Cree XPE2, Buckpuck, 7.4 v Li-Ion, standard latching switch diagram

[von brinck]

I am looking to build my first light saber soon, I have been browsing the forums alot, and went through the wiring diagrams. It may be a silly question but all I can find are the diagrams for a stunt saber running off of a AA or AAA pack. I was wondering what would the difference be between he stunt saber wiring for the AA/AAA pack and a Li-Ion battery? I would imagine I would need a quick disconnect to allow it to be charged?
Or if a 4xAA pack would be enough power for the buckpuck and Cree LED? The Led would be green in color.
Thanks
Sorry if its a dumb question.

[Silver Serpent]

Wiring is unchanged. Many people will add in a recharge port so they don't need to remove the battery pack to recharge their saber, but it's not strictly necessary to do so.

A recharge port is fairly simple to wire up. You should be able to find a wiring diagram on the forums.

4xAA alkalines are sufficient to power the buckpuck, but you'll get a lot more runtime (and save some $$$) if you go with li-ion rechargeables.

[von brinck]

I had another question. From what I have been reading, if I were to go with the option of running two dies of a tri rebel, it would be better to run them in a series correct? Same set up the 1000ma buckpuck and the 4 AA batteries. I was also considering on running 4 rechargeable lithium ion batteries, instead of 4 standard batteries.

[Forgetful Jedi Knight]

It depends on the color, You might not have enough voltage to run 2 in series. 4 Li-ions would likely be waaayyyy too much.

[von brinck]

it would be two greens
would i be better off just overdriving the single cree green?

[Forgetful Jedi Knight]

it would be two greens
would i be better off just overdriving the single cree green?

4 regular AA's won't be enough to run 2 greens. 2 Li-ions would. But because you are using a buckpuck, you will be running them only at 1000mA (1A).