Disabling the charging on the carrier should remove all parasitic drain from the carrier leaving only yhe normal parasitic drain from the driver itself which generally takes 2 years+ to drain a set of batteries.
Sadly I do not see the charging parasitic drain being fixed while keeping the charging working. This is why I don’t care for internal charging. It can be done but takes a lot of extra work to make it work properly.
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Thank you. My Google Drive links were unfortunately messed up by some update, so I had to restore some information, e.g. manuals. If you want to update the link to the manual once again, here’s the new link:
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What is it about internal charging that causes parasitic drain?
The Charge circuit IC’s are simply not designed to have the low parasitic drain that we need. They are designed for items that are used regularly or need constant monitoring.
It can be made better but takes more expensive components and R&D that most flashlight manufactures are not even aware are necessary. Parasitic drain is something that manufactures seem to completely ignore for some reason. I have a few lights that from the factory would drain the cells in a few months.
Last night.
A lot of moisture in the air and even more haze from the Canadian and West Coast USA fires.
Across the River about 125 yds. To target, A Sycamore Tree.
That thing is a pure beast. Love to see a pure copper version.
that would be amazing
Ok, just got word, this weekend will be the end of the group buy.
So anyone that wants a WT90 at the GB prices grab them while you can!
Quite surprised to see the slow sale of the WT90. The Black version hardly moves on Ali Express’s web page for days, still 51 pieces available.
I have grabbed one Silver. Will wait to get one Black if the price drops later this year.
BTW, what happens to those large and expensive flashlights (each costing over US$200) which have been left unsold over the years? Just saw on Olight’s website, soon the new X9R will be on sale for about US$500. What will happen to the older Marauder 2, which is priced over US$200?
X9R has been around for a while. Marauder 2 came after it. The only thing that’s new is that it’s blue now. I imagine they will continue to carry both models. The X9R will go back up to $600 when the sale ends.
The same thing that happens to anything that does does not sell. Flashlights are no different.
Hi TA, It is possible for a "mere mortal" without too much experience to be able to disable the charging on the carrier ... I wish I could do it because I always use a spare pair of batteries and I prefer to recharge the batteries with my charger.
Excuse me how do I tell the lamp 18 °? I can calibrate the external temperature or the temperature of the room or you are telling me that after heating the lamp with the Turbo for a few minutes I tell him that the room is at 18 ° so that it who is hot thinks that all that heat is only 18 °, is that correct? Thank you.
Easiest way would be to simply replace the charging PCB with a pass-thru board. Should be cheap but Int'l shipping is always a problem. We do need the PCB board designed, then anyone could order it through a PCB service like OSHPark or a China based low cost PCB house like https://www.pcbway.com/. Not sure of the cost, but probably over $10 shipped.
This is about Anduril, not the WT90 flashlight as shipped.
With Anduril, to calibrate temperature, you tell it what the current light's temperature is by clicking "nn" times, like 18 times for 18C. So what he's saying is to calibrate the light way under what the true temperature is, therefore it effectively disables thermal regulation because if it's set to trip at 50C and the real temperature of the light is 50C, the processor thinks the temperature is only 5C, for example, and won't drop the output via thermal regulation.
Btw, I just quoted a 50x50 mm PCB at PCBWay.com and it came to $5 for qty 5, plus shipping. USPS shipping for US is $10 but there might be a cheaper option with them.
Qty 5 is minimum, but qty 10 costs no more. I'm not sure this board can be made and quoted that cheap though - might depend on other options, for example, if the thickness is greater than 1.6 mm, the price goes to $53!
In the end, I believe that paying VAT and shipping from China is not worth it. I am waiting for an already modified carrier that I believe will arrive sooner or later and I will buy that directly, by the way why don't you propose it to us TOM E, it would be a pleasure to buy it from you.