New USB Passthrough I got was DOA, so I improvised...

[first2di3]

Meet the SmokeBox :P

OK, so, I got a USB Passthrough from David Yang at Eastmall (2 actually) and when I got them, one was DOA (couldn't get the switch to activate).

I've been wanting to do some mods for some time now, but now seemed like the best time as I had some spare parts...

What I did was take the battery box and open it up, drill out some holes, and remade it as a Manual Switch Battery holder...

Well, last night the misses decided that it would be better if the cord wasnt attached, so I disconnected it, in picture 1 you can see (if you look closely) the red and black wires that go to nothing at the left side of the circuit board (which I also left in so that it could be used as a passthrough that would charge the battery just like it originally would have...)

I added a click button from an old mouse for the manual switch, and this thing hits like a champ!!! My second Passthrough is now the battery charger/usb passthrough, so it works out really well as larger capacity battery (Plus the Manual switch is great!)

Here are the pictures!

[first2di3]

After looking around it looks like I build a "Juicy Box" (ala Jaxx), but I seriously didn't look for similar mods for inspiration... built it from scratch

[kinabaloo]

Looks the part and does the 2 in 1 job

There's some serious soldering going on there! Or vaping?

[first2di3]

Looks the part and does the 2 in 1 job

There's some serious soldering going on there! Or vaping?

Last pic was showing that my crazy contraption works

[kinabaloo]

It looked a bit like a soldering iron through the haze!

[BeRight]

Great work-thanks for sharing.

[opusMorian]

Battery box, did not even consider that. DOH! Good thinking! Where can you buy that box?

[robw]

You get it with the manual switch usb kit that is sold by David or Kevin Ecigmall - Your #1 Source for Electronic Cigarettes or www.eastmall.net - Eastmall International Co.,Ltd

The circuit board in the box is a battery charging circuit. There is no need to keep it in there.
Good Idea, I have 3 of them

[first2di3]

You get it with the manual switch usb kit that is sold by David or Kevin Ecigmall - Your #1 Source for Electronic Cigarettes or www.eastmall.net - Eastmall International Co.,Ltd

The circuit board in the box is a battery charging circuit. There is no need to keep it in there.
Good Idea, I have 3 of them

Actually, they are the 15$ Automatic (Suction activated) USB Passthroughs for 801's... (edit: I did buy them from Eastmall.net - David Yang)

I left the charging PCB there because I did have a USB cord attached to it, but it worked so good my wife and I were passing it back and forth on the couch and got tired of the cord in a very short time... (acctually I took pictures of the insides and made this post because I removed the cord...)

Since I have another USB passthrough attached to my computer Im using that one to charge the batterys for this one...

I used an old mouse tact button for a switch, and soldered it all together, then kept the battery connector in place with hotglue...

Glad you guys like it, it's a beast!! It didn't require anything but a soldering iron, hot glue gun, and screwdrivers of various sizes (to carve out the hole for the button)

The hardest part was getting the 801 connector out of the original metal tubing, I ended up having to use a Butane torch to get the end hot, then screwed on an atomizer and wiggled it back and forth till it came off...(learned that after breaking the first one....)

[OaklandVapors]

This looks awesome, and easy! Can you give us some more info on how you built it?

Where did you get the battery box?

And what size are the batteries? It looks like a AAA but it's a "special lithium battery" so I'm not sure if it's standard.

I want one!!!