NiteIze IQ Switch tailcap beacon battery drain?

Turbo DV8 · Apr 5, 2008

Does anybody know to what degree the little red LED in the tail cap drains the cells? I can tighten the head down to disrupt power to the locator beacon, but it is a pain to have to unscrew the head and refocus each time. If I want to leave some LSD NIMH cells in the light for a period of weeks and months, will this red beacon contribute significantly to battery drain, or is it merely a small fraction of normal self-discharge?

Black Rose · Apr 7, 2008

Good question. I was wondering the same thing.

I have a couple of Garrity LED lights that have 3 blinking indicators to show battery status (green, yellow, red). They don't seem to have a drastic effect on battery life.

Hopefully the IQ switch is similar. The IQ switch does blink brighter than the indictors on my Garrity lights though.

mr.squatch · Apr 7, 2008

I read somewhere that in order to drain two alkaline aa batteries the beacon can run for something like 9 years. no worries.

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Turbo DV8 · Apr 7, 2008

mr.squatch said:
I read somewhere that in order to drain two alkaline aa batteries the beacon can run for something like 9 years.

See, I knew there was a catch!

WadeF · Apr 7, 2008

Hehe, not enough to worry about. Mine's been blinking away for months.

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