DNA 200 Watt

[KTMRider]

Well went hunting for flux again.

No luck. they only sell flux for like copper and strong metals. nothing intended to be used for small electronics/PCBs.

got some shrink wrap so I can properly seal off all mah soldering points.

Thinking about getting something to spray the inside of the box so that nothing can short out on the enclosure. Is any old spray paint good enough for insulating or do you need a specific type of paint?

I bought Kester 951 online. It's not the stuff you usually find in a store.

 

[Darkly spectr]

http://be.farnell.com/chemtronics/cw8300/flux-pen-9g-water-soluble/dp/1663183

Maybe?

http://be.farnell.com/circuitworks/cw8200/dispensing-pen-rosin-flux/dp/130709

Honestly have no idea which ones are best. I mean there are syringes there are those pens.

also soldered on the + and - leads for the battery on the board.

 

[KTMRider]

http://be.farnell.com/chemtronics/cw8300/flux-pen-9g-water-soluble/dp/1663183

Maybe?

http://be.farnell.com/circuitworks/cw8200/dispensing-pen-rosin-flux/dp/130709

Honestly have no idea which ones are best. I mean there are syringes there are those pens.

also soldered on the + and - leads for the battery on the board.

Don't get the pens. They tend to dry out in the packaging when new. They dry out faster after you open them. Have you checked eBay? Sorry I can't be more help sourcing the flux since you're in Belgium.

 

[LiveLongAndV'ape]

Just put in my order for the Opus DNA200 from Delaware Vapors. Called them and they said that they got in about 20 and have 10 left. It will ship today according to them. From the pictures and the videos I've seen it looks like a well made mode and I'm excited to get this. I'm in NJ so it shouldn't take long from Delaware.

Nice. Really enjoying mine so far, beastly once you get your wire dialed in.

 

[LiveLongAndV'ape]

I'm not a fan of Delaware Vapors. They're charging $11 more than msrp.

Nothing to do with this but I used to pass through Delaware regularly and always enjoyed that they don't have a sales tax.

 

[KTMRider]

Nice. Really enjoying mine so far, beastly once you get your wire dialed in.

Once you have a good build, you don't want to mess with it. This is about 2 months old with about 30 tanks on this with 4 rewicks (rayon) and cleaning it with a toothbrush.

 

[Darkly spectr]

Well I know one thing. I definitely regret buying the chip. Well more making a mod myself. I still don't know how to do it. Test fiddling with the positioning of the 510 and firing button is making me freak out that it won't fit like I want it to. soldering is a pain in the .... I still have to find somebody to help me out with drilling out the holes and screen.

It's just. I deeply regret this whole thing. with the money I spend on the parts of this thing I could of probably almost bought a premade mod(okay maybe with a much smaller battery than I intended but still).

 

[alistairs]

Don't mean to high jack a thread about the DNA200 with my questions about the Opus, but has anyone else's come 90% charged? Not used to getting mods with internal batteries and, instead, am used to getting 18650s about half charged or less, hoping no one played around with mine before sending (hopefully just paranoia).

Also, I can't wait to see what the VS200 looks like considering the Opus is this small (for me), and the pictures make the DNA200 look only ever so slightly larger.

Mine said 70 something, but I wouldn't read to much into it either way. I think its more like cell phones. You need to give them an initial full charge before they're properly calibrated.

 

[KTMRider]

Well I know one thing. I definitely regret buying the chip. Well more making a mod myself. I still don't know how to do it. Test fiddling with the positioning of the 510 and firing button is making me freak out that it won't fit like I want it to. soldering is a pain in the .... I still have to find somebody to help me out with drilling out the holes and screen.

It's just. I deeply regret this whole thing. with the money I spend on the parts of this thing I could of probably almost bought a premade mod(okay maybe with a much smaller battery than I intended but still).

Sorry to hear. You don't build to save money. You build to make something YOU want with the features that are important to you. That's the main reason I started building but now there's so many choices that you can usually find something that suits your needs. I still find it fun to build my own but I also like buying pre-built mods too. There's also a sense of accomplishment vaping on something you built yourself.

Stick with it and if you have questions, just ask.

 

[Landman]

Sorry to hear. You don't build to save money. You build to make something YOU want with the features that are important to you. That's the main reason I started building but now there's so many choices that you can usually find something that suits your needs. I still find it fun to build my own but I also like buying pre-built mods too. There's also a sense of accomplishment vaping on something you built yourself.

I buy first to test it out and decide if I need/want to build, then pass the pre-built to the wife... helps justify the purchasing of more stuff!

 

[KTMRider]

I buy first to test it out and decide if I need/want to build, then pass the pre-built to the wife... helps justify the purchasing of more stuff!

I've been buying prebuilt lately. I did buy the Boxer as a kit to save $80 though. It came with everything and it was fairly easy to build so I wouldn't really consider that building since there was no measuring and cutting or drilling

Worst part about the DNA200 is I have 2 boards and no enclosure to put them in yet . I have a 3d print from Sculpteo coming in about 2 weeks though (thanks BRD!!!).

 

[tchavei]

Well I know one thing. I definitely regret buying the chip. Well more making a mod myself. I still don't know how to do it. Test fiddling with the positioning of the 510 and firing button is making me freak out that it won't fit like I want it to. soldering is a pain in the .... I still have to find somebody to help me out with drilling out the holes and screen.

It's just. I deeply regret this whole thing. with the money I spend on the parts of this thing I could of probably almost bought a premade mod(okay maybe with a much smaller battery than I intended but still).

Sorry to hear that. Building a mod is not about saving money. You won't.

Like was said before, it's the satisfaction to have something you made yourself although, sometimes, you think you would be rather off buying a pre made mod (been there, done that)

If you want to change your mind about diy and get a pre-made mod, let me know. Always could use another dna 200 board.

Good luck.

Regards
Tony

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[Darkly spectr]

Sorry to hear. You don't build to save money. You build to make something YOU want with the features that are important to you. That's the main reason I started building but now there's so many choices that you can usually find something that suits your needs. I still find it fun to build my own but I also like buying pre-built mods too. There's also a sense of accomplishment vaping on something you built yourself.

Stick with it and if you have questions, just ask.

It's just so hard.
I seriously should of started on mech boxes(even though I dislike mechs).

I just don't know how to make everything fit. Just soldered on the leads to the batteries and the XT60 connectors. battery connected just fine and the chip fired up(though it would turn off instantly if I didn't have the balance charger in?) But now the issue is that the connectors are too bulky. it takes up alot of space.

So I first thought of soldering the battery on the board itself but then again I am going to epoxy the sled to the enclose and put some daps of epoxy on the board where it connects to the sled(since I highly doubt the sled will survive dat usb action if I dont strengthen it) so if I wanted to change out batteries when the lipo start dieing I would have to desolder with the chip in the box. So I thought maybe just having four leads and solder them. so that I would just have to desolder the wires instead of dealing with the board or having bulky connectors.

but now I just don't know how safe that is. since that the moment I start soldering the second lead it is going to provide power to the chip. don't know if the solder iron is going to cause it to short or whatever(it shouldn't technically but still)

 

[David247]

To drill the holes I used the data sheet pic page 17 put it into word up it to 103% and printed it out makes a perfect stencil

Regards David

 

[KTMRider]

It's just so hard.
I seriously should of started on mech boxes(even though I dislike mechs).

I just don't know how to make everything fit. Just soldered on the leads to the batteries and the XT60 connectors. battery connected just fine and the chip fired up(though it would turn off instantly if I didn't have the balance charger in?) But now the issue is that the connectors are too bulky. it takes up alot of space.

So I first thought of soldering the battery on the board itself but then again I am going to epoxy the sled to the enclose and put some daps of epoxy on the board where it connects to the sled(since I highly doubt the sled will survive dat usb action if I dont strengthen it) so if I wanted to change out batteries when the lipo start dieing I would have to desolder with the chip in the box. So I thought maybe just having four leads and solder them. so that I would just have to desolder the wires instead of dealing with the board or having bulky connectors.

but now I just don't know how safe that is. since that the moment I start soldering the second lead it is going to provide power to the chip. don't know if the solder iron is going to cause it to short or whatever(it shouldn't technically but still)

I'm cutting off the XT60 connectors and replacing them with XT30 connectors. I always solder the positive lead first. It's good to be cautious with lipos.

 

[Darkly spectr]

I'm cutting off the XT60 connectors and replacing them with XT30 connectors. I always solder the positive lead first. It's good to be cautious with lipos.

Well I am kinda wanting to get rid of connectors directly and just have leads coming from the battery and the board and just solder the leads together since it is easier to shove away just wires instead of connectors. I just don't know how safe it is to do that but then again haven't people soldered lipos directly to the board?

 

[tchavei]

It's just so hard.
I seriously should of started on mech boxes(even though I dislike mechs).

I just don't know how to make everything fit. Just soldered on the leads to the batteries and the XT60 connectors. battery connected just fine and the chip fired up(though it would turn off instantly if I didn't have the balance charger in?) But now the issue is that the connectors are too bulky. it takes up alot of space.

So I first thought of soldering the battery on the board itself but then again I am going to epoxy the sled to the enclose and put some daps of epoxy on the board where it connects to the sled(since I highly doubt the sled will survive dat usb action if I dont strengthen it) so if I wanted to change out batteries when the lipo start dieing I would have to desolder with the chip in the box. So I thought maybe just having four leads and solder them. so that I would just have to desolder the wires instead of dealing with the board or having bulky connectors.

but now I just don't know how safe that is. since that the moment I start soldering the second lead it is going to provide power to the chip. don't know if the solder iron is going to cause it to short or whatever(it shouldn't technically but still)

I don't see this ending well. I'm sorry. I have no doubts you have good intentions but epoxy on the board?

The board will power up without the balance leads if you program it for power supply in escribe but I wouldn't recommend it with a lipo pack. You'll run into serious trouble if you do it.

Regards
Tony

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[Darkly spectr]

I don't see this ending well. I'm sorry. I have no doubts you have good intentions but epoxy on the board?

The board will power up without the balance leads if you program it for power supply in escribe but I wouldn't recommend it with a lipo pack. You'll run into serious trouble if you do it.

Regards
Tony

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I am not talking about smothering the board in expo. Just epoxy on the the stands where the board screws into since I highly doubt that it is going to last just on the 3D printed sled. just some daps on there to strengthen the 3 points where the board get connected to the sled.

 

[tchavei]

I am not talking about smothering the board in expo. Just epoxy on the the stands where the board screws into since I highly doubt that it is going to last just on the 3D printed sled. just some daps on there to strengthen the 3 points where the board get connected to the sled.

You're talking about the 3d box on shapeway?

How does the screen hold in place on that box btw?

Regards
Tony

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[tchavei]

Well I am kinda wanting to get rid of connectors directly and just have leads coming from the battery and the board and just solder the leads together since it is easier to shove away just wires instead of connectors. I just don't know how safe it is to do that but then again haven't people soldered lipos directly to the board?

Yes you can solder the leads directly to the board. Last one for me is the positive... Some prefer ground. It doesn't matter really.

Regards
Tony

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