Do the quark tacticals have a parasitic drain?

[cslinger]

If so how bad is it? Will it drain a battery in an unused light fast?

Thanks
Chris

 

[gswitter]

No

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[Cataract]

I think the batteries are lasting longer in my quark tactical than my regular... probably due to the fact I don't need to switch through modes...

 

[AnAppleSnail]

I think that because the Quark does not remember last-on modes ("What level was it last on at?") with volatile memory, it does not have to keep its 'RAM' hot. Because my Tactical remembers set modes when I pull the batteries (for any reasonable number of hours), I have reason to believe that even that setting is stored in nonvolatile 'memory' of some kind.

 

[mr.snakeman]

The switch is either on or off (controlled with a digital ohm meter). Off = open circut, no drain.