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[david]

After days spent struggling with solder and epoxy - I've finally put together my USB box mod, which I though some of you may like to see.

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It's powered by a 3.7v 700mAh Li-on battery designed to go in a nintendo wiimote & I've sawed off the unnecessary plastic bits to make it fit as shown below. It has a standard 801 connector & Joye 302 atty.
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Vapour is a bit weak as you can also see, but I think that may be the switch, which isn't rated for that high an ampage.

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The baccy box is half size and cost £2.99 including a pack of giant skins and two lighters. The battery was £7.99 from gamestation, so provided you're OK with soldering & epoxy work - it's an easy and cheap USB passthrough charging mod.

Thanks for the soldering tips. Enjoy.

Edited by david, 29 July 2010 - 04:47 PM.

[Kingtut]

david, on 29 July 2010 - 03:38 PM, said:

After days spent struggling with solder and epoxy - I've finally put together my USB box mod, which I though some of you may like to see.

IMG01032-20100729-1531.jpg

It's powered by a 3.7v 700mAh Li-on battery designed to go in a nintendo wiimote & I've sawed off the unnecessary plastic bits to make it fit as shown below. It has a standard 801 connector & Joye 302 atty.
IMG01020-20100724-1628.jpg IMG01036-20100729-1533.jpg

Vapour is a bit weak as you can also see, but I think that may be the switch, which isn't rated for that high an ampage.

IMG01042-20100729-1539.jpg

The baccy box is half size and cost £2.ppincluding a pack of giant skins and two lighters. The battery was £7.99 from gamestation, so provided you're OK with soldering & epoxy work - it's an easy and cheap USB passthrough charging mod.

Thanks for the soldering tips. Enjoy.

Well done David I would not know where to start

[googled]

http://www.gamestati...1z13fwlZ1z13fs5

Is that the battery?

[Wryly]

You can get the wii mote batteries a lot cheaper on ebay, and the baccy boxes from your friendly pound shops if anyone wants to save a few quid LOL!

[david]

Thanks Cliff


Googled, that is definitely the right battery, and as Wryly says, you probably can get them a lot cheaper on eBay. After a few days with it, I'm not 100% convinced that this is actually truly packing the full 3.7V though. It works - just doesn't perform as well as I'd hoped

Let me know if yours turns out ok.

[Dave]

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I'm not 100% convinced that this is actually truly packing the full 3.7V though. It works - just doesn't perform as well as I'd hoped

Hi david

Although the normal protected li-ion batteries we commonly use are marked 3.6 or 3.7 volts, they are charged to something around 4.2 volts and have a cut off at 2.75

If the battery your using (with its built in charger circuitry) is only charging to 3.6 volts, then its rather like using a normal battery that's half discharged before you start..

There may also be another issue with your battery discharge rate. and maybe current / voltage limiting, but with out knowing the exact specs of the built in circuitry its hard to know.

You could always get a meter and measure the voltage during use.

Edited by Dave, 02 August 2010 - 09:35 AM.

[david]

Thanks Dave - but rather than go out and buy a multimeter, I think I'll slap a Low Resistance Atty on and see what happens