Easiest Cheapest and Ugliest mod ever!!

[aaa]

a perpetual motion e-cig! Like Rolex watches

Well, that is a good idea, but, given the fact that an e-cig takes a million times as much power as a rolex watch, you should have to move a lot.

Or, it should be supported by some other personal renewable energy sources:
- clothes made of solar cells,
- a hat having wind turbines on the top,
- underware producing bioenergy,
and shoes with buit-in batteries for energy storage purposes.

I think it could be a viable idea.

[youfillintheblank]

Underwear? Bioenergy? Oh you mean the old methane plant!! "Methane, powered by you"

Originally Posted by aaa

Well, that is a good idea, but, given the fact that an e-cig takes a million times as much power as a rolex watch, you should have to move a lot.

Or, it should be supported by some other personal renewable energy sources:
- clothes made of solar cells,
- a hat having wind turbines on the top,
- underware producing bioenergy,
and shoes with buit-in batteries for energy storage purposes.

I think it could be a viable idea.

[yo han]

Originally Posted by youfillintheblank

"Methane, powered by you"

The fartarette

[ApOsTle51]

Originally Posted by youfillintheblank

Very interesting! So many of us have that "I can make it better" guy in us. I had a wacky idea to make one with a hand crank generator from a battery-less flashlight. I could see it now, just like BarryK with his e-cig-detonator, I would get the STRANGEST looks with that in public.
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YouTube - Camping

beaten to it .............

[Zach]

I did a mod almost just like the one in the op today. I took a battery connector out of a crappy battery and just soldered the positive and negative up to a battery holder just like in the op (from radio shack). This thing smokes awesome. I really enjoy the functionality of a manual switch, too.

The one i've just made is really ugly, it basically looks like heatshrink sticking out the end of an atomizer into a box. I think pretty soon i am going to scrap this one for parts (mostly the battery connector and battery holder) and make one that looks like a regular 901 battery with a wire sticking out that connects to a battery pack.

I couldn't fit a switch sideways (imo switch on the end would make me hold it weird), at the moment i am using the switch on the battery box which is a slide switch. I might build something just a little wider in diameter than a 901 battery, with a blue led on the end, wire sticking out the bottom, with a manual switch on side of the battery casing (like on a kissbox). Paint it matte grey with black cigarette lines. My current rig uses 4xAA NiMH but i think i might switch to a bigger type of battery.

I may put the led on the side next to the manual button, but then i kind of dig the cigarette look too, so we'll see. I'll try and post pictures.

[BarryK]

Zach, You can just about get away with 3 ni/mh aa's - even with the low resistance atomisers they will only be pushing aroud 1100-1200 millamps.

With 4 AA's you have the potential to be pushing about 1500 milliamps through the atomisers - you may get more smoke than you need, but only for a short while.....

You'll need some current regulation in the circuit - this will also have an advantage in that the batteries will last much longer and the vapour will be more consistant.

When I get around to making my 4 AAA battery jobby, I'm intending to limit current to a constant 880/900 mA.

Barry

[Zach]

Barry,

I appreciate the warning. It gives off about the perfect amount of vapor just the way it is, but i'll look into regulating the current. I'm just starting on this electronics stuff having only soldered a few pickups and capacitors into some guitars (and a few other small jobs like this). Strangely, the e-cig battery is just about the perfect thing to experiment with if you're not that good with a soldering iron yet.

Your smoking rig is ugly as hell, barry.

[BarryK]

Originally Posted by Zach

Barry,


Your smoking rig is ugly as hell, barry.

You're not wrong Zach, but it is only tempory - well, that's what I've been telling myself for the last coupla months anyway.............

:0)

[youfillintheblank]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!?!?!?!?

Originally Posted by apostle51

beaten to it .............

[youfillintheblank]

Try cleaning your atomizers with this hookup. Dunk the atomizer in water and turn the switch on, it'll release a lot of gunk. I've had mine on underwater for well over 1 minute and it never has died. after you clean it, blow it out from the battery end. I got 4-5 little black chunks out today. I'm going to get some NiCD batteries next and see how they perform. They have a bit more punch than NiMH in some applications.

Originally Posted by Zach

I did a mod almost just like the one in the op today. I took a battery connector out of a crappy battery and just soldered the positive and negative up to a battery holder just like in the op (from radio shack). This thing smokes awesome. I really enjoy the functionality of a manual switch, too.

The one i've just made is really ugly, it basically looks like heatshrink sticking out the end of an atomizer into a box. I think pretty soon i am going to scrap this one for parts (mostly the battery connector and battery holder) and make one that looks like a regular 901 battery with a wire sticking out that connects to a battery pack.

I couldn't fit a switch sideways (imo switch on the end would make me hold it weird), at the moment i am using the switch on the battery box which is a slide switch. I might build something just a little wider in diameter than a 901 battery, with a blue led on the end, wire sticking out the bottom, with a manual switch on side of the battery casing (like on a kissbox). Paint it matte grey with black cigarette lines. My current rig uses 4xAA NiMH but i think i might switch to a bigger type of battery.

I may put the led on the side next to the manual button, but then i kind of dig the cigarette look too, so we'll see. I'll try and post pictures.