My first mod.

[Stang ZA]

Well its battery mod..

Started vaping 2 weeks ago. Bought an ego starter kit. Wasnt long till I realised batteries will be a problem if I seriously do not wish to return to stinkies. Couldn't find a decent ego battery to suit my needs.

So I made one.

Thats an 18650 2200Mha battery. Connected to a the same pcb offering same protection. Charges the same and operates the same as any other ego battery. Has a really great feel in the hand. Feels solid! Gave my mates kraken a spin with it earlier and worked like a charm too!

I started using it this morning after a full nights charge and still good. Im expecting to get about 2-3 days out of it. 4 would be ideal.

I am still cleaning and polishing it up a bit.

Last pic is with it polished and black string wrapped around handle.


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[Dominique Hoogduin]

Lol well done. When are u getting into building your first box mod ?

 

[Stang ZA]

Thanks!!

Soon.. I think about it every day. Just want to learn a bit more for now..

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[DeviantDigi]

Nice improvement to an Ego.

How did you go about the copper parts? Home depot or did you just have them laying around?

 

[Pattycakusu]

Looks cool good job!

 

[edyle]

Neat;

I figured I'd save on batteries so I rigged up a radioshack universal adapter.

bought a vamo5s control head so I could use the adapter with next.

Next i'll rig up a 18650 shaped adapter to slide into any tube and let the cord come out through the bottom vent hole; then I'll be able to use any mod.

 

[Stang ZA]

Nice improvement to an Ego.

How did you go about the copper parts? Home depot or did you just have them laying around?

Home depot. The pipe is 22mm copper pipe with 22mm end cap. Used a 22/15 reducer for the 510. Added some pics to first post.



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[Stang ZA]

Painted matt black with a T3S tank.

Loving it so much that I just had to make a second one.

Battery life is an easy 3 days.

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[JohnnyDill]

Hockey tape?

 

[Stang ZA]

No. Black string!

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[asdaq]

The string wrap goes nicely with the black paint and is a fresh tactical look for the copper. I suppose we can deduce that you currently need about 650 mAh/day. Should you want a stealth tactical model a 18350 model would be quite a bit shorter and you could leave out the string section as the caps would meet. And this should last you a day.

How do you attach the ego head to the reducer? Do you remove the electronics and solder it in place with the board hanging by a wire to the positive pin? That part sounds kind of delicate to pull off without overheating something.

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[Stang ZA]

Yeah that may just work out nicely. I have a bit of material left since the pipe had to be bought in 1 metre lengths and bought more than one end cap etc. I raped my standard ego batteries for the pcb and switch so thats what I dont have but im sure I can find a pcb/switch online somewhere.

Attaching ego head to reducer was probably the most difficult part of the entire build but in the end it was rather simple.

I cut the battery housing with switch and pcb included about 1/2 an inch from top. See pic.

I then returned the ego head back into that short 1/2" piece. I left all the wires, switch, pcb in place so no need to solder in the head etc. That piece I then wrapped with insulation and press fitted it into the reducer. This was actually just a temporary fitting to get an idea of clearance inside once all together. But it worked so well I battled to remove the ego head again! If you look closely here you can see what looks like a black bush between the ego and reducer which is actually insulation tape!

The only downside is that now the reducer cannot earth to the ego head because of the insulation tape. So your negative has to be connected to not only the board but ego head. In future I will look at making up a metal bush for that for a better finish and an easier ground.



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