Trevtrain
Enlightened
Thanks for the reply here Baroutogolos.
My understanding of electronics is somewhat basic so I am not really sure how much work would be involved in you having to redesign the pcb using alternative topologies. I guess it is something you should consider for the future if your market expands beyond our rather specialty niche here at CPF and other like-minded audiences.
Due to financial limitations, I cannot see myself becoming a customer at this time no matter how much I admire your lights, so I guess you can't really view my observation as a "wish". But I do think that once you design someting for use with 12V, you have to figure that people might leave it connected to a source that is charging. Even campers using 12V solar panels to charge a deep cycle battery may expose your light to overvoltage if remains connected during the day.
Perhaps you could comment further on the internal fusing. Is this in the form of a resettable fuse or will something need to be replaced if the fuse is triggered? Is it easily user-servicable? Would the user understand what triggered the fuse?
I know, lots of possibly pedantic questions but I really want to see your products take the best form they possibly can.
In any case, a prominent warning about not using them in running vehicles might be in order when you ship your laterns.
Cheers.
My understanding of electronics is somewhat basic so I am not really sure how much work would be involved in you having to redesign the pcb using alternative topologies. I guess it is something you should consider for the future if your market expands beyond our rather specialty niche here at CPF and other like-minded audiences.
Due to financial limitations, I cannot see myself becoming a customer at this time no matter how much I admire your lights, so I guess you can't really view my observation as a "wish". But I do think that once you design someting for use with 12V, you have to figure that people might leave it connected to a source that is charging. Even campers using 12V solar panels to charge a deep cycle battery may expose your light to overvoltage if remains connected during the day.
Perhaps you could comment further on the internal fusing. Is this in the form of a resettable fuse or will something need to be replaced if the fuse is triggered? Is it easily user-servicable? Would the user understand what triggered the fuse?
I know, lots of possibly pedantic questions but I really want to see your products take the best form they possibly can.
In any case, a prominent warning about not using them in running vehicles might be in order when you ship your laterns.
Cheers.