The Pipe Bomb - My new e-cig mod

[dablackanarch]

I finally have it completed. My new battery powered e-cig mod that I call the Pipe Bomb.




It's made from solid copper pipe (3/4 in. dia.) and end caps. I took the threads from a 901 battery and placed them in one end with a spring soldered into the center conductor. Inside is a 2500mAh Li-Ion battery (18650). The pushbutton is a regular N.O. SPST switch from Radio Wack.

The atomizer end cap is sealed on but the switch end I can pull off to charge the battery. Based on my usage with the 110mAh 901 battery, I expect to be able to use this battery about 2 days before I need to charge it. I'll keep you all updated.

[Singalo]

Wow! congratulations!!

[Trumpybloke]

Excellent Job Anarch ... I am toying along similar lines, except mine will have 3 X 1300 mAh Li-polys in parallel , I'm also contemplating a 2X 18650 version ... I'm definitely thinking about the ultimate once a week charge model lol

[Frankie]

Add one spare atomizer, make the name one word (e.g. PipeBomb, shortened PB) and you can start selling them for $ 160 apiece.. he he he

[Satire]

Good choice of names! You should have it etched into the side of the device so if you ever get confronted by any authority figures (airline baggage handlers, policemen trying to enforce the no-smoking policy, etc) you can just say "no dude, its just the new Pipe Bomb! I made it myself! See, here is the battery and here is the heating component and... hey what's with the guns?" <bam bam>

[spyderuk]

2,500 mah, mwhuhahaha.

I got my magnum type led flashes from Hong Kong already. Faster than some UK Ebay sellers. Maddy, Maggy mod coming up.

[dablackanarch]

Add one spare atomizer, make the name one word (e.g. PipeBomb, shortened PB) and you can start selling them for $ 160 apiece.. he he he

I will leave the selling of these things to my friend Trog. He does it way better than me.

Seriously though, manufacturers had better listen to us. We need batteries that will last and deliver a good charge to the atomizer. 150 mAh is a joke. I think that a lot of the problems with e-vaping is not the atomizers but, the batteries. If I can use the same 901 atomizer that I bought 6 months ago with power from a USB bus, up to 1A, then I know that the atomizers have potential. I would like to see a manufacturer step up to the plate and deliver a real usable, sturdy and long lasting battery with their e-cigs.

Trog said it best when he said that the problem is that the manufacturers are trying to make them look like cigarettes. I used a copper pipe and end caps as a proof of concept. However, I could have shaped my e-cig like a swan if I wanted to. I don't give a damn about a cigarette looking e-cig. I care about performance for both light and heavy e-vapors.

[Bastage]

hell yeah,. great job on the pipe bomb. I've made a similar one out of a husky LED flashlight that I converted to use the 901 atomizer and an 18650 2500mah battery. It's based on Madog's mod but set up a little differently. The only problem with it is that it's huge (about the same size as the pipe bomb but I'm guessing not as heavy) but I've used it for 3 days and still on the same charge. I just finished modding a AA sized husky (pics and thread soon to come) that's much smaller and is powered by a 14500 AA size) 900mah 3.7v battery. The mod to the small husky was super easy and I will be doing another one. I'll try to take pics and detail the process for everyone. The 14500 batteries are the best bang vs size for these cigs IMO. It should last me all day without a recharge, and I bought 4 batteries for $11 so I can always carry spares and replacements are a cinch. Be careful taking that sucker to the airport you WILL be detained and questioned with something like that in your bag. I agree that the 130-150mah batteries are junk, the batteries just don't last long enough. If I didn't tinker with things and improve them, I would likely have given up on ecigs a long time ago. Luckily for me I have made 2 USB dongles, a heavy duty 18650 battery, and a smaller more practical battery, the 14500. A detailed thread will be posted later on about the 14500 conversion but for anyone interested, the Husky black AA flashlight is the PERFECT base for an ecig mod. One of the best things about it is that the lamp side doesn't flare out, it's a great cylindrical shape and VERY easy to take apart, modify, and put back together without breaking anything. It looks exactly like this one:

[ZambucaLu]

I really wish people would start selling some of these mods. They are sooooo cool!

Lu

[dablackanarch]

hell yeah,. great job on the pipe bomb. I've made a similar one out of a husky LED flashlight that I converted to use the 901 atomizer and an 18650 2500mah battery. It's based on Madog's mod but set up a little differently. The only problem with it is that it's huge (about the same size as the pipe bomb but I'm guessing not as heavy) but I've used it for 3 days and still on the same charge. I just finished modding a AA sized husky (pics and thread soon to come) that's much smaller and is powered by a 14500 AA size) 900mah 3.7v battery. The mod to the small husky was super easy and I will be doing another one. I'll try to take pics and detail the process for everyone. The 14500 batteries are the best bang vs size for these cigs IMO. It should last me all day without a recharge, and I bought 4 batteries for $11 so I can always carry spares and replacements are a cinch. Be careful taking that sucker to the airport you WILL be detained and questioned with something like that in your bag. I agree that the 130-150mah batteries are junk, the batteries just don't last long enough. If I didn't tinker with things and improve them, I would likely have given up on ecigs a long time ago. Luckily for me I have made 2 USB dongles, a heavy duty 18650 battery, and a smaller more practical battery, the 14500. A detailed thread will be posted later on about the 14500 conversion but for anyone interested, the Husky black AA flashlight is the PERFECT base for an ecig mod. One of the best things about it is that the lamp side doesn't flare out, it's a great cylindrical shape and VERY easy to take apart, modify, and put back together without breaking anything. It looks exactly like this one:

Bastage, that 14500 idea is hot. I could do big things with a AA size battery. As a proof of concept, the PipeBomb isn't designed to haul around everywhere. Hell, it was the first major electronics project I've ever done, other than my USB mods. Now that I understand the basics of how an e-cig is built, I'll be able to do some cooler things. The 14500 would let build my Schrodinger's Box (Battery case e-cig mod) and do some other cool stuff.

I do have a question about these flashlight mods. The switch inside is a clicky switch. Do you mod the switch as well or do you just click it on and off? Figuring out the switch for the PipeBomb was a bitch, even after getting the rudiments from a SD thread.

I have no electronics experience and have been studying while building my mod. Don't let 'Idontknowitis' stop you from trying, people. Get online, study, buy cheap materials (my entire mod could be built under 20 bucks) and practice. Ask informed questions here and you'll get help. Good luck!

Edit: Bastage, the first thing my missus said when she held the PB was, 'Damn, it's heavy!'. It's pretty heavy. The 18650 batt is HUGE and on top of the solid copper, yeah, I could curl the thing and get buff...lol