Holding the Charge
This next question comes to us from James Beatty- How long will the flashlight hold a charge when not in use?
James,
The ability to hold a charge is often known as leakage. advanced capacitors have a leakage comparable to NiCad batteries. They will loose more energy when they are fully charged but the loss decreases over time.
There are no negative impacts to the advanced capacitors when it is left off of its charger. If left off the charger for a month, a flashlight could be used for 45 minutes of light or it could be fully charged in 45 seconds. If you left off the flashlight for a year, there would be 25% of the energy left. No negative memory effects or degradation would result. Similarly, if you left a battery to drain down to 50% of its capacity can reduce its life.
If you left your flashlight off for 5 years, it would only take 90 seconds to recharge the flashlight to give you 90 minutes of run-time.
Thanks for the question!
Hi! Can I buy L4L with EU standard charger (for 230 Volts AC), or I can use only in 120 V AC network?
Lesliii on December 23rd, 2008Thanks and sorry for my bad english!