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Hitogiri

06-03-2006, 01:18 AM

A friend of mine is getting a saber made and will be using corbins board, fx sound board, resonator and red orage led 3 watt. Powered by a 4aa's I think. What would you say the battery life is on a setup like this? Whats the standard battery life of a led saber?

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informalmyx

06-03-2006, 02:29 AM

hitogiri i think this is sorta answered in the led forums awhile and the answer was just buy and abunch of cheap batteriesand dont worry to much about it

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Strydur

06-03-2006, 07:59 AM

That setup will last about 10 min

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Darth_Dadderall

06-04-2006, 01:19 PM

Yeah, he recommends at least 5 AA's for the 3W w/driver setup, add a soundboard and resonator and I recommend six. Tim, why are six-cell AA battery holders so damned hard to find? And I mean 2-wide by three long.
Not those three-wide guys.

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Madcow

06-04-2006, 02:32 PM

It's not hard to make one.
I just finished cutting and joining 2 (2 AAA) holders into a 4 AAA holder. You just measure, cut both, and screw them to a small plank. In my case I used a peice of brass.

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tubaboombah

06-28-2006, 09:10 AM

how about a 5w lux with a 9v? anyone know how long it'll last?

thanks

Do-Clo

06-28-2006, 10:17 AM

If you mean a 9 volt battery the battery life will be very short I would say just a few minutes at best.

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Mi Gin Gonn

06-28-2006, 10:22 AM

Ultra's using 5W Lux with a 2X9V setup, so far I haven't worn the batteries out yet.

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Do-Clo

06-28-2006, 10:46 AM

A single 9 volt battery would never make it[xx(]

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Zhi-don

06-29-2006, 06:44 AM

I recommend lithium batteries. They last way longer.

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Jedi-Loreen

06-29-2006, 09:57 AM

And are way more expensive. [B)]

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Do-Clo

06-29-2006, 10:02 AM

Who said that this is a cheap hobby[?]

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supertrogdor

06-29-2006, 10:08 AM

If you are running the LED only, a single 9V will last quite a while, but if you add a sound module into the equation it will kill it in relatively short order i am told. I ran a 5watt lux in one hilt on a single 9V battery on and off for about a month or so usually about 20 minutes every other day and it was running fine through that. one morning i found that my son left it on all night so, obviously, i had to change batteries.

tubaboombah

06-29-2006, 12:29 PM

yes i am talking about running a single 9v on just one 5w green. no sound. supertrogdor, does your post really mean... 20min every other days for a month so... 20min x 15days= 300minutes? that's totally different than do-clo's opinion. sorry i don't know i am just wondering.

or i'll have to go back and stick with the good o' 3w

oh and supertrogdor were you using a lithium battery?

xwingband

06-29-2006, 12:46 PM

He could be using lithium 9V's which pack much more amperage. It would also depend on whether it's constant drive or not. Erv and Corbin's driver could run a 5W for 10 minutes then it'd lose brightness from there.

I'll do my own bench marks as I finish my sabers. Both will be rechargables.

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the_black_smudge

06-29-2006, 01:56 PM

Or run it off AA's and get a couple of those Desperado style bullet bandoleers and load'em with batteries![:D]

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supertrogdor

06-29-2006, 02:05 PM

maybe not quite that often, but a very long time indeed. I never clocked it but my boy loved changing colors and wanted to do it for about 20 min or so before bed. I would usually let him about every other day or every 3 days. However, yes, a standard run of the mill 2 for $1 pack at the dollar store 9V battery