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Posted: 9/17/2005 4:56:34 PM EDT
Since the new M3 model gets 50,000 hours of run time can I just leave it one all the time on a daylight level setting and leave it in the unit rack????? Will the diode or any other component become damaged from doing so since it's like 6 years of run time......
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Posted: 9/17/2005 5:27:49 PM EDT
[#1]
I guess there's really only one way to know for sure.
I know I have left mine on for weeks at a time with no problems. |
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Posted: 9/17/2005 6:02:36 PM EDT
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It will be fine. My M2 has been on for over 2 years at level 7.
I change the battery every six months to be safe. But the M3 should be GTG for a year with the same battery. |
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Posted: 9/17/2005 6:11:03 PM EDT
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I seem to recall that the M2 and M3 never actually turn off, they just get turned down really, really dim.
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Posted: 9/17/2005 10:38:32 PM EDT
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Correct. The M2 and M3's first 3 settings are for NV. So it is always on, you just cannot see it. |
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Posted: 9/18/2005 7:16:24 AM EDT
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I know they're not M3's, but I've left my M2's on setting 5 (of 9) since I bought them in 2002 with no burn-in.
September 29th will be 10 months for the set of batteries in them now, and they're still going strong. Chris |
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Posted: 9/18/2005 7:35:45 AM EDT
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There is nothing to burn in since it is just a diode and a plain lens - no LCD, cathode ray, etc.
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Posted: 9/18/2005 7:58:53 AM EDT
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You guys rock.....thnx
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Posted: 9/18/2005 8:00:10 AM EDT
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i left mine on all the time with no problems
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Posted: 9/18/2005 8:01:04 AM EDT
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besides how long the battery lasts, doesn't the diode have a life of it's own? It has to be long, but definite?
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Posted: 9/18/2005 8:29:18 AM EDT
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good question 
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Posted: 9/18/2005 10:28:51 PM EDT
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im pretty sure it should outlast the battery life and along with that, outlast more than a couple battery changes. |
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