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From: fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: lazer tag (update)
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Date: 14 Aug 90 05:46:41 GMT
Reply-To: fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz)
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	Greetings. Thank's to all that replied to my post about
	LazerTag gun's output. I just went to a "trift" store
	and got a bag of guns... 

	Inside the gun are 3 chips (1 custom), 2 power transistors,
	caps, and resistors and diodes.

	In the handle is a 2200 uF 10V capacitor. Does anyone know,
	if I increase it to 3300 uF 10V, will it increase the
	range of the gun? May it blow the IR diode?

	How much range could I get if I hooked up a IR laser
	diode to the standard IR diode's output (through a FET)
	with it's own power supply? (say, 12 V @ 5A...)

	Take care.

	P.S. There was a post about blade-switches, a while back.
	Well, I have one. It's a 2 pole model with a porcelain base.
	Anyone want it? ;-)
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