G'Day Grendels,

need some guidance ...

lighting the Marquis ship from Star Trek Voyager.

Using a 9Volt battery as the source.

4060 timing chip with 4 led's with fibre optic

18 led's to light engine and grill areas. 10 water clear blues and 8 water clear reds.

I've been using the linera1.wiz for resistor value and wiring everything in parallel.

i'm now lost on how to figure out

1. if the 9 Volt is enough, and should have a second for the 4060

2. am i over driving this thing ?

3. appears to have some flickering on the LED's not in the 4060 circuit, but i think that is due to the power draw on the circuit.

4.  Should I be looking at 2 batteries in series to power the circuit - 18Volts total ...

5.  I can't figure out the battery life ...

At present, i'm trying to keep to 1 power source with an external connection to the battery, so if i decide later down the track to use a wall wart, i can rewire the base.

Any ideas ?

thanks