Speaking of which and this is a segue to the original thread, when I did a BLF search on ‘thermal sensors’ this is one of the first things it pulled up. I find it interesting that a cheap hobby charger has a thermal sensor to detect when a batt is getting too hot, another sensor for timer cut-off, and finally a capacity cut-off sensor. Don’t know how involved those aspects are but one might think at least a thermal sensor or timer cut-off on a hi-power torch’s driver is attainable for a modder to incorporate (?).
Which brings up another deal. I wish that the Intellicharger i4 had especially the thermal sensor or at least the timer cut-off feature. Prolly the thermal sensor is the cheaper way to go because it’s automatic. If a cheap hobby charger can incorporate it, so could Nitecore IMO. I’d pay an extra buck or two to have at least one of those options built in. And I think going by what the charger below could do it’s not a price consumer issue for the product either. Again, everyone raves about this charger - and I have one, but in retrospect maybe it’s not that great a design considering what other inexpensive chargers can do sensor-wise especially for li-ions where it’s flat-out needed the most.
Man, I’m on a frissy snoot soap box about kinda poopy designs when ya really think about it this morning, ain’t I? :cowboy_hat_face: