Thanks everyone, especially Tim for the help.
I decided to follow in the footsteps of Photonic Bladesmith and get myself a super-high-power luminus led (sst-90-r 2.8v@18A), and I'm super happy...
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Thanks everyone, especially Tim for the help.
I decided to follow in the footsteps of Photonic Bladesmith and get myself a super-high-power luminus led (sst-90-r 2.8v@18A), and I'm super happy...
@lovetadraw cool, so that picture is of 2x XP-E2 red and 2x XP-E photo red?
Yeah for me, being able to see the light from the blade in a brightly lit room like a convention center is my primary...
Alright, thanks for all the help!
Did you use rebel deep reds? Yeah, R/R/dR sounds like a decent idea, I'd still retain a little bit of that magical blood red hue while still being able to see it outside of a pitch black room.
I...
Yeah I've heard all about the drama over at saberforge, I just didn't mention it as I was trying to be tactful. Also I've seen pictures of other people's builds using deep red, but apparently they...
I read it on the saberforge forums, a user by the handle of "Kouri" showed some impressive looking pictures of their build using a single cree deep red, and said there was "a bit of brightness" loss...
https://www.ledsupply.com/blog/new-cree-xpe-offerings/
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When I was doing initial research, I read that cree's photo red or "deep red" is a much more vivid, true red, and doesn't have the...
I've finished the wiring for my tri-cree photo red stunt saber and it is frankly severely lackluster. The color vanishes completely under even moderately bright indoor lighting or outdoors on even a...
Actually it would be a boost from 3.7V to 7.5V at 1amp, since the leds would be reconfigured in series, a significantly less demanding task. Also the photo reds are XP-E (not E2s), with a slightly...
@jbkuma the thing I find most confusing is how buckpucks aka step-down converters are seemingly hailed as the best possible solution to voltage regulation (esp in regards to being more constant...
On second thought, I think I'll re-solder the crees in series and use a step-up/boost converter instead of resistors, since I have a lot of amperage to work with.
Yeah, I get that it's what they're supposed to do, but presently I just have the resistors free-floating inside the hilt so they could potentially transfer that heat directly to the aluminium, or...
Note: this is not the final wiring, this is just a test to check long-term performance, I'll be adding a switch later (the first one I used literally fried). Also yes, I know the battery is huge, I...
Well besides the heat sink I'm completely custom machining the hilt, but all three easily fit inside a toilet paper tube (my template for inner dimensions). Are most hilts even more tiny than that?...
Hello all.
Being almost completely new to electronics and completely new to the lightsaber scene, I've been doing my due diligence and I believe I have everything correct here, just want someone...