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  1. 05-13-2010, 12:54 PM #1
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    Default Blade / Electronic's Part List

    I've got my hilt parts on the way currently and I'm looking at what I'm thinking for the electronics. Not sure if I should have listed this in the LED electronics section or not, but since this seemed the place for parts lists....

    Phase 1: Relatively simple lighted blade:

    DPDT Latching red illuminated switch (realize I will need some sort of resiter for this)
    Luxeon III Star (Red)
    Luxeon Collimator Lens 5 deg viewing angle
    Luxeon III/V Lens Holder
    BuckPuck 700mA 4-wire
    4AA Battery holder
    LED "TCSS style" Battle blade 1" OD
    Star thermal tape pad
    2 Wire quick connector

    Phase 2: Adding Sound
    I've got a complete sound / LED blade out of a older Vader FX saber, I think its a 07. I was thinking of taking the sound board from that and integrating it into the saber. Would it be worth it - or would it be better to use it in some other saber that I could take advantage of the LED chain style blade from it?

    Thanks for the assistance.
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    A single 700mA buck puck is only giving that LED about half the current that it wants.
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  3. 05-13-2010, 10:41 PM #3
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    I didn't want to do a simple resistor - from what I've looked at on the forums the puck is the way to go - so other than upping it to 2 pucks, does the rest look "ok"? Is there a better option that I'm missing?
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    Get a Ten degree lens for your 1" blade. It will give a brighter 1" blade.
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    "let more light 'in'"? Not sure what you mean by that. A 10 degree lens will let more light hit the diffuser on the sides of the blade, as opposed to making more of it go up the blade.

    I've got a saber with an amber Lux 3 that has 2 of the 700mA buck pucks in it. You want to wire them in parallel, for increased current.
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  6. 05-15-2010, 05:46 AM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jedi-Loreen View Post
    "let more light 'in'"? Not sure what you mean by that.
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    Sorry for bringing this one back up -
    Will a single 1000-buckpuck work or need to stick with dual 700's in parallel?

    On a side note - I've got the basic wiring done this past weekend (with a resitor for now)
    Illum. switch & accent LED.
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    Dual for sure
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    I admit I'm new to all this, but wouldn't you be better off spending the extra $5 and getting the Adjustable Driver board instead of 2 buckpucks?
    It's not supposed to be cheap or easy. It's an ordeal.

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