Where to get a 12v Battery holder

[Hirohawa]

I am having no luck at Radio Shack, Frys, or online. ANyone know where to get a single 12v Battery holder either online or in the SoCal area?

Thanks

 

[robstyle]

I used to always hit all electronics for stuff

http://www.allelectronics.com/index.html

 

[exoray]

Well what size cells? Or what size battery?

Do a Google search for "8 cell battery holder" and it will pop ones for AA, C and D readily...

 

[Hirohawa]

The battery is a 12volt or 23A and i need a single battery holder, no luck with google yet

http://www.batteryholders.com/bh23aw.shtml

I will call them tomorrow but they may only do large orders.

 

[Redboykliq69]

The battery is a 12volt or 23A and i need a single battery holder, no luck with google yet

http://www.batteryholders.com/bh23aw.shtml

I will call them tomorrow but they may only do large orders.

May I ask where are you putting the battery in??? or what's it for?

 

[Hirohawa]

Battery is for the 5 LEDs on a Blade Runner Blaster.

Maybe there is an easier way to do it but so far I have only got it to work with the 12V with the five LEDs.

 

[exoray]

Battery is for the 5 LEDs on a Blade Runner Blaster.

Maybe there is an easier way to do it but so far I have only got it to work with the 12V with the five LEDs.

Seems like way overkill, 2 AAA batteries should be more then sufficient for 5 regular LEDs...

I suspect you are wiring the LEDs in series, you should wire the LEDS in parallel with the appropriate limiting resistors...

Go here http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz plug in a 3 volt power supply (2 AA batteries wired in series), put the forward voltage of your LEDs (probably 2-2.5 for normal LEDs) put 20 (or 15) for the forward current and put 5 LEDs and it will spit out a wiring diagram and calculate the resistors you need...

Or you can use a combo of series and parallel wiring and get away with a few button cells for power... This will require a little manual math with Ohm's Law to figure out...