I'm sure a good number of madvapes customers have the flashlight Hoog sent as a freebie. And the same customers probably have spare USB cables.
Cut the unneeded end of the USB cable, trim off the white and green inside wires, leaving only the black and red inner wires. The red goes to the center of the battery connector and the black wire I soldered to one leg of a normally off switch, and then wire from the other leg to the connector body. I used MV's pushbutton switch rated at 2 amps since I pretty much only use a penstyle or 401 atty with about 3.4 ohms resistance. If you're making a PT through for a Joye 510, I would recommend the hornstyle rated at 5A since the Joye is about 2.2 ohms and a 2A switch sounds a bit hairy in that case (I wouldn't use it in that configuration).
I used the lens from the flashlight. The bulb housing is unused. The lens part isn't shown in the "exploded" view. On the inside where you can't really see, I have the lens buttressed with JB Weld for strength.
The 5v power adapter is optional but I feel much safer connecting a USB PT NOT to a laptop or desktop as much as possible, considering my iffy soldering skills. The RTV blue silicone is handy thing to have around. I can replace the tiny silicone O ring which goes around the positive of the battery connector should the original silicone become damaged.
I'm waiting for the blue silicone to cure and then it's pacifier vape time. I've already tested fired a penstyle atty prior to taking the pix and all systems are go.
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