Difference between revisions of "Mag Instrument"

Certain Mag Instrument LED flashlights, including the 2xAA Mini Maglite Pro and Pro+,<ref name="Pro">Wang, Robin (28 February 2012) [http://www.led-resource.com/2012/02/mini-maglite-pro-and-proplus-led-flashlight-review/ Mini Maglite Pro and Pro+ LED Flashlight Review] LED-Resource. Retrieved 27 January 2013. "As efficient as LEDs are, heat is still produced and has to be dissipated, so step-down regulation is used to prolong battery life and reduce heat."

Among those Mag Instrument flashlights with step-down regulation, the regulation works differently on some than on others. Take, for example, the regulation on the Mini Maglite Pro LED 2-Cell AA and Pro+ LED 2-Cell AA. After a few hours of operation, these flashlights fall to about 10% of full brightness; they do not return to full brightness unless the power is cycled.<ref name="Pro" /> This regulation was designed to try to prolong the life of alkaline batteries. (Some say it was also designed to boost [[ANSI-NEMA FL-1#Runtime|ANSI/NEMA FL-1 runtime]] ratings, which measure the time the flashlight runs before falling to 10% brightness.)<ref>[[User:Brted|Brted]] (28 January 2013) [http://flashlightwiki.com/Talk:Mag_Instrument#Thermal-management_article_section Talk:Mag Instrument] ''Flashlight Wiki''. Retrieved 29 January 2013. "The effect of this would be to keep the light running cooler, but also to extend battery life (and some say to distort the FL-1 runtime rating which gives you credit down to 10% brightness)."