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Shirley

April 22nd, 2009 22:30

KA PEQ-15 : Custom LED & Laser Lights

ILLusion

April 22nd, 2009 22:33

If you didn't fill all that space with hot glue, I'm sure you could fit 4 AA's in there... :P

ShelledPants

April 22nd, 2009 22:33

You could probably fit two CR123's in there, which is the same voltage as 4 AA's. I don't know about current draws, but you should get better performance from 2 Cr123's than 4 AA's.

ALSO: I was reading up on laser units, you could rig one to a CR2032 battery, which is really flat. If you got a 6v laser, you could use 2x CR2032 batteries to power it... ;)

Shirley

April 22nd, 2009 22:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShelledPants (Post 969429)

Awesome! CR123's don't fit, maybe CR2's.

Do you know where I can find these lasers?

ShelledPants

April 23rd, 2009 07:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.Hitman (Post 969436)

Awesome! CR123's don't fit, maybe CR2's.

Do you know where I can find these lasers?

I was just browsing redwolf and looky looky:

http://www.redwolfairsoft.com/redwol...l?prodID=26765

King Arms laser for AN/PEQ, I'm sure you could find room. ;)

EDIT: Oh. but you want green... Then http://www.lasersale.com/catalog/dis...em.asp?id=3232

Shirley

April 23rd, 2009 10:12

Hmmm, how can you connect to the battery from those? Or is the Redwolf one uses batteries inside that unit..?
Awesome find.

Shirley

April 23rd, 2009 13:09

Fuck, I did it wrong, the 1 hole is where the Blue LED goes, the bottom of the 2 holes is the red laser, then the top hole is the IR Laser.

Here are reference pictures of the RS PEQ15.

http://us3.pixagogo.com/S58UTKI1w3i7...!/DSCN0471.jpg
http://us4.pixagogo.com/S5yfZ0qxqd1G..._/DSCN0245.jpg
http://us10.pixagogo.com/S5p0VSOAPtS...7a0d6a75_o.jpg

Amos	April 23rd, 2009 14:09

Be careful when buying a laser...

Make sure you get something WELL under 5MW... 5MW and above can cause eye damage.. and most of the time lasers are alot more powerful than their rating states.

You may also want to look into proper directional projection LED's that are intended to be used as an illuminating light source...

It looks like you've just got standard LED's

ShelledPants

April 23rd, 2009 14:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amos (Post 969935)

To add to this:

Gutting a $20 Chinese Surefire knock off would be a good place to start for getting that light up and running. Rewire the contacts so you can position the CR123's anywhere you want in the case, and then wire your pressure switch to replace the momentary / constant clicker switch of the flashlight.

Mudder

April 23rd, 2009 15:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShelledPants (Post 969759)

EDIT: Oh. but you want green... Then http://www.lasersale.com/catalog/dis...em.asp?id=3232
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.10094

ackbar

April 23rd, 2009 15:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShelledPants (Post 969429)

if you don't mind dealing with lithium cells you can just use some 14500s in there. basically a lithium cell.. AA sized. Dropin solution but you must make sure that your circuit can handle the 4.2V/cell, cause that is what a lithium cell is hot off the charger.

If that doesn't float your boat, you may try a LiFePO4 14500. less capacity but is 3V, or closer to 2 alkalines in parallel. can handle up to a 10C discharge.

Another idea is to try NiMH cells. Alkalines are horrible when alot of current is required.

I would forget about CR2032s. like alkalines they cannot provide alot of current. That is why two coin cells don't burn out the LED in photon lights.

Shirley

April 23rd, 2009 16:10

I just figured from no electrical experiences, I can just connect the batteries with wires than the plates.. omg... lol This project for this peq is going to take some time, time to gut out the shit again.

ShelledPants

April 23rd, 2009 16:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.Hitman (Post 970026)

Invest in a decent soldering iron. ;)

ILLusion

April 23rd, 2009 16:16

that hot glue is brutal. Redo it all. lol

Amos	April 23rd, 2009 16:17

Atleast there's no white-out :D!!

Shirley

April 23rd, 2009 22:11

I finally got the light, but not blue, it's white. And the cool thing is the bulb sticks out, and the wires go nicely in. Bright as hell, and using 2 AA batteries. Found some small laser units on ebay for 20$ and very small. Figured I'm going to go green and not red.
Here are the pics.

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...Picture018.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...Picture019.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...Picture020.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...Picture021.jpg

ackbar

April 23rd, 2009 22:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.Hitman (Post 970270)

I finally got the light, but not blue, it's white. And the cool thing is the bulb sticks out, and the wires go nicely in. Bright as hell, and using 2 AA batteries.

Looks like a 5mm LED to me.. Ask me to flash... er show you a cree XR-E R2 sometime.. I dare ya! :P

heikis

April 29th, 2009 05:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.Hitman (Post 970270)

... Found some small laser units on ebay for 20$ and very small. Figured I'm going to go green and not red.
Here are the pics.

why green? i would go for a red unit. a green beam is much easier to see so you give yourself away to the enemy a lot easier. important is to see the dot not the beam.

Shirley

June 11th, 2009 19:29

Rubs	June 11th, 2009 19:31

Awesome, thanks for that hitman!

huang

June 11th, 2009 20:43

hey,man. The postion of the LED and laser should be switched

Drake

June 11th, 2009 20:47

Neat, but I'd borrow a pair of NVGs or a camera that's good at picking up IR (like Sony Nightshot) and see how much IR light that laser is leaking.

Drake

June 11th, 2009 21:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by huang (Post 1005887)

hey,man. The postion of the LED and laser should be switched

Actually I think he has it right: the focusable IR illuminator is on the left (with the dial), and co-aligned aiming IR and visible lasers on the right (visible red on bottom -- which he mentioned he got wrong)

Shirley

June 11th, 2009 22:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drake (Post 1005888)

Neat, but I'd borrow a pair of NVGs or a camera that's good at picking up IR (like Sony Nightshot) and see how much IR light that laser is leaking.

It is very visible under night. Played with this at a night game, clear night, visible beam. Not even sure how far it reaches, but it reaches far...
c3sk had a Russian NV scope, I forgot to ask to use it and to record how it is under NV. Forsure it will light up pretty damn good.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drake (Post 1005895)

Yeah, I couldn't place the module on the bottom, it was just too thick..

Thenooblord

June 11th, 2009 23:07

how can i get one of these?

Shirley

June 11th, 2009 23:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thenooblord (Post 1005998)

how can i get one of these?

I made it my own.. lol
Took a Kings Arm PEQ15 battery box,
Buy a CR2 or CR123a battery, get some wires, buy a laser module capable of powering 3v, buy an LED light capable of 3v, a switch, and the rest is just yourself wiring.

You can PM Huang, he also has his own PEQ15 made.

RacingManiac

June 12th, 2009 00:44

Huang's PEQ doesn't have visible "beam", pretty damn bright though...

Shirley

June 12th, 2009 02:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by RacingManiac (Post 1006065)

Huang's PEQ doesn't have visible "beam", pretty damn bright though...

Any 5mw green laser would show a visible beam.

The beam in my pics and vids show more because I used a hazer machine. :p

Brit ter

June 13th, 2009 10:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thenooblord (Post 1005998)

how can i get one of these?

Buy a complete one from Huang !

mirrage

June 13th, 2009 19:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.Hitman (Post 1006003)

How did you get the strobo effect?
Did the led had a pcb circuit with it?
I searched ebay for a similar led but found nothing.
Can you tell me what terms to use or the item title
or something.

Shirley

June 14th, 2009 01:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by mirrage (Post 1006866)

How did you get the strobo effect?
Did the led had a pcb circuit with it?
I searched ebay for a similar led but found nothing.
Can you tell me what terms to use or the item title
or something.

The LED that strobed was my 150Lumen Torch Flashlight..

You can use any LED bulb that can be powered from a 3v source, anything else can burn out the LED bulb.

mirrage

June 14th, 2009 04:09

Ooooh!
I didn't get it at first.
Thanks a lot or the fast answer!

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