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xwingband

05-18-2006, 07:49 AM

The V is limited in colors, takes at least 7V to power, and creates a lot of heat. It is however brighter than the 3W and K2 on those colors with the disadvantages I mentioned.

EDIT: Ah... new to the store.

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james3

05-18-2006, 07:49 AM

Lux 5 is a little brighter. You need to run it with more power. The white in particular benifits from the added wattage but there is a trade off, you have ALOT more heat to deal with.
Using Tim's MHS is probally the best way to know you have properly heat sinked that puppy.

EDIT-Out typed by the xwing.

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xwingband

05-18-2006, 08:01 AM

I did, but it said MHS parts (which I knew about)... honestly sometimes I beeline for the forum and miss what's new.[:p]

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scaloth

05-18-2006, 08:04 AM

thanks a lot, all of you

Firebird21

05-18-2006, 08:07 AM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by xwingband

I did, but it said MHS parts (which I knew about)... honestly sometimes I beeline for the forum and miss what's new.[:p]<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

I go straight to Active Topics.

I usualy never know about new stuff until someone says something about it in the Forums.

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james3

05-18-2006, 08:16 AM

I must just be the methodical one. Always start on the store front page, look to see what's new, check to see tracking status when applicable, and then make my way to the board.

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Firebird21

05-18-2006, 08:20 AM

Hey, James...

Edit: Never mind...
I was going to waste your 900th post by you saying "What?"
But you were somewere else.

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Do-Clo

05-18-2006, 08:26 AM

Don't let James kid you guys he doesn't check his email.[:p][:p][:p]

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james3

05-18-2006, 08:31 AM

I am busting a gut laughing on that one.

OK so I actually checked my e-mail this morning, I had like 35 messages and only two of them were junk.[:D][;)]

EDIT-WOW I hit 900. That's scary.

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xwingband

05-18-2006, 10:48 AM

I hit 1700 sometime yesterday... it just keeps getting higher. That happens when you're having fun.

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desertscorpion

05-18-2006, 10:52 AM

Of the four personality types, your method of browsing the site screams Melancholy (methodical) with maybe a scosche of something else.[:D] I'm part melancholy, but I have enough of the Choleric that I blaze straight throught to active topics, also.

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by james3

I must just be the methodical one. Always start on the store front page, look to see what's new, check to see tracking status when applicable, and then make my way to the board.

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Nightwing

05-18-2006, 11:49 AM

Alright, so let's say I wanted to switch out a LuxIII for a LuxV. How would I go about re-wiring?
Or what if I wanted to start off using a LuxV? How would I set it up as opposed to the LuxIII?

xwingband

05-18-2006, 12:19 PM

Nothing special. Pretty much the same. You'd need more batteries for sure either an 8 pack or some lithium 9V's. The resistor would also need to be changed out... all in all not too difficult if you have the room.

The heatsink is another story. For sink tubes the blade holder is not enough. You'd need to add more to it. On the MHS it'd be best to have an extension and/or a ribbed section because the surface of the area saber is acting as the heatsink.

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todd4566

05-18-2006, 12:36 PM

I ordered a 5w Luxeon today - Tim advised me to just wire the LED straight off of the 9v w/o a resistor. I'll post up some pics when I have received and assemble it all. I'm really hoping this thing will be bright!

Strydur

05-18-2006, 01:23 PM

I didnt say straight off of 9v..its straight off of 6v. Although this is not really the most effective way to do it. You should use 7v or more and resistor it down to the proper voltage. You dont want to use a 9v battery and since going down from 12v is a little overkill I suggested you just run it straight off of the 6v pack.

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Nightwing

05-18-2006, 01:23 PM

No resistor? Wow, these things must really suck up juice...

Do-Clo

05-18-2006, 01:28 PM

Like a vacuum cleaner[:D]

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xwingband

05-18-2006, 01:29 PM

Normal 9V's have pretty low amperage compared to AA and AAA's. So it meets the forward voltage yet falls below the max amperage, i.e. no frying.

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Strydur

05-18-2006, 01:30 PM

The reason for not using a resitor is that they require almost that much just to light. Where as the 3w only require around 3v minimum.

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todd4566

05-18-2006, 01:59 PM

Whoops - yeah you did say 6v, and I ordered a 9v connector.. great. [:I] I figured that 9v was right since I'm almost certain the Ultra Saber S5 is configured that way (not sure about it's resistor though). So forgive my ignorance here - what constitutes as a 6v package, and what would be the best configuration for me to use for the best light output?

Nightwing

05-18-2006, 02:28 PM

6v... so the ideal thing for the MHS would be to run the LuxV straight off the 4AAA pack?

xwingband

05-18-2006, 02:51 PM

Well, it wouldn't be ideal... it'd still be brighter than a 3W and work but it wouldn't be the max. 6V is sligthly below the 6.84 forward voltage.

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todd4566

05-18-2006, 03:02 PM

Looking at Ultrasabers Website, a 9v is powering the S5. Obviously it must have a resistor or something.. I want my Luxeon 5 bright!.. and safe too. [:D]

Jedibum

05-18-2006, 03:54 PM

The color changing disc saber I got from Ultra is using a Luxeon 5 White led and he's got it using one 9 volt battery. It runs great for me. I'm not sure if he has a resistor in there or not but I'll check to see.
Also, does anyone have any ideas on ways to run a sound module using the Luxeon V without frying it? At first I thought if the hilt had room I might try running the sound module off of a completely different set of batteries ... not sure if that would work ... what do you guys think?

Strydur

05-18-2006, 03:58 PM

I checked and noticed he is running them off of one 9v battery. For running them off a 9v source you should use a 3.3ohm 2w resistor. But you could use the 2.2ohm 5w I sell and you would just be slightly overdriving it.

Tim
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xwingband

05-18-2006, 04:12 PM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Jedibum

The color changing disc saber I got from Ultra is using a Luxeon 5 White led and he's got it using one 9 volt battery. It runs great for me. I'm not sure if he has a resistor in there or not but I'll check to see.
Also, does anyone have any ideas on ways to run a sound module using the Luxeon V without frying it? At first I thought if the hilt had room I might try running the sound module off of a completely different set of batteries ... not sure if that would work ... what do you guys think?
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Yes, I do.[:D] Get two micropucks (or a boost version of the buckpuck) drivers and run them in the boost mode. You can actually use less than the needed voltage say 6V or the original 4.5 of the MR and light up the 5W. Then you can hook an MR board straight to the batteries.[:)]

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UltraSWG

05-18-2006, 07:31 PM

Strydur, I'm now using a dual 9v setup wired in parallel using a 2.2ohm 5w resistor (the same ones sold here) and the ribbed extension for better thermal dissipation. I would reccomend that setup as it seems to work very well. Mi Ginn Gon has one of my latest S5's and it seems do do ok for him.

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Nightwing

05-18-2006, 07:35 PM

What about if I used an extension tube, rather than the ribbed section? Would that be alright?

Madcow

05-18-2006, 07:42 PM

I bet the battery life for a 5 watt will be somewhere in between the blink of an eye, and the time it takes for X-wing to ramble his fight scene opening monolog.

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xwingband

05-18-2006, 08:03 PM

lol, I have a monolog?

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Madcow

05-18-2006, 08:39 PM

Don't we all mann... don't we all?

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Mi Gin Gonn

05-26-2006, 11:03 PM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by UltraSWG

Strydur, I'm now using a dual 9v setup wired in parallel using a 2.2ohm 5w resistor (the same ones sold here) and the ribbed extension for better thermal dissipation. I would reccomend that setup as it seems to work very well. Mi Ginn Gon has one of my latest S5's and it seems do do ok for him.

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It does better than "ok"...it ROCKS! check out this comparison pic:

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3-watt cyan on the left, 5-watt white with Lee Filters green gel on the right. Looks even better in person.

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WeirdoTransvestite

05-26-2006, 11:54 PM

*whistle*
Not bad.

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05-28-2006, 02:13 PM

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xwingband

05-28-2006, 02:30 PM

Whew... that's filtered too? Bloody bright... I need to get some of those leefilters to try too. They seem much less saturated with white.

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DARTHMONKEY1706

05-28-2006, 02:52 PM

where do u buy them( Lee Filters

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Do-Clo

05-28-2006, 04:02 PM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by DARTHMONKEY1706

where do u buy them( Lee Filters

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Can we say google search?[:p]

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DARTHMONKEY1706

05-28-2006, 04:29 PM

still cANT find it

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the_steve

05-28-2006, 04:31 PM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by DARTHMONKEY1706

where do u buy them( Lee Filters

www.geocities.com/starwarsmonkeyz/intro.html
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You don't have to buy them. They are free.

They work great. They even work on my 1 watt saber. I have pics with a few different colors in the misc. topics picture thread.

monkey. www.leefilters.com

E-mail them and ask for the Numeric Indexed filter swatch book. Try to sound professional though, and tell them you work with lights at a nightclub or you need them for a class or something.

Yoiaholic

06-02-2006, 02:39 PM

These things are awesome, I just got my lee filter book today, its totally worth starting a new thread with color ideas... anyone up for that?

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the_steve

06-02-2006, 04:36 PM

You got it? Sweet! Glad you like it so much. I knew you would. I think it would be worth starting a new thread. I don't know what forum to put it in though.

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Yoiaholic

06-02-2006, 05:37 PM

Try LED blade discussion since it is, well, for the coloring of LED blades. I'd start the thread but I don't have a white led to play with.... yet [:D] so why don't you start it steve and post some of your more interesting combinations and colors.

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Jedibum

06-13-2006, 05:57 PM

Hi everyone. I don't know if anyone has tried wiring up a Luxeon 5 to an MR sound module yet, but I couldn't find a thread where someone did so I'm posting this here.

I just wired my Blue (like royal blue) Luxeon 5 to the MR Luke sound module that Tim has for sale. It took me forever to decide what to do as far as battery power. But just to see what would happen I decided to just go with an AAA 4 pack. I figured I would rather loose a little brightness than completely fry my MR sound board. So because I'm running the Luxeon a little lower than recommended (only 6 volts) it did loose a little brightness ... but it's not too bad and it's still brighter than my 3 Watts. I'm most curious to see how long the 4 AAA batteries will last. I'll let you know as soon as they start to run out. Below are some pics so you guys can see how the brightness is holding up.

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xwingband

06-13-2006, 06:20 PM

The best idea I've thought of yet for full brightness and sound would be two micropucks or one buckpuck (boost) because you can run an LED below the forward voltage and still get the max brightness.[:)] You could use the 6V and eveything would still be fine.[:D]

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Do-Clo

06-13-2006, 06:53 PM

I have given this some thought on how to run a MR with a 5 watt and here are my thoughts. With Tims new 6 AA battery holder you could tap one side of the pack to run the MR sound board and install a relay on the output of the sound board then apply the full voltage of the battery packthrough the relay with a resister to set the current or use a 700ma Buck Puck driver to drive the led. Xwing if you want to do a diagram feel free it is similar to my setup for the El sound. Or when I have time I will do a diagram, but you are faster at it than me.[:D]

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Jedibum

06-13-2006, 06:55 PM

Hi xwingband! Do you have a recommend place to buy one of those? Or should I just do a general search?

xwingband

06-13-2006, 06:55 PM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Do-Clo

I have given this some thought on how to run a MR with a 5 watt and here are my thoughts. With Tims new 6 AA battery holder you could tap one side of the pack to run the MR sound board and install a relay on the output of the sound board then apply the full voltage of the battery packthrough the relay with a resister to set the current or use a 700ma Buck Puck driver to drive the led. Xwing if you want to do a diagram feel free it is similar to my setup for the El sound. Or when I have time I will do a diagram, but you are faster at it than me.[:D]
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Xwing has a day job... thus probably not tonight. We'll see though.

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Do-Clo

06-13-2006, 07:04 PM

My problem also Xwing and then I try to do some saber work at night, then make some time for the wife, not a whole lot of spare time on my end.[xx(]

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xwingband

06-13-2006, 07:15 PM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Jedibum

Hi xwingband! Do you have a recommend place to buy one of those? Or should I just do a general search?
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I've always gone to www.luxeonstar.com I'm sure they can be found elsewhere though. They have wiring diagrams too in the "applications" pdf. It's pretty simple as it's parallel drivers "boosting" each other.

The micropucks will run about $20 for two and the buckpuck (boost version) is $30. $20 isn't a bad deal to avoid hacking into stuff or heatsinking a voltage regulator.

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Jedibum

06-14-2006, 01:15 PM

Hi guys! Ok, I know this is crazy ... but I wired an extra AAA battery to the 4 AAA pack on my 5 Watt with MR Luke sounds. So now it is using 7.5 volts instead of 6 volts. Which I believe is over the recommended voltage for the MR board (I think the recommended voltage is between 4.5 and 6). Of course, now the 5 Watt appears to be back to it's full brightness ... or at least very close to it. I've never fried an MR board before so this may be my first time lol. I'll let you guys know what happens.

Do-Clo

06-14-2006, 02:41 PM

Prepare for the release of the magic smoke[xx(], sometimes you can get away with over driving something sometimes you can't. This will be interesting to see if it fries or not.

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Jedibum

06-14-2006, 04:25 PM

LOL!!! So far it seems ok ... but I am not leaving it on for long periods yet. I have been turning it on and off all day ... each time for only 30 seconds or a minute. I guess I should just suck it up and leave it on and see what happens.

james3

06-14-2006, 04:40 PM

I would think if your going to smoke it it would have already happened since the surge of powerup is greater then constant current

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Jedibum

06-14-2006, 09:43 PM

That would be awesome if it managed to hold on and not burn up! The 5 Watt appears to be about at full brightness (or VERY close) so I hope the sound board can hold on lol. I'm gonna try leaving it on for a few minutes to see what happens.

james3

06-14-2006, 09:52 PM

I hope it works...I hope it works...

You know if ya got this workin Tim will be out of 5watters and soundcards tomorrow[;)]

EDIT- It would seem that the stock of sound cards is already gone and the only 5 watters left are green and cyan. hmmm...

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06-14-2006, 10:54 PM

Good Luck it would be awesome if it held up.

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Jedibum

06-15-2006, 10:22 AM

Ok guys, I just did 8 minutes with the saber on and so far no problems at all. Yesterday I kept adding time ... 2 min, then 3, 4, 5 ... I stopped at 6 minutes last night. I open it up and check everything after each time ... not much heat so far. Batteries, Board and LED all seem fine. I'll post a pic of the battery set up and a pic of it turned on in case anyone is wondering what I did. If it continues to work without a problem I'll probably shorten all the wires and make it a little cleaner when I replace the batteries.

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Do-Clo

06-15-2006, 10:46 AM

Sounds like you might be ok, if you went 8 minutes with out blowning it any extreme heat build up I would say this will work. You are using the luke MR sound board correct.

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Madcow

06-15-2006, 10:48 AM

Way to blaze the trail JB!
I hope it holds.
I still won't risk it - I'm waiting for K2's.

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Strydur

06-15-2006, 11:14 AM

I will have more sound modules soon.

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Jedibum

06-15-2006, 01:00 PM

Thanks guys! So far it seems to be holding on pretty well. Haven't had any problems at all. Now I'm having dreams of getting a Maul FX and trying to convert it with 5 Watts! Although I'm not sure how the Maul sound boards would react to 7.5 Volts ... I don't know if some boards hold up better than others or if they would all react the same. And I'm not sure 5 Watts come in Red, do they?

Yeah, I'm using the Luke sound module that Tim sells. I bought it from him when he first put them up and I just had it lying around for a while ... I got tired of my 5 Watt not having sound and that's what started all this.

Do-Clo

06-15-2006, 01:21 PM

There are no red 5 watt luxeon leds, bummer isn't it.

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xwingband

06-15-2006, 01:40 PM

Well, the Red Lux 3 can take a lot. The Green/Blues only take 700ma and peaked at 1000ma.

A Red (or any in that family of colors) 3W can take 1450ma constant and peaked at 2200ma![:0] Basically these suckers can already compete with the 5W. They'd be all the same trouble if not more as the 5W.

At $80 it'd be a expensive test, but I was thinking of paralleling two corbin boards to get 2000ma peaked.[:)]

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LAN-ED-TUL

06-27-2006, 10:11 PM

what were you running on batteries to get that peak? and what size of a resistor?

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xwingband

06-28-2006, 06:04 AM

Well, peaked ma is something only a LED driver can do. That's refering to cycling the power so fast our eyes cant tell it's flickering yet we only see the high "peaked" amperage.

It is however possible to run the max with a resistor. Batteries don't matter, it's all in the resistor. Calculator tells me 1.8ohms would run the LED at 1540 constantly (assuming a red/yellow color).

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JediMcD

08-01-2006, 03:48 PM

What values for source volts etc. are you using to calculate the 1.8 ohm resistor needed to constantly drive it at 1540mA? I never could get the resistor calculators I use to come up with that. I got a 1.5 ohm resistor if using 4.8 volts from rechargeable batteries.

xwingband

08-01-2006, 04:25 PM

Beats me... that was like two months ago.[:p] I do get the same results as you though now (4.8V with the 2.95 forward V and 1540ma).

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JediMcD

08-02-2006, 06:32 AM

Come on man the fate of the world, well okay the brightness of my saber depends on it. Just kidding. [:D]

Using luxeonstar.com's calculator it looks like with those numbers the actual current to led is less than 1540. I think it is like only 1233ma. So am I right or wrong in thinking the numbers (in specific the led operating current) should be tweaked to get the acutual led current to 1540. If you use 1800 as the led operating current it calculates and actual led current of 1542ma.

I am making this too hard I know. I was just planning out my next project.

Do-Clo

08-02-2006, 12:51 PM

The value of resister can be found be using this formula:
The Battery voltage (4.8) - The led voltage (2.95) = voltage across the resister (1.85)
Voltatage across the resister (1.85) divided by / current of the led (1540 ma, or 1.54 amps) = the value of the resister needed (1.2 ohms)

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LAN-ED-TUL

08-03-2006, 02:37 AM

do-clo to the rescue.

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JediMcD

08-03-2006, 02:26 PM

Thanks Do-Clo. Now I know and . . .

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Jedi Ranger

08-22-2006, 01:05 PM

I don't recall seeing a runtime estime by using a single 9v battery and a buckpuck driver, but I wonder if these would be worth investing in.
http://www.thomasdistributing.com/ipower-9v-lithium-rechargeable-battery.php

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james3

08-22-2006, 01:12 PM

JR I did my 5 watter with a buckpuck and a nine volt and I would say if left on continually I would say maybe two hours give or take, I didn't do a complete run test because I was testing the heat factor. I am going to order the 6AA MHS battery pack for the very reason that I don't want to have to change batteries very often
edit - (hit the button before I was done) but those batteries look like a VERY valid option. this may be worth a try.

EDIT2- It just dawned on me that a pair of those in parallel would make for a nice battery with not much space taken if one where to get the sound going as well.

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Jedi Ranger

08-25-2006, 09:40 PM

James - thanks for the info. That's a LOT longer than I was lead to believe by posts from other builders.

On another note, does anyone by chance, have any comparison shots of a green 3w vs a green 5w? Also, the same with royal blue? I wasn't able to find anything applicable, around here.

I'm trying to decide if building a 5w double blade will be worth the extra cost, as apposed to using 3w leds.

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Ambo

08-25-2006, 11:18 PM

There will soon be a proper comparison between a 3W/K2/5W white very soon (give us a few weeks). I know it isnt green, but at least it is a general comparison.......

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Jedi Ranger

09-02-2006, 06:50 PM

To those that have actually built hilts using the full range of available LEDs (1w, 3w, 5w, K2), can I get some clarification, please.

Will a 5w royal blue running from a 700ma buckpuck driver, be brighter than an overdriven (say, 1200-1450ma) 3w royal blue with 2.2ohm 5w resistor and 6v supply?

Basically, is the 5w more efficient and therefore brighter, even with lower ma?

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xwingband

09-02-2006, 07:02 PM

A 2.2ohm resistor wouldn't put you at an "overdriven" rating. That gives an actual of 955ma. 1000ma is the maximum rating and I wouldn't overdrive it that much. A 5W is double the rating so I don't think you'd gain that in overdriving a 3W.

The reason a 5W is brighter is because it's a 1W diode 4 times larger or something like that. It's not more efficient but more brute power.

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james3

09-02-2006, 07:26 PM

I have started my order with Tim for a 5w Royal Blue and would be more then happy to do a comparison of both but I am going to pretty much figure that it will not be to different from what Ambo and I did with the whites the other day.

Putting a 3w on a 1000ma buckpuck makes it about as bright as it gets. I have read enough to assume that Corbin's deal will be a tad brighter even still but y'all know that I haven't done one yet so I can't say for sure. Using a resistor setup, buckpuck or a FX board with a 3w just don't have a snowballs chance of being as bright as a 5w.

I am also looking to do a second round of 3/K2/5 tests again. Ambo and I want to do green/blue/royal blue and I still want to play with different voltages with the buck puck. The 6 AA should be here soon and I can update run times and all. This has been really exciting for me and I hope you guys are enjoying the info as well.

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Jedi Ranger

09-02-2006, 07:51 PM

Okay, thanks for the input guys!

It's decided - I'm definately going to try out the 5w - FINALLY!!!!

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09-02-2006, 09:50 PM

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Ya won't be let down man, they got some mojo. Like Xwing said they just have that hammer down, brute strength, raw POWER! http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e370/Dadof3/righton.gif http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e370/Dadof3/icon_sabre.gif

I have been up since 2:30am and drove 9 hours, I think it is starting to show[|)]

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09-02-2006, 09:53 PM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by james3

I have been up since 2:30am and drove 9 hours, I think it is starting to show[|)]<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

I thought this was normal...

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