Here is why I believe there is parasitic drain.
When I go to bed, after I shut off the overhead light, I turn on the Flip it light until I craw into bed. Then that goes off and I turn the Tool AAA on for a few minutes, in its lowest mode, for no more than 3 minutes tops, while I get set up in bed to make my morning list on my iTouch. I turn off the TOOL AAA to make that list.
I just can't believe that after 3 weeks or 21-nights of just 3 minutes tops, the battery is dead. And this is not the first time.
Am I miscalculating here, or is this an example of parasitic drain? Thanks in advance for your comments.
Bolded for the part I am confused on. Do you turn the light off overnight?
When you turn the light off the cell is physically disconnected from the light it is not possible to have parasitic drain. Parasitic drain is in lights that use an electronic switch where the light is actually always powered but the LED is just turned off but the circuit is not. Parasitic drain happens when the circuit does not go into a powersavings mode either due to bad code or hardware bug. Think turning your screen off on the laptop compared to it going into standby.
What cells are you using in the light?
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