Buying/making a charger

[Ursa]

Hmmmm?

[Forgetful Jedi Knight]

Hmmmm?

Let's just say I'm not a fan, and that isn't anyone I would EVER recommend emulating. But that is just my opinion as an established community elder.

[Ursa]

Ah right. I've never spoken to him personally, just seen a few of the threads he wrote.

I'll see what I can do with these batteries. I ordered a 4A buck to go with them, would it still work if I powered it with four cells rather than eight? I could just make them up into two separate packs and change them when one runs down.

[Forgetful Jedi Knight]

BuckPucks need over 5V to properly power them. You would have to check the specs.

[Ursa]

Thanks

[Daisan]

Hi Ursa,

Have you checked this thread? It is LED string and I think Obi1 only used ~84 LEDs.

Just from the pics, I think he has a space-friendly solution to battery/power question.

Cheers and good luck on your project!

[Ursa]

Hi Daisan,

I had as it happens, I've been lurking around for a while. Hadn't noticed the number of LEDs he used though, if it turns out to be less than I thought then that would definitely make powering it alot easier.

[Forgetful Jedi Knight]

Which is why I questioned the number of LEDs you planned join using (plus your blade length was really long). Generally speaking the number of LEDs is around 84 in a string blade.

[Ursa]

Well the first thing I'm building is the LED string, so I'll see how it goes. If it turns out to be less LEDs I certainly won't complain.

Back on topic, is canabalising the innards of one of those chargers a sensible thing to do for charging a battery pack? Or is that an excercise in stupidity?

[Forgetful Jedi Knight]

Well the first thing I'm building is the LED string, so I'll see how it goes. If it turns out to be less LEDs I certainly won't complain.

Back on topic, is canabalising the innards of one of those chargers a sensible thing to do for charging a battery pack? Or is that an excercise in stupidity?

An exercise in stupidity.