Thank you both. So, did I get it right that one half of the ring is not lit at all? Tom, can you please check if you can use the reverse charge mode ("powerbank"), e.g. when you attach a smartphone to the battery carrier? Is there any difference in the colors and patterns? Jacky seems asleep already (CET+6 hours). ;-)
No idea what the group buy numbers are but i’m after one if there are any left.
Apologies for such a mundane question for an exciting light but can these be locked out by the tailcap?
I tested the power bank function and it worked good up to ~2A, started having some voltage sag at 2.5A so would generally stick to 2A or less. Not sure on LED colors.
Yes, you can unscrew the battery tube a bit and lock it out.
Hhmm. Well it depends. What I'm seeing is still intermittent contact, and just the weight of the carrier will make + and - contact. It doesn't need the tail cap on to work - contact of both batt+ and batt- is made to the driver - tail contact is not necessary. If you sat the light glass end up, probably will not make contact without the tailcap on.
I'm still at work (amazingly...) so can't try til later. I see the red and green lighting up in 1/4 at a time. As you can see in the pic above of the USN circuitry, there are 4 LED's.
I was talking about unscrewing the battery tube vs the tailcap, when I was messing around with it it would not turn on unless it was fully screwed down, I didn’t specifically test for lockout though.
That’s really good information, thanks. I noticed it too late after my previous posting. I just sent this picture to Jacky. I hope he can confirm how these LEDs work. I must admit I get more and more confused. Maybe I should step a bit backwards and leave things on a more simplified level in the manual. :person_facepalming:
looks like there are 7 LED’s on that PCB actually, there are 4 in the middle and then 1 for each IC bank it appears, not sure what the smaller ones do but IIRC they were super dim and not visible through the center ring.
Tom, just realized that it seems like your going through some questionable times at work?- I hope all is well. I can imagine how stressful that is, thanks for keeping us in the loop, I’m sure your mind is on more important matters today. If I am wrong and misread your posts, then I apologize!
Thanks, survived but some who survived wished they didn't. Another sad day here... 1/3 of the biz is moving elsewhere, to NJ actually, and the remaining people/parts/assembly will move to the fab building around the corner, so they say now...
Well … Godspeed, brother . Here’s to making it another day in this crazy world
When available to sale?
Has anyone checked the parasitic drain by chance? Lockout is nice but hopefully the drain is low too. I had a Astrolux kill one of my 21700 cells.
I should be able to check the drain - will post.
The driver should be the same as all the other Narsil drivers, I didn’t think about testing the carrier though, that is a bit trickier but locking out at the tailcap would not help there anyways.
Is there LVP in the carrier circuit, or just RPP?
Good question.
edit: Just confirmed, Yes, the carrier has LVP set at 2.9V.
I’m in any color but silver would be great!
Couple of quick vid clips to show how the LED's work:
I could not get USB-C to USB-C working to charge it, so doesn't seem to support PD type charging. Tried 2 different USB-C phone chargers from a wall plug (high amps).