Hikelite
December 10, 2011, 9:23am
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benckie:
Hikelite:
What is real world for eveybody. I've seen Benckie putting a stop every time on 3V. What's real about that?. Many flashlights stop at 2.7V. So do I say it's real to ignore that I can have more runtime donw to 2.75V or 2.5V.
My Shadow TC6's driver is designed to cut at 5V. So yes, some 2.5V cells are be good for me, or others using this flashlight. I many times use it on low and medium so i need longer runtimes.
So from my point of view, I need tests done for 0.2A, 0.5A and 1A. That why I find 2100's test for the Panny useful.
Whats real about discharging at 0.2A, thats a all nigh test there, i dont have any lights that draw less then 1 amp, if you bothered to read post number 67 on this thread you will see i have already done the 0.5A test ! I can see 1 amp being useful, but any battery that gives the most mAh over 3 amp discharge will normaly give the most mAh and last longer for lower discharge test and you can work it out with simple math. Now if you wanted other test done why not ask........
I personaly dont find 2100's test of the panny useful as he is using a imax b6 charger with the maxium discharge of 1 amp with no data logging to back up his results, he has said in other post that the charger is out 0.2 volt to me when i question him and i know personaly the imax b6 and clones are not very good in nimh mode and the main charge leads are normaly out from 0.04 to 0.4 volts including the balance ports and 2100 has to use nimh mode to discharge lower then 3 volt. Im not have a dig at 2100 as hes a great bloke and post on this form im just stating it as i see it i dont mean no harm.
Have I said anything about your 0.5A test? Have I said that you haven't done it? No
You don't have any lights that draw less than 1A. OK. Others have, including me.
I have already said that for my needs, 0.2A is useful, and for any person who uses low modes on a regular basis.
Look at HKJ tests and see that at 0.2A the capacity increases. At at 1A and 0.5A they end up with the same capacity. So doing the math is not something accurate in this case.
Different case:
