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@flashlight I may have overheated my brass TS10. The battery wrap shrank.

I used it continuously in candle mode @ high with the original silicone diffuser for a video shoot, and found the battery looking like that, opening the light right after stepdown (and almost burning my fingers).

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[–] Reader9 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

candle mode

This might be the problem, candle mode has no thermal regulation if I remember correctly.

Glad you weren’t hurt and hopefully the cell can be rewrapped.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Reader9 I wasn't aware of that ! Thank you for pointing it out.

[–] Reader9 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@[email protected] maybe a feature request for your already very detailed UI diagram could be to add a tiny warning to the blinking modes?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, possibly if I can find a way to squeeze it in. Can you confirm which mode lack thermal regulation? I think it's more than just candle mode. Does it apply to all of the blinkies? For some reason, I thought this was fixed in a later version.

[–] Reader9 1 points 1 year ago

Been looking for a primary source but the manual doesn’t specifically mention candle mode, only tactical strobe

  • Tactical strobe Disorienting strobe light. Can be used to irritate people. Speed is configurable, and the duty cycle is always 33%. Be careful about heat in this mode, if using it for a long time.

And then other places people mention this also applies to candle mode (like this BLF post).

[–] Reader9 1 points 1 year ago

Toykeeper herself confirmed that the strobes have no thermal regulation.

https://budgetlightforum.com/t/wurkkos-ts10-ti-v2-much-more-aggressive-thermal-stepdown-compared-to-regular-ts10/220508/48

As of 2023-10, only the ramp mode has thermal regulation