My Romisen Cree RC-A8 Mod

[Rhetoric Camel]

well I finally got it made, after a few hours of struggling with little things here and there and not having what I needed to drill holes and so on, it's finally done. How long are you guys getting good vapor and throat hit from a fully charged 16340 batt?

[boondongle]

Post a picture!

[HzG8rGrl]

I am no DIY. I own a mod that uses 16340 and it is great vapor and hit for the first day. The problem I have found is only getting 1-2 full charges, then nothing. They show charged, but no longer work in my mod. It is very frustrating and I have ordered 4 more in hopes the first were a bad batch. Please let me know what results you come up with concerning the batteries. Thanks

[Rhetoric Camel]

I found that at work we had a 5/16" flange nut, that fit PERFECTLY in the end for the battery connector. The first one I grabbed and brought home, grabbed the drill and the biggest bit I had, wasn't nearly big enough so I figured I could just ream it to get it the right size, so I did that pretty much until the battery died. Went to see where I was on the hole to the battery connector and I needed the hole to still be much bigger. So when the battery charged I grabbed my chainsaw file and put it in the drill and tried that, still not big enough. I did this process a couple more times and just barely got it to fit by putting a dead atty on the connector and smashing it on with a hammer, looked horrible this way, all chewed up and beat up, but it worked. Today I redid it with a new nut and a new connector and a proper drill bit that work also had, along with a vice which I also don't have.

I drilled the hole for the switch, had to make it surprisingly almost as big as the lock washer the switch came with to allow me room to get in that small space. It's looking put together pretty well know, you'd never know of the issues I went through.

So here you have it





Using TrustFire16340 (is there a different battery that you could use in this to? or is this it?)
510 atty
SPST momentary Submini Pushbutton Switch from the local radio shack
Left the switch that was on it and use it as the main on off switch

Tools I have at home
A pair of dikes (thats what we call 'em at work, cutters, or whatever)
Needle Nose Pliers
Drill and bits that are not correct sizes
Wood burner I use as a soldering gun
Lead free solder that I got from work

It was a fun project and so far, well worth it. Don't know how many mods I will make with my lack of funds and tools. This might be all I need. Great mod and would have been easy instructions if I wasn't so damn impatient.

Thanks!

[Rhetoric Camel]

I am no DIY. I own a mod that uses 16340 and it is great vapor and hit for the first day. The problem I have found is only getting 1-2 full charges, then nothing. They show charged, but no longer work in my mod. It is very frustrating and I have ordered 4 more in hopes the first were a bad batch. Please let me know what results you come up with concerning the batteries. Thanks

Will do. I am using 2 batteries as of now that I'm going back and forth with. I did one use of one battery, it didn't stop working just got low in performance so I put it on the charger took the other battery and did the same with it, both charged fully. Now I'm on my first battery after the first charge. Oh I didn't charge them when I got them, just used whatever juice they had in them when I got 'em.

[boondongle]

Very nice...way to go!

[Ragman]

I see many different battery options for the trustfire 16340 3.6V 880mah batteries. WHat I am worried about is the protected batteries not fitting in my Romisen mod. COuld anyone post a direct link or part # to the exact battery I should use?

Thanks.

[crip]

Kit: 2 x RCR123A 3.6V 880mah Ultrafire Protected Li-Ion Batteries & TL-100 Universal Li-Ion Charger 16340

OR

DealExtreme: $3.19 Ultrafire LC 16340 3.6V 1000mAh Protected CR123A Battery



you still need a charger.. they have those too but thats your size.. 16340 you want 3.6 v not 3 v