Robocop
Mammoth Killer
I was playing around with some of my hybrid rechargeable cells tonight and had a few that I was trying to run down in order to cycle them to full capacity. I used one of my original Fenix L1Ps along with my cheap little RiverRock 1-AA one watt luxeon bought from Target.
I noticed that the RR gave out quickly so I checked the voltage and it was right at .93 and would not fire back up at all. I swapped out the battery and the drained cell worked pretty good in the old Fenix. I guess there is more to looks when buying a cheap light as the Fenix circuit seemed to be much better than the RR as it did work when the same battery would not power the RR brand.
Point of this whole story is what major component on a circuit board determines the circuits ability to light up at a low voltage where other circuits fail? If I remember correct the early Fenix L1Ps were geared more towards the cheap rechargeable cells and actually did better on the cheap cells than they did with alkalines. I do not know tech stuff however 2 lights of pretty equal output and size but very different behavior with depleted cells is interesting to me.....what actual part or design makes the Fenix light with almost no voltage ?
If it is something simple I am thinking of trying to improve on some of the lesser performing circuits I have....you know like a simple swap of a part on the circuit board but something tells me this will not be the case at all.
I noticed that the RR gave out quickly so I checked the voltage and it was right at .93 and would not fire back up at all. I swapped out the battery and the drained cell worked pretty good in the old Fenix. I guess there is more to looks when buying a cheap light as the Fenix circuit seemed to be much better than the RR as it did work when the same battery would not power the RR brand.
Point of this whole story is what major component on a circuit board determines the circuits ability to light up at a low voltage where other circuits fail? If I remember correct the early Fenix L1Ps were geared more towards the cheap rechargeable cells and actually did better on the cheap cells than they did with alkalines. I do not know tech stuff however 2 lights of pretty equal output and size but very different behavior with depleted cells is interesting to me.....what actual part or design makes the Fenix light with almost no voltage ?
If it is something simple I am thinking of trying to improve on some of the lesser performing circuits I have....you know like a simple swap of a part on the circuit board but something tells me this will not be the case at all.
