taken one of these apart? I think it is ultrasonic welded. I wanna make a 5 volt PT with the wall wart I have.
Has anyone ever...
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i havent ever taken one of those apart myself, however i do loose things alot and have needed to replace mine a few times.
on ebay you can get the same no brand model for about 2~3 bucks so maybe you could pick up a cheap extra so you could have a replacement or tear up the cheap one, and possibly make something really cool ^_^
Good Luck!!!
on ebay you can get the same no brand model for about 2~3 bucks so maybe you could pick up a cheap extra so you could have a replacement or tear up the cheap one, and possibly make something really cool ^_^
Good Luck!!!
Yeah wouldn't be any lose...I got it dumpster diving last year the same place I got the Dell computer I'm using now. Just wanted to see if there was any tricks before I take my flex shaft to it. Thanks
Ok, finally got this PT made. It runs at 4.5v from a 6v 2amp wall wart. It aint pretty but its works for me...may clean it up a bit later. I didnt like 5 volts and wanted something just a little hotter than a fresh battery, so I went for the middle of the road. Thanks goes out to Charged for his electronics expertise helping me dial this thing in.
Well done nico. Good job getting her opened up. I always have a tough time with those glued plastic assemblies. Did you use heat, or just a cutting wheel?
Thanks guys.
Used the old red hot Exacto knife C...then sanded the halves on the belt sander. I finally found 4 resistors to make 299 ohms. 3 tied together into 1. I would have put everything on the circuit board but there wasn't enough room, that's why everything is tilted. Just the resistor circuit and all the grounds are on board. Using it right now...see.
I'm a little confused by the extra electrical components. It that because it's a 6V supply? And is all that stuff in there the actual power supply? And where does "the wall wart I have" come into play?.
I slapped one together using an ATT&T/SBC modem power supply I had. It's 5.1V@2A. There is nothing inside my box except for the switch, the wires from the PS were direct soldered to the switch and connector. Although my meter does a dance when testing, it seems to be at about 4.4-4.6V (2.2Ω Joye). I built another with an old D-link PS that was 5V@2.5A it was way to hot to me, I offed it to a friend. That one I assumed was 5V.
I slapped one together using an ATT&T/SBC modem power supply I had. It's 5.1V@2A. There is nothing inside my box except for the switch, the wires from the PS were direct soldered to the switch and connector. Although my meter does a dance when testing, it seems to be at about 4.4-4.6V (2.2Ω Joye). I built another with an old D-link PS that was 5V@2.5A it was way to hot to me, I offed it to a friend. That one I assumed was 5V.
It has a PTR08060W regulator with the capacitors it said were required, the resistors to adjust the regulator down to 4.5v, a 2amp RS switch and LED w/resistor. The wall wart on the other end of the coiled wire (not shown) put out 6.2v. It puts out 4.55v and running a 510 atty it holds at 4.46v.
This is what happens when you give an idiot a soldering iron and free components and too much time to kill.
This is what happens when you give an idiot a soldering iron and free components and too much time to kill.
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