I think this has been posted, but I can't find it.
Reason I ask:
Was playing around today, and took the old batteries out of my X5 (which is considerably dimmer than with fresh batteries), and checked them. They were at 2.03v apiece. With those batteries, the KL1 was still adequately bright.
About equal to the X5 with new batteries (3.28v/ea.), which I put it alongside. I was surprised-an impressed. Didn't really think batteries that were no longer giving good output in the X5 would be worth anything in the KL1. To tell the truth, I was thinking that when my E2e/KL1 batteries got low, I could use them in the X5. Guess I see what all the fuss is about regulated lights...
I'm assuming that my KL1 has already fallen out of regulation since it's dimmer than with fresh batteries, and would get continuously dimmer if I left those batteries in it(?).
Does voltage tell the whole story, or is there more to it? I know that volts x amps = watts[output], but am curious about how regulated lights work. Do they step up the voltage, or ?
Reason I ask:
Was playing around today, and took the old batteries out of my X5 (which is considerably dimmer than with fresh batteries), and checked them. They were at 2.03v apiece. With those batteries, the KL1 was still adequately bright.
About equal to the X5 with new batteries (3.28v/ea.), which I put it alongside. I was surprised-an impressed. Didn't really think batteries that were no longer giving good output in the X5 would be worth anything in the KL1. To tell the truth, I was thinking that when my E2e/KL1 batteries got low, I could use them in the X5. Guess I see what all the fuss is about regulated lights...
I'm assuming that my KL1 has already fallen out of regulation since it's dimmer than with fresh batteries, and would get continuously dimmer if I left those batteries in it(?).
Does voltage tell the whole story, or is there more to it? I know that volts x amps = watts[output], but am curious about how regulated lights work. Do they step up the voltage, or ?