Hi,
Very, very new to this flash-a-holic thing, but have an idea I want to try out, more for a learning curve than anything else.
I've just had one of those made in china/korea 2 for a £1 keychain lights die on me and threw it away in the bin. Then i had a thought.
So, I rummaged through the bin (and an old quarter punder with cheese, urgh!) and got it back and took it to pieces to get at the led.
Now, this led was a "white" led and powered by two 3v coin batteries and what I wanted to try is:
Put the led into a minimag (either a 2xAA or a 2xAAA) with a drilled-out reflector I have from a Lamba kit I recently recieved.
The problem I have is finding batteries that are 3v and will fit into either a 2xAA or 2xAAA minimag.
I read here recently about someone using a Duracell battery (I think it was called something like a CRV-3 — please excuse my ignorance) which used 2 seperate 3v batteries which can be pulled apart and used.
So, would these batteries fit into either a 2xAA or 2xAAA minimag. Not too worried about having to find a spacer or "padding" to stop rattling — like I said it's my first ever "modding" experience (if I even dare call it that /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif ) and just would like to see if it works.
I hope you can understand where I'm coming from and what I hope to achieve and are able to offer some advice.
Many thanks,
Face
Very, very new to this flash-a-holic thing, but have an idea I want to try out, more for a learning curve than anything else.
I've just had one of those made in china/korea 2 for a £1 keychain lights die on me and threw it away in the bin. Then i had a thought.
So, I rummaged through the bin (and an old quarter punder with cheese, urgh!) and got it back and took it to pieces to get at the led.
Now, this led was a "white" led and powered by two 3v coin batteries and what I wanted to try is:
Put the led into a minimag (either a 2xAA or a 2xAAA) with a drilled-out reflector I have from a Lamba kit I recently recieved.
The problem I have is finding batteries that are 3v and will fit into either a 2xAA or 2xAAA minimag.
I read here recently about someone using a Duracell battery (I think it was called something like a CRV-3 — please excuse my ignorance) which used 2 seperate 3v batteries which can be pulled apart and used.
So, would these batteries fit into either a 2xAA or 2xAAA minimag. Not too worried about having to find a spacer or "padding" to stop rattling — like I said it's my first ever "modding" experience (if I even dare call it that /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif ) and just would like to see if it works.
I hope you can understand where I'm coming from and what I hope to achieve and are able to offer some advice.
Many thanks,
Face