I have a flashlight that takes 3 AA batteries (the magnum flashlight) could I just stick these in with one AA and see if they work or would they damage the flashlight.
5v box mod question
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I dont know of a way to check them under load. They may check fine w/o load but its like a car battery. It may check good with 12 volts until you put load of the start to it..
Again. your TI may not be good too..
You need to know you have good batteries.
If I were you Id rewire and take out the TI for testing and just run straight to the atty connector and see if your atty fires up. You may solve your problem or at least know its not your battys,,
Again. your TI may not be good too..
You need to know you have good batteries.
If I were you Id rewire and take out the TI for testing and just run straight to the atty connector and see if your atty fires up. You may solve your problem or at least know its not your battys,,
If you getting more than 5.01 volts from Vout side of the TI regulator- then it is not really going through the regulator.
I have used those alot and they allways give off beteween 4.99 and 5.01 volts.
I have used those alot and they allways give off beteween 4.99 and 5.01 volts.
No- test where the atty would screw in. outside the box. Put thwe meter on DCV set it to 20 and put the red lead in the center and the black lead on the threads the atty screw into and push the button.
reading?
if zero check solder co0nnection on atty connector. Neg / Pos
In the picture the negative connection to the atty connectpor looks suspect- llooks like it is barely soldered on- soldere it better0- that is brass and it takes a while for it to heat up and actually solder together
You ALSO need to heat shrink those connection before the whole thing shorts pout- if thaqt isn't allready what is happening and why it's failing
In the picture the negative connection to the atty connectpor looks suspect- llooks like it is barely soldered on- soldere it better0- that is brass and it takes a while for it to heat up and actually solder together
You ALSO need to heat shrink those connection before the whole thing shorts pout- if thaqt isn't allready what is happening and why it's failing
I just picked up one my box mods, fresh batt, screwed on the atty, hit the button......nothing!
long story short, it was the on/off switch on the box, clicked it a few times, then pushed it on hard, had the same problem a couple of weeks ago on a different box, I blew it out with compressed air, it was either juice or condensation in there.
long story short, it was the on/off switch on the box, clicked it a few times, then pushed it on hard, had the same problem a couple of weeks ago on a different box, I blew it out with compressed air, it was either juice or condensation in there.
I do tend to think its something that Robert has said about the solder connections maybe and not the TI. But you never know if its a bad TI.
Robert that is extra solder you are seeing on that connection. It is actually on fairly well about an eight of an inch in the connector. I know it's not pretty, but I'm not going to heat shrink and clean up until I can get it to work. No since in it if I can't get it to work. I'll disconnect it real quick and see if that does it.
I use ratshck momentarry spst submini 0.5A switches.
You can ruin a regulator- not sure how but I've done it.
Check it with you meter- using continuity. Check it agains the reading on a new regulator- you got 5 right?
You can ruin a regulator- not sure how but I've done it.
Check it with you meter- using continuity. Check it agains the reading on a new regulator- you got 5 right?
OK took out the regulator, still same issue. Plenty of power going to connector, but if I test it under load it goes to zero. I'm guessing it is a bad battery. What really sucks is I made another mod today using one of these batteries today, and when I couldn't get it to work I ripped it apart, thinking bad soldering even though I double checked all my connections. It was a much tighter area.
It sucks when they don't work- just set the meter to Ohms and check each part for continuity. You will find the one part that faild eventually.
reread this twice, did you check that switch?
What are the momentary switches you use for the boxmod?
i got some small ratshak mini no momentarys and they worked like 5 times at 5vdc 1000mah and then got iffy, i mean they needed serval pushes and hard, checked on a meter they would work, but it seams under load they became important in the system. went to the one used in an SD and no probs for a month now.
What are the momentary switches you use for the boxmod?
i got some small ratshak mini no momentarys and they worked like 5 times at 5vdc 1000mah and then got iffy, i mean they needed serval pushes and hard, checked on a meter they would work, but it seams under load they became important in the system. went to the one used in an SD and no probs for a month now.
once I thought I soldered bad- turned out the atty just picked the worst time to stop working.
Bad Batteries- oh No! get some more you know work first I guess!
Bad Batteries- oh No! get some more you know work first I guess!
OK you just have to be smarter than the mod. I put two cr2's in one slot and ran a wire in the other slot. It works perfect. That narrows it down it's the batteries. Now I wish I just knew which one. O well I bought them from Rob at Altsmoke so I'm sure he'll take care of me.
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