I notice that parasitic drain is high - I believe it comes from the switch light, which is brighter than aux on normal or low modes. At night, I have to hide the flashlight in the room it is so bright. The model I have is last year’s, the Fireflies PL47G2 with SW40 emitters. It runs on Andúril 1. I will update the firmware to 2 even though it will disable aux lights.
I use the torch on 4/7 for 45 minutes in the mornings and in 7 days, the battery has run down to 2.8v, 2.4v and once down to 2.2v. When it steps down after 2 mins from 4/7 I know the battery is depleted. When not in use, I put it in lockout mode. Voltage regulation is worse than on my Emisars and possibly the firmware update will cut off the current at a higher voltage than this.
If there is an easy way to lower current passing through the switch I’d do so but I don’t have many tools, knowhow or time. I think just cutting the wires may be easiest.
Thanks Zoulas, I do that often now, it is when I forget that it depletes. Maybe low tech is best. The Emisars’ lights give me useful information and they are well controlled.
Very difficult, the driver is very well glued, the main an AUX LED leads need to be desoldered first and they’re behind a press fit bezel that is also hard to remove.
Not a bad idea. I can buy a Skilhunt here for a reasonable price. I bought 3 flashlights in 2022, using 21700 & 26800 batteries. If the H04 or DW4 get 21700 body updates I will consider it - thanks for the recommendation. Meanwhile I will use the PL47V2 up to 5/7 and .... unscrew the tailcap.
