Hi, I need only 4v because the LiFePO4 battery is max at such, and the leds only need 3v - 3.2v. This gives a little room for AMC drivers (for sell on deal extreme and are touted as the best there). I don't want to go 12v (and 3 or 4 x everything else).
I just want to make a single Cree XML light, powered by a single Headway LiFePO4 (or similar), charged by just 4 or 4.5V. I believe this would be the most efficient approach to most ALL lighting...
I also periodically read posts here... and came to the conclusion NOT to try to build my own
But I can't even imagine a remote possibility of finding a decent size four volt panel past those little 100mA plastic thingy's on ebay.
I could buy (multiples of eight) some of those more expensive 6x6 cells from an ebayer with good ratings, getting plexi, some good "rubber seal" material (also about a 1/4" thick) and sandwiching it all together to make (possibly a fold-able) panel. It seems, with a good seal, and if the cells were free to move about only a 1/16th of an inch, thermal damage could be avoided (but then I wonder if the solder would come apart).
Nevertheless is there ANY way to buy such a panel made professionally without having to invest upfront thousands of dollars to a company that speaks Chinese?
I just want to make a single Cree XML light, powered by a single Headway LiFePO4 (or similar), charged by just 4 or 4.5V. I believe this would be the most efficient approach to most ALL lighting...
I also periodically read posts here... and came to the conclusion NOT to try to build my own

But I can't even imagine a remote possibility of finding a decent size four volt panel past those little 100mA plastic thingy's on ebay.
I could buy (multiples of eight) some of those more expensive 6x6 cells from an ebayer with good ratings, getting plexi, some good "rubber seal" material (also about a 1/4" thick) and sandwiching it all together to make (possibly a fold-able) panel. It seems, with a good seal, and if the cells were free to move about only a 1/16th of an inch, thermal damage could be avoided (but then I wonder if the solder would come apart).
Nevertheless is there ANY way to buy such a panel made professionally without having to invest upfront thousands of dollars to a company that speaks Chinese?
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