It's running off of 6 volts, right? It's to my understanding that the lm317t needs 3.0 volts to work properly, and blue ray diodes need about 5 volts, meaning that it would need a minimum of 8 volts input with that driver. Anything less, and the current basically becomes unregulated (not that...
Re: FS: New Pen Host Kits! All Parts Included - Nice!
i made sure it's not touching
also, i turned it on with just the 2 aaa's to make sure that the circuit is complete, and it works
one thing, though; do you know of a good way to secure a spring on the tailcap?
Re: FS: New Pen Host Kits! All Parts Included - Nice!
thanks!
ya, i put in two regular AAA's, and made sure that there was also a little bit of extra space for 10440's, too
Re: FS: New Pen Host Kits! All Parts Included - Nice!
After I bought the host, I saw Mohrenberg's modules for sale, so I bought one for this build since he's selling them for such a good deal. I don't have a good camera, but here are some pics. It's an lpc with a rckster
I'm waiting on some...
Oh man, I was planning on making myself one with the exact same current and parts, but it would cost me at least the same amount as you're charging (maybe I just need to find cheaper suppliers)
PM sent for an lpc
Re: FS: New Pen Host Kits! All Parts Included - Nice!
These hosts are still for sale, right?
I also have a question about them:
If I make it case negative, is there a spring or something on the tail to make contact with the negative side of the battery?
ya, i actually do think that it's the trimmer, since it suddenly jumped on my first diode
well, it is a 20Ω one. i'm not sure how much power that it's rated to take, but i guess i could just make a fixed current driver. I have a decent heat sink, so i'll set it to 420.
my lm1117 is of a TO-220...