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Rechargable batteries for my laser?

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I built my own diy red laser but it uses batteries like crazy ( i have 4aas powering it) And i was looking around for recharagble batteries and i found a 7.2v nicd pack like the kind for remote control cars. I was wondering if that would work for the daedal driver i have in it or is 7.2 volts going to break my laser?




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nope it should work fine! daedals circuit can handle up to like 24V for the regulator, but the capacitor might be only 16V, but anything under 15V should be fine.
 
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cool i thought it wouldnt work because he said it was set up in current regulation instead of voltage regulation, the good thing is it came from a nice remote control car so the battery pack is 2000mah of pure ni-cd power lol.

Cept it does measure like 8v instead of 7.2 when i measured it so i might just put a small heatsink on the lm317




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Okay good i think i have a small one laying around good thing it will work i had to replace the batteries every 30min because the power dropped substansialy (yes i know i speled it wrong)...

EDIT: i took apart this old charger because i knew there was a small heatsink on it and on the heatsink guess what i found lol a lm317 wow.



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I've found that a 6 cell NiMH or NiCd battery is perfect for me.

I just took apart my 'portable' I had built in to one of the RadioShack 8aa cell holders. Wishing I had taken pics... 6 NiMH cells, one slot for the driver, one slot for the laser module. a bit on the big side, but it could run for a Long time. I also used the washer between the two sides on the AixiZ module trick (I think that was from Daedal) to help with heatsinking.

I hope those ideas are of use to you wooooooooooooo.
 
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Okay i made it completely i put a 7.2v ni-cd only type i had, recharable, the 2000mah was to big for my holder and i hooked it up and the heatsink on my lm317 works pretty good it still gets pretty warm but it runs good for 2 min and im not gona run the diode any longer even with a fan

I tried it outside and i could clearly see the dot in daylight far away and i lit a match at 4 feet and it lights firworks within half a foot instantly once you find the focal point ;D




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IVe tried it again it lights fireworks from 4ft!!! in about 30 sec, I might try to somehow get a heatsink for it and push it to 320ma It runs so good now tho i dont know if i want to ;D




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