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Old 03-02-2008 | 11:13 AM
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Default RE: Best Way of Installing A Laser Pointer

Hello Ern,
Laser pointers vary in voltage requirements. You can easily determine by looking at the batteries that power it. For mine I measures about 10 mA of current draw during operation so you can simply use a resistor to drop the voltage down from the 7.2 V that your battery pack provides to that which the laser requires (mine needed 5 volts). Heres a link I posted about 200 years ago on here.
Perry

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_58...tm.htm#5841956