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Enlightened
So after years of only using protected 18650s I now started carrying a tiny ZebraLight SC32 as work EDC. Anyway my old habit with primaries was to discard them after they dropped down to a low output. Recently I was doing some testing with the new SC32 and I left a "dead enough to toss" Surefire CR123a in the light when I went to bed. The next day I turned the light on and found I could still get to the second highest mode! I didn't run it long but the light is still usable for momentary stuff (which is how I tend to use it anyway). I don't have a meter (always used the built in on my Xtar with the 18650s) but it seems like I should keep a marked box to store all these "mostly dead" CR123as cells for emergency use?
I mean if I was out of power for a long time I could keep using these mostly depleted cells until they were all truly dead -right?
Thoughts please!
I mean if I was out of power for a long time I could keep using these mostly depleted cells until they were all truly dead -right?
Thoughts please!