PC power supply and 510 atty

[bereal]

I just started E-cigs a couple months ago and am loving it. I received my order with half a pack of cigs left and have not bought a pack since. I had an early battery failure and needed a quick fix or I would be off to get a pack of smokes to fill in until the new batteries came in.

I have very basic soldering skills, electronic repair...etc..

what i had to work with....
the dead 510 battery, and a garage with spare electronic, and computer parts.

I grabbed an old manual switched PC power supply and a small microswitch off an old VCR mainboard.

First I peeled the battery apart. The Brass colored fitting on the end was pressed and glued in place very well. I carefully peeled the metal away with a small pair of wire cutters. Starting at the manual button hole I worked my way to the fitting.
Next I soldered some longer wire on the fitting and put the microswitch in line. Then it was connected to the 5 volt side of one of the molex plugs on the power supply and I was in business.

Been using it for over a month now with no problems, still the same atty too!

later I found a plastic pen cap that was a bit larger than the battery fitting and cut a slot for the button, slid the parts in and hot glued the thing together . Much better than holding a little micro switch to fire it up.

Not pretty but very functional, its still under my desk. I flip the power supply on and off with my foot....lol
Careful if you try it, heats up very fast. I'm sure it would smoke atty's if you held it too long.

Brad

Guess i need to post more before i can link to pictures

 

[Fairlane64]

I just started E-cigs a couple months ago and am loving it. I received my order with half a pack of cigs left and have not bought a pack since. I had an early battery failure and needed a quick fix or I would be off to get a pack of smokes to fill in until the new batteries came in.

I have very basic soldering skills, electronic repair...etc..

what i had to work with....
the dead 510 battery, and a garage with spare electronic, and computer parts.

I grabbed an old manual switched PC power supply and a small microswitch off an old VCR mainboard.

First I peeled the battery apart. The Brass colored fitting on the end was pressed and glued in place very well. I carefully peeled the metal away with a small pair of wire cutters. Starting at the manual button hole I worked my way to the fitting.
Next I soldered some longer wire on the fitting and put the microswitch in line. Then it was connected to the 5 volt side of one of the molex plugs on the power supply and I was in business.

Been using it for over a month now with no problems, still the same atty too!

later I found a plastic pen cap that was a bit larger than the battery fitting and cut a slot for the button, slid the parts in and hot glued the thing together . Much better than holding a little micro switch to fire it up.

Not pretty but very functional, its still under my desk. I flip the power supply on and off with my foot....lol
Careful if you try it, heats up very fast. I'm sure it would smoke atty's if you held it too long.

Brad

Guess i need to post more before i can link to pictures

Yep, works like a champ, love that strong 5V coming from the powersupply, it really makes some vapor! I've attached a picture of when I did mine a couple days ago just to try a couple 510 atty's at 5VDC.

 

[bereal]

Yes it does vape nice. I find myself heading to the computer room more often too get some good vapor when i'm around the house..

Also I have found some flavors taste better at 5 volts, and others I like better at the normal voltage.
I'm gonna need a portable 5 volt device soon or I will end up sitting at the desk too much

 

[Fairlane64]

Yes it does vape nice. I find myself heading to the computer room more often too get some good vapor when i'm around the house..

Also I have found some flavors taste better at 5 volts, and others I like better at the normal voltage.
I'm gonna need a portable 5 volt device soon or I will end up sitting at the desk too much

LOL! I'm having the same problem.... I've left it all set up because having 23 amps of solid power available at 5.05 volts DC makes even a crappy atty vape like crazy, and on most of the flavors I use (Red Bull, USA Mix, 555, etc), the flavor is more enjoyable than at 3.7 volts on a 14500 battery in my DIY Nicostick. In the picture I posted I have one of my Nicosticks "hotwired" to the power supply to provide the vaping interface (basically a magic marker lid is the battery slug that keeps the wires held against the battery terminals inside the box).

I've got to admit too, it makes a strong case for building a good solid 5 volt mod using some decent batteries!

 

[Tanner S Hyde]

That's awesome, never thought of the power supply I used an old USB cable (for the cooling laptop thing) that has a microswitch in line already, Male RCA plug (modded) and made a 4.2V toy.. pretty good too

 

[Fairlane64]

That's awesome, never thought of the power supply I used an old USB cable (for the cooling laptop thing) that has a microswitch in line already, Male RCA plug (modded) and made a 4.2V toy.. pretty good too

Sounds cool!

It struck me about a week ago to try the power supply thing, as I already have a couple 510 attys that seem to be a bit weak at 3.7V, so I wondered how they well they would work at a good solid 5 volts. Since I'm a terrible pack rat, I happened to have a couple old AT form factor computer power supplies in the basement (the type with the hardwired on/off switch, not the type that turn on with a signal from the motherboard). They've been laying around long enough I was almost afraid they wouldn't turn on anymore.

I've gotta say, having 5 volts with so many amps available means you have a good strong 5 volts going to the atty no matter how much current it draws. The power supply I'm using is capable of 23 amps on the single +5V rail, so when I fire up the atty to vape, the +5 volt rail "might" drop .01 ~ .02 volts to a solid 5.05 volts (according to my meter) while supplying power to heat the atty. In other words, it's got plenty of headroom to power the atty at a good constant 5 volts with no drop in voltage or current.

If you've got one of those old AT power supplies laying around, give it a try just for grins...

 

[WillyB]

Well with all that computer stuff ain't you got an old D-Link router or SBC/AT&T 2WIRE modem? The D-Links are usually 5V @ 2.5-3A and the SBC is 5V @ 2A.