Just a suggestion… How about a wiki section that explains this stuff ? Many of you are qualified to write and explain topics. It would certainly help noobs like myself. As it is now we’re just flotsam on the waves picking up what we can here and there and most of it gets lost in jargon and minutia.
A really good start is found here: LEDs & Other Stuff - (Reference Guide) I found the basic flashlight and battery information to be priceless. I’d also bet that it kept me out of future harm, along with BRJ’s advice about adding cells and potential problems there.
It could be organized into a wiki with a sort of Index up front to lead folks to the info that they want. If there was a wiki section off topic stuff like this could be (maybe) referred to it and topics could be there for noobs and the folks at “phd” level. One could delve into it at whatever level they can use and the info is there as they want to access it. Just pick a topic… it could include mod’ing; fixing a light, and an explanation of how to match components, troubleshooting, just think about what you experienced folks do, and don’t think that anything is too small to include in the wiki. Too, a wiki isn’t carved in stone, it could be modified and added to by folks in the know. Maybe a peer review?
It’s just a thought that has had possibly a minute of thought behind it. Yeah, I can see folks getting perturbed at this off topic stuff being here in a review, but for us noobs it was priceless, at least it was for me; hence my suggestion. I doubt that I’m unique; I just speak up. How many noobs don’t have an L6, have no desire to have one, and completely passed over this information that could help them? I know it’s good of me to make the suggestion since there’s no way that I can write any of it and I just put it on the shoulders of other folks. Anyway, it’s just an idea. Do with it as you will.