AA NiMH Battery Mod

[Poeia]

My favorite mod is Ralph T's MBM which runs on 4 AA batteries, but he's not making them any longer. Does anyone know of any other mods that use these batteries?

 

[D. Waterhouse]

Try here How to: Build the Puck

 

[Poeia]

Try here How to: Build the Puck

Thanks. I have a lot of Puck info bookmarked. It uses AAAs (and I have 4 sets of 4 AAs already) but I might have to learn how to mod.

Don't worry. If I do, I'll post with enough lead time that everyone can clear out of the NY Metro Area for safety sake.

 

[D. Waterhouse]

A quick BIT of advice if you do start modding. Get a set of these for making holes in boxes. They work well, easy to control and don't pull like twist drills. I do all my work at my desk and don't anything like a workshop. Put down a drop cloth or old sheet and go to town! Of course I get most of my stuff from Radio Shack or Madvapes.

Happy Modding!

 

[Poeia]

Thank you.

 

[phoneguy1212]

I made a puck using AA boxes. Most of my hardware is low resistance so I only used a 3AA boxes. The batteries come off the charger with higher voltage and 2500 mah is great. Plenty of kick for LR hardware. If I need higher volts I also have some that are 1.6 volts times 3 and they work great.
Welcome and good luck.

 

[Stosh]

I started with AAA pucks, but now use 2 AA box, one holds 3 batteries, and the other 1 with loads of room for the atty connector, switch, led, bottom feed bottle if wanted.... They work great, but you can't drop them very often.. (so I'm a klutz) they are easy to repair and cheap to just build another.

The 1.6v NiZn batteries work very well with the 2.0 ohm dual coil tanks, 2ea 4 ohm coils fed at about 6.5 volts

 

[Poeia]

So the bottom line seems to be that no one sells mods designed to use NiMH batteries but you can make a Puck (or, I assume, other mods) that uses AAA or AA batts.

I have two working MBMs now so I have a little time to learn by the trial and failure method. I guess the next step is to figure out how to use the chuck to change the bit on my drill. Then comes the building.

Thanks for the input.