If this is true, I wonder if there is a resistor in series with the Aux LEDs even in high mode. If so, one COULD mod the driver and change the value to something higher, so that perhaps a month of AUX battery on high mode is attainable and the AUX LEDs do something more than barely help to find the light in the dark.
I’ve got no complaint really on low mode, just wonder what is the art of “possible”. My red aux LEDs on low are very easy to see across the room in the dark with my TS10 pointing at the ceiling on the nightstand.
Hmm, I think I have the materials to make this change myself, but I’m not sure how easy/hard it is to access the other side of the driver board. Guessing I could get a reasonable guess at a resistor value if I saw the one used presently. Guessing its 10 ohm or less for a 3 day draining of a 4.2V battery. probably 50 - 100 ohm would do the trick. Guessing the internal resistor in the MCU is 1k ohm
Thanks jon_slider and SammysHP, looks like my estimates were off by an order of magnitude. I hadn’t considered that increasing the resistance would be possible without removing the driver, but it makes sense, as the wires need to go up to the light PCB. I’ve already got that exposed, so I’m possibly well on my way here. . . .
I tried the 1/4W resistors I have readily available, much too big. I’ll have to see what I have at my disposal at work next week in terms of 1/10W resistors.