eGo Mega-Mini battery extender mod for your eGo-T, eGo Mega A and B attys

[rchriste]

I'd buy several also.

Thank you for stopping in Filthy-Beast.

I can't be sure but.... I think camperman is going to take the market. I'm on the edge of my seat waiting to see what he's going to do.

Edit: It kept bugging me where I remembered the name from... It just came to me. It was "Father Goose" Cary Grant played the Filthy Beast. Is my age showing? That's a pretty old movie. Sorry for going off topic here. <grin>

 

[rchriste]

I would buy several also. I can't hammer a nail in the wall. lol Please sell some of these

I would but you know... I just don't want to cut into camperman's market. I REALLY think he's going to be selling them soon. <grin> I hope he's not cursing at me.....
I appreciate your interest in this thingy Kellie. Please stick around and maybe someone will take an interest in producing them for sale.

 

[rchriste]

Nice work there! If there is a list about to kick off.....count me in!!!!!

Thank you Pete.

<grin> I'll check with camperman. He might have a list already......

 

[rchriste]

Here's a couple of pics with the Silver Bullet and a T atty with the adaptor. It sits a little higher mostly cause the SB connector has a higher shoulder.

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[VAPOINSANO]

wow got yourself a cottage industry
you industrious fella you


turned my eGo-t atty to fit the provari!
works+looks good/well!
can use on others to i would assume!
(sorry,no pics)

a small pipe cutter + your good to go!
just be gentle and leave an 1/8"in.roughly
above atty. connection for strength.

thanks rchriste for inspiration....

good-luck every 1

 

[rchriste]

turned my eGo-t atty to fit the provari!
works+looks good/well!
can use on others to i would assume!
(sorry,no pics)

Vapoinsano... It sounds like a good idea. It makes a shorter ecig in the end. Just don't ever drop it right?

I have more questions about this method. When you cut your Atty with the pipe cutter did you essentially cut through two layers of metal?



In this picture, the second piece from the left. You're cutting through that piece also right? The part of that piece that has ribs to keep the atty from turning after it's inserted into the cone. That part get's discarded along with the outer cone that covers it? If I'm understanding this right. That leads me to the next question.

Second question.... Actually not a question but rather a point to ponder.... The part you have left over after you cut your atty.... For folks using a full length extension.... I wonder if there is a way to use your leftover piece to fill the gap of a full length extension.

Just have to figure out how to attach it. I'm probably really reaching huh? But I'm all about simplifying this problem of putting an eGo atty on a big battery mod. Wouldn't even have to have your leftover piece. A person could cut a piece of ss pipe that's the right diameter to match the eGo atty.

I'm thinking rubber gasket/washer that fits snug over the extension and then your leftover piece or a cut piece of ss pipe fits snug over the outside of that gasket/washer. I wonder what it would look like?

The inside diameter of an eGo cone is .491 inches (pretty darn close to half an inch) I'll bet that with that inner metal piece removed it is exactly half an inch and the outside diameter of the extension is .360 inches (pretty darn close to three eighths)

The gasket would need to have an outside diameter of 1/2" and the hole in it needs to be 3/8". It seems possible. Actually, it seems likely to me that there is such a critter. I might talk to my plumber friend about this cause it sounds like something you would find in a water faucet and it would be a somewhat thick washer/gasket... like the thickness of the extension gap....

The bad part is you'd then have 2 eGo-T logo's <LOL> I'm just being silly at this point. Must be time to quit for the night.

Thank you again for sharing your method.

 

[rchriste]

Today we went for our first motorcycle ride of the year cause the temp finally went above 70. I've got my Provari in my shirt pocket. Tooling down a dirt road and my wifes ball cap flys off. I turn around pull up next to her cap and reach down to get it for her. Next thing I know the Provari is falling out of my pocket and hits the ground. Not a terribly long fall and it landed on the plastic tank. The tank got scuffed on the end and that's all that happened to it. The adapter also survived nicely. Maybe next time I'll test it by climbing a tree or accidentally loosing my grip on it atop a 5 story building. (knock on wood)

 

[VAPOINSANO]

@rchriste,
i took a look at pic+we may have our communication crossed here?

all i did was,
took your recommendation over grinding the s/s "skirt"off,
and used a small standard plumbing pipe/tube/cutter.

i cut only the s/s skirt off.(appears to me to be single sleeve?)
leaving approx. 1/8in. from the flat of atty connection ,for strength.

it does fit/work well,looks good+is shorter,
i wish i had pics but alas ,i have no digi/camera @this juncture

i do hope this explains it better.?

glad to hear that the mishap w/ your provari was uneventful
the provari does seem to be built pretty well+strong.

cheers

 

[rchriste]

the provari does seem to be built pretty well+strong.

I agree with that and a wee bit of luck of the Irish. <grin>

 

[hellcatrydr]

Somebody in another thread posted this 510 Modders Connection. 11 bucks shipped is a little pricey but I have 1 on the way. Don't know the length of it yet. Has anybody tried this?

 

[rchriste]

Somebody in another thread posted this 510 Modders Connection. 11 bucks shipped is a little pricey but I have 1 on the way. Don't know the length of it yet. Has anybody tried this?

I have a dozen of them for making a battery charger mod of mine. They come in handy sometimes as pricey as they are. Just measured it for you with a caliper. Shoulder to shoulder it's 0.261" A little more than a quarter of an inch. Total length including the threads 0.456" so a little under half an inch. Hope that helps you.

That shoulder height is perfect if you're wanting to screw it into an eGo - usb battery charger. That's something you can't do with a flush mount connector unless you cut some of the plastic off of the charger. This is a perfect solution for that situation. They have a pretty good sized through hole in the center. They also have a lateral groove across the center of the top contact. They will definitely never have a lack of airflow. The only other comment I have about them is they seem a little sloppy on the threads to me.

Don't get me wrong, they screw in and tighten fine but I think the treads were a little over-worked by the manufacturer. For that reason, the only thing I would NOT use them on personally is anything expensive. I'd be nervous about them messing up the threads on the expensive gear.

 

[hellcatrydr]

Somebody in another thread posted this 510 Modders Connection. 11 bucks shipped is a little pricey but I have 1 on the way. Don't know the length of it yet. Has anybody tried this?

NOPE! Too short. I had to buy one to answer my own question.

 

[kellie]

Somebody in another thread posted this 510 Modders Connection. 11 bucks shipped is a little pricey but I have 1 on the way. Don't know the length of it yet. Has anybody tried this?

I use one of those on my Buzz with the tank atty There is still a gap not a flush fit but better than the other extenders

 

[six]

Upside down cone mod:

I'll have to figure out how to deal with photos on the forum, but the mod I came up with for my rough stack is much simpler. I bought a 510 battery extender. Installed with a mega atty on it, that places the bottom of the atty skirt about a half an inch off the top of the rough stack.

I took an eGo cone and measuring from the narrower end of the cone, I measured something a little less than 3/4 inch and used the pipe cutter right there. I insert the battery extender in to the 510 connector on the rough stack, then turn the narrow part of the cone downward toward the rough stack and just drop it on, and then screw the mega or tank atty on to the extender. The cut off part of the cone fits just inside the skirt and tapers out so it gets snug against the skirt threads as the atty is tightened. - It looks nice, fits snug, and took less than 5 minutes.

I think the same thing could be accomplished with a dead eGo-tank atty. Press the guts out of the atty from the top and discard them and you end up with a slightly different sized cone. Cut the cone the appropriate length and put it over the battery extender narrow side down. Screw on the atty to hold it together.

 

[rchriste]

Upside down cone mod:

I'll have to figure out how to deal with photos on the forum, but the mod I came up with for my rough stack is much simpler.

Pictures six!!!! Pictures!!!

It sounds like it would work well for the rough stack. It would require further modification for a ProVari since it has that juice well around the connector and would be a no no for my Silver Bullet cause it would, over time, ruin the finish. What you've got there might also work well with box mods too. I'd like to try it with my box mods.

I'm imagining an inverted rocket engine look!

I'm looking but I can't find the PICTURES!!! six!!!!

I went through this very thing you're going through right now with the pictures. As you know, I had a ton of them to show and ecf isn't friendly about that many pictures. Hopefully this mini- no, micro-tutorial helps you.

If it's just a picture or two you can "Go Advanced" with a message. Then click on the paperclip icon to attach a photo or even a few. Then just browse to your photos on your hard drive. If you've got lots of photos then use a site like photobucket. On photobucket you can generate links to your photos that can then be pasted into your message here using the "insert image" icon in the Advanced message editor. I had to use the later for my large number of photos. A third option is post more than one message. When you hit the limit of image attachments just post that message and start a second one. You can then post the image attachment limit in that second message and so on and so forth.

Well, I'm waiting six...................

 

[six]

I can provide just a little more detail. My photography sucks as bad as my ability to figure out the forum post controls for photos.

11/16 is the appropriate length if you use the tapered end of a punched out tank atty - and a band saw is way easier to cut tapered pipe than a pipe cutter. - And, you're right. This isn't really appropriate for anything other than the rough stack or maybe a box mod. The rough stack button is too close to the 510 connector to use anything the same circumference as a tank or mega atty.

If I were doing this for a box mod, I wouldn't use the tapered end. My use of the tapered end is to accommodate the too-short distance between button nut and 510 connector on the rough stack. For a box mod, I'd either use the fat end of the cone or I would chop off the top of a dead mega atty above the bridge/coil area. Then I'd use a rubber grommet over the battery extender to hold the tube in place. - And as I typed that, I realized that I could probably do the same thing for the rough stack if I cut a little notch in the tube to accommodate the button nut. - back to the drawing board for a minute. I think I'll test that theory this afternoon.

EDIT: The length necessary for something like a box mod is about 9/16 - and is not appropriate for the rough stack. With a notch cut out for the button nut, it still leaves enough room to operate the button but it hangs over the outside edge just a little.

 

[rchriste]

If I were doing this for a box mod, I wouldn't use the tapered end. My use of the tapered end is to accommodate the too-short distance between button nut and 510 connector on the rough stack. For a box mod, I'd either use the fat end of the cone or I would chop off the top of a dead mega atty above the bridge/coil area. Then I'd use a rubber grommet over the battery extender to hold the tube in place. - And as I typed that, I realized that I could probably do the same thing for the rough stack if I cut a little notch in the tube to accommodate the button nut. - back to the drawing board for a minute. I think I'll test that theory this afternoon.

I like the way you think. I'm all over this and looking for the right sized grommet to fit both the 510 adapter and a hacked up Mega XL cylinder atty for my box mods. I don't have a band saw so I'm going to have to stick with the pipe cutter. I'm out of full length extensions right now but will be ordering more on payday.

Thanks for the idea six.

Just to be fair, I think I had a conversation with Vapoinsano about this very thing a while back. Taking the left-over from his mod and inserting a grommet into it is pretty much the same as what we are talking about here and now. I think the numbers we discussed then were 1/2" outside diameter and 3/8" inside diameter on the grommet. They're not exact but very very close.

Maybe this
or maybe a rubber faucet washer would be better? I'm not finding that.
or maybe a piece of hose that's 1/2" outside and 3/8" inside like this or air compressor hose?

I have a small rubber air hose extension (the size that roofers use) that would probably work but I'm not willing to cut off the factory ends to try it. Will have to wait till I'm at a hardware or auto parts store.

I also have some of these rubber vacuum plugs that I got at AutoZone a couple of weeks ago. Fits snug in the cylinder atty. Fits TOO snug on the extender here that I think I got from Heaven Gifts. You can see it bulging the rubber a little when pressed onto the extension. It would have to be reamed out in the center a little. BTW this rubber cap works great for sealing the bottom of a wet tank atty for transport and not having to worry about it leaking any in a pants pocket or such. Also works the same for a mega cylinder atty and mega cone atty to seal the battery end for transport if you ever have a need to do that.



Personally, I think your first method (inverted cone) would look better on the RoughStack. Though I don't have one to know for sure. Just my opinion and opinions are like.... Ah... I forget now.

Feel free to post all your stuff in here six. And for cryin' out loud... just take a stinkin' picture! I'm not an art critic!

 

[rchriste]

UPDATE: When I bought those vacuum caps from AutoZone I also bought some from Home Depot. I don't remember the size but it's the yellow one from Home Depot. It's the perfect size for your application six. From that yellow cap, I cut about a 1/8" ring of it. Then I cut the bottom off of a cylinder atty, pushed the yellow ring into it and twisted them onto an extension. Mission accomplished. Thank you Six. It works great for my box mod.

 

[highanddriving]

how much you selling them for?

 

[rchriste]

how much you selling them for?

Holy thread resurrection Batman!!

<grin> Exactly. I think had I sold them I might have sold 3. Fortunately, there's a manufactured version of this that works perfectly and even has threads for a cone. I had hoped that such an item would come along. I just wasn't ready to wait for it back then. My wife is still using one of mine as of the date of this posting. Thanks for stopping by and I'll let you get back to your driving and your er um... whatever else you're doing.