds. These style lights generally drop off for the first 30-60 seconds as things heat up and then stabilize the drop off. I am just too lazy to time the tests between all my lights to keep them consistent lol.
Two different lux meters. Better now with all Sony VTC6 batteries that draw power in the batty carrier. With 4 batteries i could only get around 4700 Lux.
you say these little red slides can be removed? Another button fell out after playing with the light a minute and the batteries came out at different temperatures and voltages which leads me to believe that not all batteries are making contact
Yeah, First mark the orientation of the top of the carrier. Then remove the hex screws from one end of the carrier and you can pull the end off and remove the center pcb’s. Then just reassemble in the same orientation it came apart.
hell this seems better than with the red sliders actually; just slide the clear sleeves up half way and tighten the battery container tail cap down real good and it’s more firm that before
Yeah, it is easier to use like this but you have to be careful since it is now possible to put a cell in backwards and short them out possibly leading to an explosion.
I was thinking about removing the center pcb’s on my GT94 because they seem to bind in the rods that they slide on. I mark my Li ion cells with little + and - signs all around the circumference of both ends the cells, because sometimes I am thinking anything else while I am inserting a cell.
Woo boy this thing is bright… what’s the runtime on turbo does anyone know? At least the calculated on 3000mah batteries? Seems like 3000mah/21a*60 = 8min32seconds… is it really that low?
Also, is there no way to set turbo at the top of the ramp?
Insert said outgassing cells into sealed flashlight tube, pressure builds, something will give.
Now obviously we are not talking hand grenade here but the blowing out the lens into shards of glass is quite possible and something I would not want to be around.
Ah, your thinking the person will not notice the shorted cell and then have time to install it in the flashlight and seal it up. I would think that it would be noticeable well before it’s installed.
Most of the time the pressure will escape through the switch or through the lens. Very few lights are actually sealed tight enough to build much pressure.
When you said explosion I’m picturing a bomb or grenade.
Good cells can take ~30 seconds to start outgassing, if the last cell you insert was the one that shorted, that is plenty of time to insert the pack and put the cap on before it became noticeable.
Mostly just making people aware of the risks with removing the center PCB’s, most likely it would not happen but they need to be aware it is possible.