Last week I read a cool post about a Low Cost mod (LCM).
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...g-term-results-low-cost-mod.html#post12660385
So I broke my primary Mod last week, then lost my backup on Fri while walking the dogs in (hopefully the seasons last) snowfall. By the time I know for certain I have lost it, it is too late to run out and replace it - and I am too tight to really want to, if I can avoid it. I just recently read the LCM Update post, and then the original post it updates. The original contains great instructions for making an inexpensive, quality mod. So I start searching through my house, trying to put together something that will power an ACDC mod like the LCM.
First off I stumble across a box of assorted cermet resistors - and I know I have the 12v cable from the LCM post, cause I have the netbook it powers. So in the worst case, I know I can cobble something together. But I don't really want to sacrifice my netbooks' power supply. So after an hour of digging through closets and boxes etc, I find a pair of 5v 2a power supplies. The LCM thread calls for a 4v 2a power supply, or a stepped-down 12v, but I do some quick research, and decide I am close enough. An hour later, and I have a working ACDC mod, totally due to the LCM.
I build my own coils, so I set up a couple of serviceable old vivi nova V1's with 3.5 ohm coils, and my god! I ususally vape a 3.7v mech mod with an assortment of coils. I sometimes use a kick. I have never had such a consistently great performing device. Sometimes I have gotten similar performance with a kick & a well tuned coil(s) while the bat is at peak, or for the first few minutes of operating after recharging the 18650 with fresh dual coils dialed in right. But this beastie hits like that again and again and again! It just does not stop performing!
I found the power supplies as part of the base for palm-pilot type mini-pc's. All the parts were laying around, as I rarely throw potentially useful bits away. Scavenged a pair of 510 connectors from some dead ego batteries, pulled the connector from one of the palm-pilot bases' and built it into the box of one unit, hard wired the second. I found a 5v 2a car adapter plug to attach to the spare plug, so one will run in the car. I am so pleased with the performance of these ACDC mods that I will use them in preference to battery mods when possible.
Oh, and my wife found my mech mod today/yesterday (saturday) while walking the dogs. The snow had melted, and it was just laying in a puddle. Wiped it off, dripped it, and it worked fine. Kind of glad I lost it, now I've got it back.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...g-term-results-low-cost-mod.html#post12660385
So I broke my primary Mod last week, then lost my backup on Fri while walking the dogs in (hopefully the seasons last) snowfall. By the time I know for certain I have lost it, it is too late to run out and replace it - and I am too tight to really want to, if I can avoid it. I just recently read the LCM Update post, and then the original post it updates. The original contains great instructions for making an inexpensive, quality mod. So I start searching through my house, trying to put together something that will power an ACDC mod like the LCM.
First off I stumble across a box of assorted cermet resistors - and I know I have the 12v cable from the LCM post, cause I have the netbook it powers. So in the worst case, I know I can cobble something together. But I don't really want to sacrifice my netbooks' power supply. So after an hour of digging through closets and boxes etc, I find a pair of 5v 2a power supplies. The LCM thread calls for a 4v 2a power supply, or a stepped-down 12v, but I do some quick research, and decide I am close enough. An hour later, and I have a working ACDC mod, totally due to the LCM.
I build my own coils, so I set up a couple of serviceable old vivi nova V1's with 3.5 ohm coils, and my god! I ususally vape a 3.7v mech mod with an assortment of coils. I sometimes use a kick. I have never had such a consistently great performing device. Sometimes I have gotten similar performance with a kick & a well tuned coil(s) while the bat is at peak, or for the first few minutes of operating after recharging the 18650 with fresh dual coils dialed in right. But this beastie hits like that again and again and again! It just does not stop performing!
I found the power supplies as part of the base for palm-pilot type mini-pc's. All the parts were laying around, as I rarely throw potentially useful bits away. Scavenged a pair of 510 connectors from some dead ego batteries, pulled the connector from one of the palm-pilot bases' and built it into the box of one unit, hard wired the second. I found a 5v 2a car adapter plug to attach to the spare plug, so one will run in the car. I am so pleased with the performance of these ACDC mods that I will use them in preference to battery mods when possible.
Oh, and my wife found my mech mod today/yesterday (saturday) while walking the dogs. The snow had melted, and it was just laying in a puddle. Wiped it off, dripped it, and it worked fine. Kind of glad I lost it, now I've got it back.
