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Re: Use of Flashlight as Aiming Aid

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Originally Posted by Hadi379 View Post
Can you wire a flashlight to a spike, and then wire the spike directly to the 5V output on the PD board? Is that legal?
As a custom circuit I can't think of any rules that would prevent it. However, it probably wouldn't work. A Spike is designed to run on 12 volts, and definitely will work down to 9, but I don't think its relay coils will function with only 5 volts powering it.

When experimenting with flashlights at the beginning of the season, we successfully used a small 5 volt relay, switching it using a Digital Output.