Dorcy 1AAA current?

Can somebody tell me how much current the Dorcy 1 AAA light flows?
Mike

I think the old models Dorcy 1AAA overdrove the LEDs at around 50 mA. The new lensed models with white reflectors seem to drive them at less (half?) current.

vetkaw63 wrote: "Can somebody tell me how much current the Dorcy 1 AAA light flows?"

Thank you for asking this question - as it made me go measure the current draw at the battery - and this revealed something I did NOT know....

Preface -
there has been 3 generations of the Dorcy 1AAA model 41-4234,
see:
A Classic Revisited - Dorcy 1AAA (link)

There is a "new" version which has been called here "gen 4" -
however I think Dorcy probably regards this as a different model - as it actually has a different model # 41-4222 - see

a New Dorcy 1AAA (link)

Dorcy 1AAA Family portrait -


The currently available model 41-4234 is gen 3 a lensed/spot version with diamond patterned rubber inserts -

Current draw reading at the battery -

AAA alkaline battery at 1.543V open-circuit -

model 41-4234

gen 3 = 0.15A
gen 2 = 0.30A
gen 1 = 0.28A

model 41-4222 "gen 4" = 0.14A

Is this just a resistor at .015a and if so can the resistor be removed/replaced to allow say a tenth of an amp - .1a or higher? or say .5a for some real juice. I bought one of these at Wal-Mart and it just doen't have very much output even in the dark, I hoped it would be twice as bright as it is. I don't need tons of run time 1 hour or 2 woud be fine if I could up the output. I got gen 3 but I went there hopeing to get gen 4, I'd like to keep it but not if I can't tripple the output, they also had some cool Dorcy Lanters for $2.67 see my post here if that interest you. https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/142233

I got to looking at the electornics can't I just by pass and do a direct drive or will that burn up the LED? I can't really tell how it works with the aluminum body as a conductor?

UnknownVT,
Thanks, I follow all your posts on all the forums. Very informative.
Mike

SuperTorch wrote: "I got to looking at the electornics can't I just by pass and do a direct drive or will that burn up the LED? I can't really tell how it works with the aluminum body as a conductor?"

May be I've missed something.

A single AAA battery is nominally 1.5V and that is well below the required Vf for a typical 5mm white LED as in the Dorcy 1AAA
(so direct driving the LED with a single AAA probably would get very dim results,
and no where in danger of doing the LED any harm - unless you beat it with the battery ) -

The circuit is a step-up - which as the name implies steps the voltage from the battery up to the designed voltage (normally just a little above the rated Vf)

and yes, the alumium body is the conductor.