Made an E-Cig ... No more batteries

[Grand Menace]

I've started vaping when my friend gave me his old e-cig about 2 months ago which in turn led to me quitting smoking. since then I have been using his tired e-cig with the same batteries and noticed they wouldn't hold a charge for very long and was getting tired of waiting. I usually use my e-cig while playing video games and surfing the web mostly and a bit at work or some where stationary so I figured i would create one that would never run out of batteries. I gathered up a few simple tools and created a slick looking DIY e-cig that was now powered from a AC/DC power converter with all the features of a regular e-cig. The one I created can use any 510 carto (normal screw on attachment) and a push to activate button (lights up when pushed) built in. Looks just like a regular e-cig except the power cord coming out the bottom. As far as I can tell from internet searches I'm the only one to do this and have it look professional. I saw a youtube video of some one who did this but just soldered a carto to the end of the leads and added a Popsicle stick for structure. I was considering maybe grabing a bit of a market with these and seeing if there was any interest for these. They are not portable but the best if you don't need them to be. I am truly happy with the results and the vapor production is top notch. Side by Side with the same carto the vapor production and flavor was identical to my friends ProVari. he paid upwards of 200 for his setup and I made this with stuff lying around my house. Please ask questions or give feedback of this idea and tell me what you think.

 

[mwa102464]

Uhm Bro thats called a passthrew theres about a million of them on the market, Ego PT unit, and there is many other PT units on the market too including Mods, far from the first but nice job making it. try a USB connection plug next time they tend to be a bit more safe and work well;

 

[DancingHeretik]

Like this? Vornado 3-Stage Variable Pass-Through on sale in a kit for $14.95

And, then there's always just the normal passthrough that works whether plugged in or not.

What you did is really cool and extremely well done. But, as you can see, there's probably not any money in it.

 

[MegaVaper]

Connect a variable voltage(VV) regulator on it. Then you will have something unique. I havent come across any pass throughs that have a VV. By the way... does yours pass through by charging the battery first? or does it go around the battery and directly to the atomizer?

Make it VV and get some cheap parts to manufacture it. Find some site to market it on or market it here. I think id buy one if the price was right.

 

[Grand Menace]

Did not know the terminology to search for pass though. Thank you for bringing that to my attention. I was just really excited that I made this with little knowledge and spare part so essentially free for me. I'm not super savvy on vaping so I thought I accomplished some thing lol. any ways there is no battery in the unit and it is strictly wall charger.. The battery porton of this is actuly an old XL carto turned upside down and stuck on a control unit. When I priced it out this costs roughly 22 dollars to make.

 

[bmrdave]

Connect a variable voltage(VV) regulator on it. Then you will have something unique. I havent come across any pass throughs that have a VV.

DiscountVapers.com has a VV passthrough. 3.2, 3.7, 4.2, and 4.7 volts. It's not infinitely variable and may not go as high as you like, but USB only provides 5 volts so there you go.

 

[Grand Menace]

also it puts out approx 4.6 volts.. used an old PSP charger. It just happened to be lying around and had the correct specs

 

[DancingHeretik]

Did not know the terminology to search for pass though. Thank you for bringing that to my attention. I was just really excited that I made this with little knowledge and spare part so essentially free for me. I'm not super savvy on vaping so I thought I accomplished some thing lol. any ways there is no battery in the unit and it is strictly wall charger.. The battery porton of this is actuly an old XL carto turned upside down and stuck on a control unit. When I priced it out this costs roughly 22 dollars to make.

You thought you accomplished something? Well, you did! Somebody got paid a lot of money to come up with the first passthrough and a lot of them have been sold. You just didn't know that and re-invented it.

It's really quite brilliant. I need to get together with you to create the things I think of in my head. Because, unfortunately, most of us can only dream of such things, not actually create them!

 

[MegaVaper]

22 dollars sounds alittle high. I looked at some madvapes prices.

$8 - VV regulator kit (madvapes)
$1 - 510 connection (madvapes)
$1 - switch (madvapes)
$1 - usb cord (somewhere)
$2 - plastic or flashlight housing (madvapes)

Id say 13 dollars and thats not considering if you could find some wholesale place. I mean if you really wanted to make a business out of it. I would say the cheapest vv that you can get is 35 dollars + batteries + charger. Which yours will need none of. You could prob charge 30-60 dollars.

 

[MegaVaper]

DiscountVapers.com has a VV passthrough. 3.2, 3.7, 4.2, and 4.7 volts. It's not infinitely variable and may not go as high as you like, but USB only provides 5 volts so there you go.

Nice! I was waiting for this response. lol. I knew someone had to have come across them. Im a go check this thing out. Thanks

edit: added: yea, does kinda suck its pre set selected voltages. But the price is nice. 18 bucks. well he still might have something good. With the voltage regulator he should be able to jump it into a True VV , 3.7-7.4 volts on a dial. I mean if you can do it with 3.7v batteries then why not with a 5v usb port. I mean that reg would prob turn it in to a 5-10v death machine.

 

[DancingHeretik]

Grand Menace, congratulations on your 2 months, and welcome to ECF! Feel free to look around and ask questions.

Once you have 5 posts you can post outside the New Members area. I think you might really like the ECF Modding Forum.

 

[Grand Menace]

just curious but it isn't voltage alone that drives the coils in the cartos. Do USB connections support 2+ amps of draw in order to really give them what they need. I hooked it up to a volt meter to check everything out and with a 1.8 ohm carto at 4.6 volts it was pulling 2.2 Amps.. seems a bit high for a usb connection. Without the amperage to back it up the volts will sag and you wont get proper heating on the coils.. batteries on the other hand can produce a high amp discharge rate.

 

[ShogaNinja]

You can buy a 5v USB Passthrough for 10 bucks if you look around. I thought about making my own, which might be cool for a custom look, but then the price cut in half and I was like, nah. Let them make it for me for 10 bucks.

 

[dgraves]

I think your invention looks awesome! Too bad someone already made it, but still, I think you should be really proud of what you did!

There must be some way to develop it further?

 

[mullit]

well done on creating something like this by the looks of it i know that it had already been made, but had it not have been youd probably be sat in the maldives tooting on this thing right now. let it inspire you into coming up with more ideas and who knows we might all be tooting on a grand menance sometime in the future. haha well done though mate.

 

[Prism]

Menace you did a good job. After your fifth post you might be interested on the modding forum here on ECF.

Modding Forum

 

[bmrdave]

just curious but it isn't voltage alone that drives the coils in the cartos. Do USB connections support 2+ amps of draw in order to really give them what they need. I hooked it up to a volt meter to check everything out and with a 1.8 ohm carto at 4.6 volts it was pulling 2.2 Amps.. seems a bit high for a usb connection. Without the amperage to back it up the volts will sag and you wont get proper heating on the coils.. batteries on the other hand can produce a high amp discharge rate.

The spec allows up to 5A for charging purposes, 1.5A for charging/communication, but I think most computer USB ports put out something in the area of 500mA.

 

[Rader2146]

USB 2.0 is rated for 500mA current. If you have a high-end computer then you might have USB 3.0 that is rated to 750mA. Either way powering a direct drive pass through from a computer is a bad idea because it cannot support the current. You are taking the risk of damaging your [insert dollar value] computer to save from using comparably inexpensive batteries.

A better option is to use a 2a AC to USB adapter that can be found for around $5. Far less than a new motherboard or entire computer.

There is also a great number of us that have created very inexpensive VV passthroughs using DC - DC converters. Search for LM2596 in the modding forum.

 

[Motoman101]

Nice jod. I have one that looks sort of like yours was 22.00. But really nice job.

 

[Bullette the Cowdog]

Ok. Good job GMenace
Now can you make a pv that uses butane instead of batteries or electricity??
I'm still waiting for one that uses butane to heat ejuice.
Bullette says woof!