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Old February 11th, 2009, 23:01   #8
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Originally Posted by ILLusion View Post
Oh, if you're referring to a SMPS, then sure... but all of the ones I've seen were the size of...... a computer power supply and weighed like a brick. I'm not sure where you'd store that on your gun.

Also, like mcguyver stated, you end up using some of the current to operate the regulator.
Yeah. Size is seeming to be an issue. I mean, you can get boost converters that are the size of a dime.. But they are only capable of a few dozen milliamps (or as much as I have seen so far have only been capable of this).
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