Really simple. Hook the black wire to the black screw and hook the red wire to the red screw. Just like jumper cables. When the red light goes to green, it's done. The terminals also provide a handy point for a quickvoltage check
with a meter.
Really simple. Hook the black wire to the black screw and hook the red wire to the red screw. Just like jumper cables. When the red light goes to green, it's done. The terminals also provide a handy point for a quickvoltage check
with a meter.
That can be taken a mini-step further... just add the terminals to the top and bottom of one side of the case, and the whole box can be set into the charger without the need for wires, and the checkpoints for voltage would still be accessible. Could even do away with ruining one side of the charger. I might just try this... Thanks Crazyhorse!
That can be taken a mini-step further... just add the terminals to the top and bottom of one side of the case, and the whole box can be set into the charger without the need for wires, and the checkpoints for voltage would still be accessible. Could even do away with ruining one side of the charger. I might just try this... Thanks Crazyhorse!
Scratch that.. seems the battery box just barely fits, and I imagine that if there were terminals poking out even the slightest bit, the box would no longer fit in the charger... that's unfortunate really...
It would almost work with the terminals on the sides. There's plenty of room in the charger for that orientation but there are a couple of problems. 1) The battery box isn't comfortable standing up in the charger. It likes to flop. 2) That level inside the box is slammed full of structure and switch.
The charger isn't affected by the wiring. It's temporary. The positive connection to the charger is a slightly modified 12 ga butt connector. I cut the hard plastic sheathing back by about a ¼" and changed the shape from round to racetrack. The wire is crimped into the other end. It plugs right into the slot immediately south of the "official" positive terminal.
It would almost work with the terminals on the sides. There's plenty of room in the charger for that orientation but there are a couple of problems. 1) The battery box isn't comfortable standing up in the charger. It likes to flop. 2) That level inside the box is slammed full of structure and switch.
I was thinking something along the lines of a walkie talkie charging station. I can't post links yet (and i'm not positive the attachment will show up until after I post) ... a quick google image search and you'll see what I'm talking about, though it sounds like we're on the same page.
Just set the battery box down in the charger (which may have to be modded - ahh boo ) and when the green light comes on, it's vape time. This would allow for using the screw to really lock up the box and not have to worry about the cover coming off, even though so far, that's not a problem. Eventually though, it will probably wear from opening and closing and no longer snap into place.
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It only takes something like two seconds to complete the cable hookup. Not a big deal and a hell of a lot quicker than popping the cover, extracting those big@$$ batteries out of their tight@$$ compartments and then putting it all back together again.
My battery box is screwed shut and now it can stay that way.
This battery pack (with three AA size 3.7v 900 mAh protected Trustfire 14500 cells) survived 3½ days of use @ 17 hours per day @ an estimated average of 2 ml per day. I puffed it to the point of total vapor depletion. In the final half hour or so, vapor gradually began decreasing. At the point where it refused to give up another puff, a voltmeter read 0.98v from the pack. This appears to be way outside of spec for lithium batteries.
The battery pack required 5:45 for recharging to the green light cutoff point of 4.17v. This was at the 450 mAh rate represented by the charger documentation.
You could easily make a modded adapter for your charger that would fit your box into it. Granted that you may be willing to mod the charger, unless you are using it for something else too...
The main use for the charger is doing single cells so I wouldn't want to modify it. It would be cool to simply drop the big box into it but hooking up the jumper cables is so simple it's not worth the trouble to do anything else right now.
When I break this 3 x AA box and build another one, I'll probably build it to dock. It wouldn't be that hard. Flatter terminals on opposing sides and taking a moment to balance the box when placing it in the charger is all it would take. That configuration wouldn't be a workable solution for charging in the car on a long road trip but it's not a big deal with a pack that lasts for days.
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) and when the green light comes on, it's vape time. This would allow for using the screw to really lock up the box and not have to worry about the cover coming off, even though so far, that's not a problem. Eventually though, it will probably wear from opening and closing and no longer snap into place.
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