Alero
Enlightened
I noticed an interesting difference between the arc and the E0 this week while fidgeting with both. When using a nearly dead battery, the E0 just lights up normally but with low output. But the Arc does a strange thing. It sometimes lights right up, but sometimes can take up to 10 seconds before it will suddenly come on. I can twist the head to the on position, lay it on the table, and wait a few seconds, and it will just turn on. Is there something in the circuitry that makes it need to build up a charge from a dead battery?
I almost think there's some sort of small capacitor in there because of this and also because of the way the Arc turns off. The E0 just turns off, but the Arc fades out for somewhere between a half second and maybe a full second. So it's storing energy somewhere in there.
My Arc is the FrankenCamo version by the way, so it's got the old 3.3 head if that matters. But I'd imagine the circuits are the same in newer ones.
Anybody else notice this?
Oh, also, I don't have any AAA that is so dead that it won't light one of the lights. Anybody know which one will still light on the most depleted battery? I'd bet on the E0, but I really don't know.
I almost think there's some sort of small capacitor in there because of this and also because of the way the Arc turns off. The E0 just turns off, but the Arc fades out for somewhere between a half second and maybe a full second. So it's storing energy somewhere in there.
My Arc is the FrankenCamo version by the way, so it's got the old 3.3 head if that matters. But I'd imagine the circuits are the same in newer ones.
Anybody else notice this?
Oh, also, I don't have any AAA that is so dead that it won't light one of the lights. Anybody know which one will still light on the most depleted battery? I'd bet on the E0, but I really don't know.
