Who regularly does nonstop full battery rundowns?

[Dude Dudeson]

As in, who among us regularly or at least semi regularly starts with full cells, of whatever type, and runs them all the way, nonstop or nearly nonstop?

I'm talking real world usage, not runtime tests.

What kind of light, and what are you doing?

 

[Egsise]

My wireless optical mouse....it's has a red led and 2xAA.

 

[Kaamos]

As in, who among us regularly or at least semi regularly starts with full cells, of whatever type, and runs them all the way, nonstop or nearly nonstop?

I'm talking real world usage, not runtime tests.

What kind of light, and what are you doing?

Quite often, because the runtimes of my lights are less than what I need for some tasks. You could say that I've chosen wrong lights/batteries, but I find it more convenient to carry a couple of small, powerful lights instead of a bigger or dimmer one that would last long enough with one set of batteries. For example, dog walks with Romisen RC-G2 or ITP C8 at full power on about 2000mAh LSDs. Freshly charged 2650mAh duracell NiMHs usually give just enough runtime with just one light. I don't like to swap batteries outdoors so I just have another light (and a third small one as a backup) to switch on when the first one runs out.

 

[Niconical]

...and a third small one as a backup....

:thumbsup: You just earned your official flashaholic T-shirt :thumbsup:

 

[Flying Turtle]

I will fairly regularly run down the battery of whichever light I'm using for reading in bed. Not because I read for long periods, but only that I'll often fall asleep with the light still on. It's usually a AAA light or the Photon ReX.

Geoff

 

[Benson]

On night walks, I frequently run my hotwires empty or nearly empty in a continuous (or nearly so) burn.

I need to get some of batteryspace's 4Ah IMR26650s to replace my Emoli IMR26700s; I don't need the extra current in my (practical) builds, and I could sure use 30% more runtime.

EDIT: to clarify, I don't need the extra juice in any of my current builds, which are all more or less practical; I've been contemplating some rather impractical builds that would need more current than the BS cells can handle...

 

[wcrsx]

My wireless optical mouse....it's has a red led and 2xAA.

+1

 

[SemiMan]

Run my Li-ions all the time down to the protection circuit mainly in my bike lights. Even if I do that 10-20 times over a summer riding season, that is many many years of life. Of course when charged, they sit in the freezer.

Semiman

 

[Curious_character]

My headlamp (EOS modified with an SSC P4) runs about 3 hours at maximum output on 3 NiMH AAA cells. I routinely ran them dry when doing wiring in the attic or crawl space. I just rotated between two sets of cells. NiMH love this treatment -- the capacity just kept slowly increasing.

c_c

 

[Elliot]

Yes - long walks - I bring two lights + backup. Headlamps always get run down and new batteries swapped in, same with small portable fans.