Altoids Lamp V2 attempt 1
April 16th, 2005 Posted in General
My first attempt at the Altoids Puck light. The switch is inside the can and you just twist the two halves to toggle power.
I’m not completely satisfied with this one. It’s a bit sloppy and I need to find a better way to make the holes. The metal bends too easy, maybe a thin coat of a metal epoxy would help before drilling. It uses 3 AAAs for power, and with a 68 ohm resistor drops the voltage to 3.3 at the LEDs.
I’m ordering 100 LEDs (21,000 mcd) from Hong Kong. I don’t have an immediate need for 100 of them, so I might sell half off on eBay to offset the cost.
April 25th, 2005 at 4:27 am
Any site in particular you’d suggest ordering them from?
July 21st, 2005 at 6:10 pm
I came across your previous blog entry in which you were looking for some brighter LEDs. I just got some 65,000mcd from these guys:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7528236494&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
Shipment took ~7days.
And yes, they are very bright.