Comments on: Battery Powered Altoids LED Lamp

By: Livia Blue

Livia Blue — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:56:17 +0000

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By: Anton

Anton — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:42:11 +0000

Mast3rbug,

There have been a lot of advances in both LEDs and their prices in the year and a half since I wrote this article. At the time they were new on the market and quite a bit more than $5, I think closer to $15-20.

I’m tempted to buy a few of them now though just to see how bright they are.

By: Mast3rbug

Mast3rbug — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 02:17:30 +0000

One Luxeon LED Have 8-10 time more output of your 4 LED combined, and cost about 5$ each + shipping. You can Also purchase a Luxeon Driver CHIP for 90 cent.

By: Kroov Hamuts

Kroov Hamuts — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:53:18 +0000

Realy? That’s 46160 crazy!!

By: Andreas

Andreas — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:24:29 +0000

Try this LINK for brighter LEDs:
http://stores.ebay.de/RealStyles

By: Anton

Anton — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 02:50:23 +0000

I answered Johan in the next comment:

I don’t have a charger than can handle an odd number of batteries, I had room for the 4th battery, and the extra battery gives a little more time between charges.

By: led lights

led lights — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 02:12:07 +0000

i’m wondering the same thing johan is wondering…

By: Gordon

Gordon — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 20:33:38 +0000

I’ve been using American Science and Surplus myself for leds.

By: Random Guest

Random Guest — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 05:20:42 +0000

Hi. I found this blog entry in a Google result. Nice light.

Last summer, I put twenty-five 3mm 6000mcd white LEDs into an Altoids tin. I used a 9V battery and a high wattage, wirewound resistor. Here are some pics:

http://img49.exs.cx/img49/8302/altOutside.jpg
http://img49.exs.cx/img49/4329/altSwitch.jpg
http://img49.exs.cx/img49/1921/altInside.jpg

Get your LEDs from Hong Kong on Ebay. The money you save on the lights will make up for time it takes to ship – though it really doesn’t take long anyway. I’ve placed about eight different orders from four different Hong Kong LED manufacturers on Ebay and the shipping time has been between five and ten days every time – usually 6-7 days. (I’m near the Gulf Coast in the U.S.)

By: phoenix

phoenix — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 15:50:58 +0000

I’ll try to build v1 just to get some experience then…