May I enquire as to why you're using AAA's?
If you have room AA is the way to go, the runtime of your saber is more than double that of AAA.
But I know it can be hard to fit, just letting you know
May I enquire as to why you're using AAA's?
If you have room AA is the way to go, the runtime of your saber is more than double that of AAA.
But I know it can be hard to fit, just letting you know
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"Yeah, if I had Skotts face I'd hit it too" ~ Fenderbender
"You didn't buy a toy saber just to break it. You bought an economy sound card with a really complicated wrapping scheme." ~ Silver Serpent
I use AAA batteries as that's what will fit in a circular battery holder, in order to maximize my internal space. I make PVC sabers, so I'm limited to the 1" ID of the PVC tubing... it's more difficult to get the white, thin wall PVC in Canada as most only carry the grey thick walled.
I understand that the run times will be shorter, but until I can find a reliable source, I'll have to use what I can get.
As for the latching switches... it's what I've been using and am currently used to. No real reason. I can just as easily use a momentary switch, so long as it turns the saber on and off.
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The Shoutbox: The only place you can double post!
Anybody who spells it Lightsabre is dyslexic
"Yeah, if I had Skotts face I'd hit it too" ~ Fenderbender
"You didn't buy a toy saber just to break it. You bought an economy sound card with a really complicated wrapping scheme." ~ Silver Serpent
i was able to let the smoke out of one of these boards with ~5.5V on a testbench at work. just wanted to test the limits. ^_^
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i really need "meow on clash" mya! =^_^=
duel - to fight someone 1 on 1
dual - 2 of something in line with each other
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The Shoutbox: The only place you can double post!
Anybody who spells it Lightsabre is dyslexic
"Yeah, if I had Skotts face I'd hit it too" ~ Fenderbender
"You didn't buy a toy saber just to break it. You bought an economy sound card with a really complicated wrapping scheme." ~ Silver Serpent
It really wouldn't hurt to add it as a safety net, I suppose. It's not like it would get hot or anything with nothing to burn off. I wonder if it has a natural voltage drop as a normal part of it's circuit?
nope - it just clips the level at 5V and burns off the rest as heat and to ground. anything less will pass through relatively fine.
Now known as Azmaria Dei
i really need "meow on clash" mya! =^_^=
duel - to fight someone 1 on 1
dual - 2 of something in line with each other
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