What is a buckpuck?

[vortextwist]

what is a buck puck. I have seen it talked about but haven't seen what it is?

[Lord Maul]

a buck puck is a kind of saber driver. a mini puck is the same think but it can't handle as much power. the buck puck sucks all of the juice out of the batteries at a constant rate so you don't lose brightness as the batteries die like with a plain old resistor

[987654321a]

Buck Puck-Comes in 3 different mA.
One comes in 300 mA
One comes in 500 mA
and the last comes in 700 mA ( personnally i would go with two of these, and just parallel them together.)


Micropuck-Perfect for 1w Led applications.
Its smaller than a tip of a pencil, so not only does it save space but it uses only 2AA batteries and your hilt becomes lighter. But only disadvantage is that its only good for 1w leds.


my preference-Buckpuck.



Oh and maul its not mini puck its micropuck.

[vortextwist]

ok. but what is the function of them?

[xwingband]

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They are nice because they get more out of it and are step-up drivers. You can run an LED with under the forward voltage.

I'd disagree with countdown. You can parallel two micropucks and run a 3W or 5W. I'd classify any of the pucks in the middle. Better than a resistor, but not Corbin's or Erv's stuff.

[987654321a]

yea but i meant with 1 micropuck i never said to not parrallel two micropucks of course it can be done and save even more space than a buckpuck but why not just go with a buckpuck?

[xwingband]

It's smaller and if you want to get the "boost" mode which lets you under volt it, it's $10 cheaper.

[987654321a]

oh well then thats cool. ive always used buckpucks when ive used drivers.

[james3]

Countdown has a point when it comes to using more then one.
In that case it does make more sense to use a buck puck. The results I have had with the micro puck for the 3and 5's have been ok, not great. You get better run time with the buck and the price is the same.

Buckpucks also come in 1000ma, perfect for your blue 3w family if you arent going to live the hi-life.

[vortextwist]

ok so I still don't understand what a buck,micro puck do?