About to build my first MOD

[chefjoosie]

I think your best bet will be the first option. It is the easiest and most straight forward. You're dealing with short distances as well as a voltage regulator board. It's not going to make a difference in function either way.

If you decide to make a mech mod and vape at super low ohm, you'll want to pay closer attention to the resistance in your circuit, but for what you're doing, choose what you can do easiest/ are most comfortable with.

 

[blueGrassTubb]

I think your best bet will be the first option. It is the easiest and most straight forward. You're dealing with short distances as well as a voltage regulator board. It's not going to make a difference in function either way.

If you decide to make a mech mod and vape at super low ohm, you'll want to pay closer attention to the resistance in your circuit, but for what you're doing, choose what you can do easiest/ are most comfortable with.

Done.

I had already decided to do it that way, at least initially. It's just easier for me.

 

[Visus]

If you cannot solder join two wires together i would say stay away from the sx350 board, soldering two wire, three wires, is the easy part.

Just tin them, tin your soldering iron tip, place your iron on your tinned wires and run solder through it until it is completely filled with solder.

kindergarten simple.

Do one carrier at a time so you do not accident short and either put a shrink sleeve over it or tape it and you will have the best connection.
Soldering the board is the hard part if you rest the iron on that board to long you will ruin it..




I do like your jst y thats also kindergarten simple but if you want the better bests --solder...

 

[blueGrassTubb]

If you cannot solder join two wires together i would say stay away from the sx350 board, soldering two wire, three wires, is the easy part.

Just tin them, tin your soldering iron tip, place your iron on your tinned wires and run solder through it until it is completely filled with solder.

kindergarten simple.

Do one carrier at a time so you do not accident short and either put a shrink sleeve over it or tape it and you will have the best connection.
Soldering the board is the hard part if you rest the iron on that board to long you will ruin it..




I do like your jst y thats also kindergarten simple but if you want the better bests --solder...

Thanks for the tips! Every point of the finger in a good direction is extremely helpful.

I don't actually plan on soldering anything until I build the "Practical Soldering" kits I bought to help me re-learn how to do it well. The whole point of the kits is to teach soldering.

I can solder wires and cover them with shrink tubing. I just wasn't sure what the best way to solder my batteries together to have a parallel connection. I'm going to connect the batteries via JST plugs and then clip the male JST off and solder those wires from that to the wires coming from the board. Parallel connection made, and power going to board.

I suppose I could clip off all of the JST plugs and solder the wires directly, but I'm not sure I see the point, at least for my first build. I'm trying to keep things as simple as possible. I can always make those changes later, or on a subsequent build. The point of this build is to get it to work, and experiment from there, not necessarily make the perfect box on the first try.

I shouldn't have to solder to the board at all. All the wires are already connected.

YiHi has made building around this board short-bus simple. All the wires are in place already. You just have to connect them to your components.

 

[Visus]

Blue the sx350 I saw for sale had ya soldering all the wires on the board except the on/off button.
I saw in a luke's post they put all the wires on the board for ya.
Your way is awesome you can even wire nut them lol. not the best connections but it ill work just fine
It makes modding a box mod so simple its awesome for anyone..
If you can plug a wire into a wall outlet you can build the sx-350.

awesome

 

[TheBoo]

where did you find a jst parallel harness that had female ends going to the batteries? all i can find is 2 male going to one female, im planning on doing a similar build as you(with the lipos), i also plan to just cut off the jst plugs and just solder/heat shrink straight, but i wanted to see where you got those because i couldnt find them lol

 

[blueGrassTubb]

I got them on eBay. Most of these parts are made for RC planes and helicopters, the harness included.

JST Y Parallel Connector 2 Female 1 Male Plane Quad 20AWG Silicone Wire LED'S | eBay

The batteries I'm using deserve a better chip than the SX350. I'll have a 120 Amp limit (2 x 1200mah 25C LiPo in Parallel).

With the clips making the parallel connection is short-bus easy.

 

[TheBoo]

Sweet deal... The lipos keep looking better and better... I don't think ill miss the 200 mah over the vct5 I was gonna throw in, and these would be just as easy to switch out of needed with the jst, but I plan on pretty much using internal charging... In pretty sure I'll be able to rig up wireless charging as well... That would be sweet

 

[blueGrassTubb]

Sweet deal... The lipos keep looking better and better... I don't think ill miss the 200 mah over the vct5 I was gonna throw in, and these would be just as easy to switch out of needed with the jst, but I plan on pretty much using internal charging... In pretty sure I'll be able to rig up wireless charging as well... That would be sweet

Yep. A battery change will be pretty simple with the clips. I just hope that all those clip connection points will fit in my very tiny box.

In retrospect I should have started with a box that is bigger than the 1590A, but it s what it is. I want a small MOD, and the 1590A will be a small MOD.