ElektroLumens
Flashlight Enthusiast
I was told it could not be done. I was told it could be done. So I had to try it. I ran two Micropucks in parallel, powering a 3W Luxeon Star.
Initial test: I hooked up the two Micropucks in parallel, powered from two Duracell alkaline D cells, powering one 3W Luxeon Star. Initial current is 620mA! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif This is from only two D cells, so that is excellent. I'm going to be doing a run test, showing current, Vin, Vout, time, etc, and will post results.
I am also going to test this with 3 D cells, powering a 5W. Perhaps someone will beat me to the punch on testing the 5W?
Micropucks are on sale on my web shopping cart right now, for only $10/each, as right now I have quite a lot of them on hand.
I received a tip from a customer about this doubling up, but it was in regards to powering the 5W. I had to try it with a 3W first.
(I posted here in this forum as this is more related to flashlight modifying.)
To be continued . . . .
Wayne j