How long can i leave the lights on while not riding without draining the battery?
1857749
Im not 100 percent sure but ive left my lights on over night by accident and it didn't kill my battery. But every bike is different.
1857750
They draw very little current, in the milliamps. You can probably leave them on for a while, as to how long would be an interesting test. Like anything, eventually it will drain you battery, even if you are drawing milliamps. Several hours would probably be ok, I would not leave it overnight.
1292900
My light stays on as long as the unit is plugged in and the battery is attached. I just let it charge for 10 hours before removing. That seems to work. It would be nice if the light went off when it was done, but I donlt think mine does...
1940932
one night we were doing a bbq outside and it was giving at least an hour of light: the light did not have full charge. the light is pretty bright.with full light it can give you a more than 1 hour i believe. but I don't know about 4 to 6. I don't think it is designed for this long or for constant light, This light turns off automatically if no movement.
2127665
I work ten hour shifts and have yet to have had a need to run the light for longer than 15minutes. Additionally, I will toggle with the buttons and switch from one setting to the next and so on. I even play around with the strobe light function. I have not used it for longer than 15minutes at any single given time. Just to be on the safe side I always have the second battery in my cruiser. And I charge the battery every night when I go home. Hopefully this helps!
4404
Not really. The light is an LED, so will pull very little off your battery.
1537555
You can leave it in as long as needed. The light will change color when the battery is fully charged. However, once it is fully charged, it should be removed because overcharging can damage the battery and shorten its life.
1039285
More than 2 hours actually. I left mine unplugged running at max brightness overnight to see how long the battery will last. I was up for more than 5 hours before falling asleep and it was still running. Light at max wasn't as bright compared to when it was plugged in though. There's most likely a circuit preventing the battery from over discharging as it turns on then off for some time still before I plugged it back in.
229812
You can leave it plugged in but be aware that due to the budget construction it has minimal protective circuitry and could have a short lifespan running constantly, and that many vehicles have powered OBD ports when not running so it will gradually drain your battery. Estimates for current vary but are generally between 50mA and 100mA which isn't a lot but is enough I wouldn't leave it plugged in for more than a few days without running the vehicle to keep the battery charge level acceptable.
869078
Depends on if you have the Wi-Fi on or off, if you have it on it's going to drain the battery. Say 3 hours or so? Without it 4 hours, but I believe you can shut off the system without powering it off completely to conserve power.
1385110
I usually leave it on, but when travelling I turn it off to conserve on the battery life.
2168763
You can leave it on forever.ine has been on for more than 6 months but you cannot turn off the LEDs. Alan
1231231
I have no idea because I've never just left the radio on that long. That's not something you want to test out with this in an emergency. There's a hand crank to supplement the power when there's no sunlight, so you should be doing that periodically.
2092508
Although I've never used this particular setting, the instructions say this about the Evening Timer: "...can keep lights on continuously--without motion--for 1 to 8 hours after dusk". They continue, "During vacations the evening timer provides a 'lived-in' look by simulating an occupant turning lights on at dusk". They also go on to state, "once 8 hours have passed, the sensor will revert to motion activated mode". I would assume based on the "vacation" comment that this will continue until you turn the evening timer off. Hope this helps.
1889629
I use rechargeables. The problem is I forget to turn the lights off, and the batteries die.
862715
Burn time on a full charge battery is about 2-3 hours if set in the on setting. Having said that, with the light set in the motion setting it will last the night. It also depends on how long you have the motion timer set for. I don't know how many lumens it puts out but I have one set up to light up my full size pick up and it is quite bright and covers the entire truck.
397508
i think that really depends on the quality of the battery you use. i use the amazon brand "AA" batteries and have used the lite with both down and up lights on for about 5 hours consecutive use and they did start to dim slightly. but as i find you don't really need more time than that for an evening on the patio. you need to keep in mind this a temporary lite source for your patio table and is not meant for long burn duration's. with that in mind, it's a good investment for the money. it's also good to have around in case of a power outage!!
1035951
Yes you can, if you leave it plugged into the usb port on the computer the lights will stay on unless you turn them off with the function + F5-F6 keys.