the ultimate purple saber

[sabernewb]

Hey guys what parts do i need to wire a rebel tri-color to my mace saber. Is that the brightest of all purples? or just a rebel 540 white lumens.

[eastern57]

IMO the "best" purple is an LED string. The color is right on with the movies, it's very even, and you don't have to worry about the color mix.
http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn260/eastern57/LED%20String/?action=view&current=MOV03558.flv

But a Rebel RGB can be hard wired - with the proper current and voltage, it's more of a violet (think grape gatorade). Optics are a different issue altogether.... a regular 10-degree worked fine, but it ended up knocking the bubbles off the emitters. And the 25-degree one sucks.... so it's you call...

[sabernewb]

nice video man. where can i get a led strip like that? So the led star just doesn't cut it?

[eastern57]

You'd have to make it yourself. And I'm still looking for a star that makes purple with which I'm satisfied... and I've been looking...

edit: and before you ask how - look around the forum a bit...

[MoonDragn]

I plan on using 2 blue rebels and 1 red rebel on a tri-star pcb for my mace conversion.

[sabernewb]

so can i wire a p4 soeul like a 3 watt in my mace?

[Darth_DevilGuy]

yeah that's what I'm planning, so far the best filters are lee filters IMO.

[sabernewb]

what are the requirements for a rebel endor led?

[Malaki Skywalker]

For 3 in series, 10.8V and 700mA

[MoonDragn]

I think it is only 9.6V forward voltage if you put 3 in series.

I think if I hook up the 2 blue ones in series with a 1000 ma buckpuck so that each one will get 500 ma and the red one in parallel with that with a 700ma buckpuck I would get the right balance of purple. Will have to experiment.