Don't try this at home...

[Ay Dee Jay]

Super Ghetto Non-Permanent 6V 4xAA ugly mod of doom.

I am slightly ashamed, but wanted to try 6V and see if I enjoyed it before buying anything. I do like it, probably not getting the full effect you'd get from better batteries...510 atomizer, TW PassThrough simply for a half-buttocks battery connection, RN4081 cart + condom holding as a placeholder in the passthrough. Obviously this is ridiculous and I'd never actually attempt to charge the AA batteries.

 

[centax]

How long did those AA's last and are you military cause that looks like the batteries I get from supply.

 

[warlike36]

Looks pretty damn ingenious,and if you accomplished your goal (to sample 6 V's) then well done vapor !!

 

[Youthful313]

I'd rather try that then not being able to use a old school Gameboy. lol nice work sir.

 

[WillyB]

That's not really 6V. Under load it's probably closer to 4.5V.

 

[Youthful313]

whatever it is it's still better then looking at that ugly ... green screen and having to play at a angle bc the light in the room is hitting it funny. I put one up in my room on my shelf b/c I'm a nerd but I'd rather watch syncro swimming before I play that.

 

[gemini2281]

The GameBoy mod is awesome.

 

[Ay Dee Jay]

That's not really 6V. Under load it's probably closer to 4.5V.

Right you are. I haven't tested it under load but it's not impressive by any means. Was screwing around and excited initially that it worked but there's got to be a lot of resistance going through so many wimpy batteries. The vape was better than that 3.7 batt that came with the pass through but not enough to justify such a goofy mod. The game boy still works, no permanent changes made.

I already popped it apart as the vape I get from an RN4081 with standard batts was superior and I didn't want to store this with batteries in place. Looking forward to getting some LR 510 atomizers soon, will hold off on a serious mod until I'm really yearning for the next level lest I end up with a pile of parts I never want to use

 

[Mr.Self_Destruct]

A 5V PT is a nice way to get into higher voltage cheaply. But then you wouldn't have so much fun modding. Nice work, I'm sure you'll get better with time.

 

[Ay Dee Jay]

A 5V PT is a nice way to get into higher voltage cheaply. But then you wouldn't have so much fun modding. Nice work, I'm sure you'll get better with time.

Yesterday I dug up this "200 in 1" electronics kit that lets you do solder-less circuit boards, 12-year-old-with-a-chemistry-set style. It was a lot of fun, and I found that it does take exactly 6 AA batteries to get 5V under load (on edit: whoops, nope, I was only using 4 batteries and got 5V under load. Six were installed but it was wired to use 4 of them, brand new batts). Bought a multimeter to fix my dishwasher and to get a little more hands-on with electronics.

The initial voltage was about 6.21 and under load it starts out at 5.0 and starts dropping down to 4.8 during the course of a draw.

My soldering skills are non-existent but I'll have to develop them sooner or later. I like the "quickness" of 5V vaping -- shorter draws with more vapor. I've been using cartomizers lately though and I think even the 3.0ohm models can start developing a burned taste if you don't constantly top them off at 5V.

I think I'd be pretty happy with a mod that does a constant 3.7V. Self juicing might not matter if I stick with cartomizers in the long run.

I'm considering using some TW Li-Ion batteries that are AAA size but it'd probably be a waste of time, they're only about 260 mAh each. Just need to be patient, practice soldering, and then do it right

 

[Ay Dee Jay]

How long did those AA's last and are you military cause that looks like the batteries I get from supply.

Delayed response, and a crappy one: I didn't really use them up all of the way, it was cumbersome to use so I just played around with it for awhile. I think I got the batteries at a hardware store, I just have a bunch and pick more up when they're on sale.

Ultimately rechargeable Li-Ions are the way to go and my friend has shown me the way -- he built a parallel 14500 mod with a TI 5V regulator and it works amazingly well. It's one of the fancier regulators, I forget how many pins it has, 4 or 5. Some day I might give it a shot myself.

I also found a 5V 2A AC/DC adapter I'd like to use, just need to practice soldering and pick up some switches and make / buy atty connectors.

 

[DaMulta]

Omfg i see tetris!!!