Hey all —
Does anybody know of a good flashlight with a side electronic switch similar to a SRK or Courui with very low parasitic drain in the low mA or even uA region?
Thanks in advance!
Hey all —
Does anybody know of a good flashlight with a side electronic switch similar to a SRK or Courui with very low parasitic drain in the low mA or even uA region?
Thanks in advance!
The drain is not in the switch but the driver waiting for the switch press (in sleep pin set while in low power mode to interrupt and kick the mcu back to executing). I would expect them to all be close to the same without an actual off switch that disconnects power.
I don’t like the parasitic drain on sleep myself unless your running protected batteries- it can only lead to losing a 10 dollar battery, the mcu isn’t executing while sleep- which means no voltage monitoring.
OT was playing around with the pwm 0 bug and found it barely even drains- ran it all night on moon and it drained .07v from a single 26650 + you get voltage monitoring while technically ‘off’- I love it can have ridiculous high and super low with direct drive. Used it as a night light- it was perfect… And that’s direct drive
What about a sideswitch light with anodized threads for lockout?
For example the M6 has this and I find it very useful….the solar storm sc01 and so on also have this(some reported problems on them)
What about a light with an additional rear clicky to switch it off completely?
Like yezl y3 or convoy l4…
That would be the best for longer storage because the drain is zero.
Other than that a light with high capacity like a King or courui will handle parasitic drain better…
so what really counts is battery size and what you are using it for…
Thanks guys.
…err, yes I meant the driver not the switch causing the drain hehe …
Yes a rear switch for ‘all-off’/ open circuit would solve the problem but I’m not a big fan of rear clickys even tho most are made that way. I like a side switch that easy to push. Feels more techy and also natural than reaching around to the rear of the light and pushing imho . Also seems easier to quickly change modes .