Wonder if anyone can offer some advice please.
This week I purchased a new Nitecore SRT7, along with an EagleTac 3400mah 18650 battery.
I charged up the battery using my Pila charger (which I use for my other 18650 batteries so I know it works) and went to use the new light. Immediately after switching on, the red status led flashed every 2 seconds, which according to the instructions means the battery is <50%. After 2/3 minutes, the light drops to a very low output and the red led flashes very quickly, indicating the battery is almost depleted. I reset the battery and charged again all day, but it did the same thing.
I then tried 2 brand new nitecore cr123a's in the torch, again, as soon as the torch is switched on, the red led start blinking every 2 seconds. This time the torch lasted 15 mins before the red status led started blinking rapidly.
I'm not sure if there is therefore a problem with the torch? If the slow blinking led does show a low battery when the torch is switched on then it looks to be a problem with the torch as it does it for both the new 18650 and cr123s (although it's worse with the 18650)
Anyone else have this torch and experienced this issue? I've been asked to send the torch back for testing, but wanted to check if anyone had experience of this before doing so.
Thanks in advance
This week I purchased a new Nitecore SRT7, along with an EagleTac 3400mah 18650 battery.
I charged up the battery using my Pila charger (which I use for my other 18650 batteries so I know it works) and went to use the new light. Immediately after switching on, the red status led flashed every 2 seconds, which according to the instructions means the battery is <50%. After 2/3 minutes, the light drops to a very low output and the red led flashes very quickly, indicating the battery is almost depleted. I reset the battery and charged again all day, but it did the same thing.
I then tried 2 brand new nitecore cr123a's in the torch, again, as soon as the torch is switched on, the red led start blinking every 2 seconds. This time the torch lasted 15 mins before the red status led started blinking rapidly.
I'm not sure if there is therefore a problem with the torch? If the slow blinking led does show a low battery when the torch is switched on then it looks to be a problem with the torch as it does it for both the new 18650 and cr123s (although it's worse with the 18650)
Anyone else have this torch and experienced this issue? I've been asked to send the torch back for testing, but wanted to check if anyone had experience of this before doing so.
Thanks in advance