Hey fellow modders, I am Vap Engineer and I just wanted to tell you about my newest box. It has several really cool features.
First, I used two flat cell lithium batteries 2650 mah. This is unique because the capacity is huge and also that they are flat cells. I so far haven’t read of anyone else using flat cells yet. I wanted to make a 5 volt box using them…unfortunately the size was too odd for me to be able to purchase exactly the size box I wanted.. SO I decided to build the box too. I made it out of 0.9” clear polycarbonate Lexan. The final dimensions came out to 2.9 x 2.9 x .95 “ and this perfectly fit the components that I used. By the way it is held together by a special glue specific for acrylic and polycarbonate materials. It actually bonds the plastics together very strongly.
The 510 atomizer is recessed a half inch and sealed out from the components of the box. This is actually a really cool feature. I designed it this way so that when the atomizer is overfilled (which tends to happen a lot to me because I like to drip instead of use cartridges) the e-liquid does not puddle up and drip all over the box and get on my hands and stuff. The liquid is instead captured around the outside of the atomizer and thusly, it ends up getting sucked back up into the atty when it dries out.
It is a 5 volt box and utilizes a switching regulator up to 3 amps and is 95% efficient. The unit has 4 switches total. The main momentary switch is a simple horn switch. The box has a slide master switch. Also built in is a small digital voltage display readout it is wired to show the total voltage and then the voltage of each individual cell. This small voltage display is triggered by a small tactile button; else it would be on all the time and just get obnoxious. The fourth final switch is a sliding toggle switch like the master. It is located inside the box. It completes the negative connection for a total of 3 LED lights. A slow color changing 5 mm LED , a fast color changing 3 mm LED, and a super bright brilliant blue 5 mm LED indicator light. The last LED only comes on with the atomizer; the others are on whenever the box is on.
The light show is one of my favorite features after all, the whole unit is clear. I like to show off this hobby to my friends and people at parties, so a clear box is pretty cool to show off. Then being at parties, I like it to have the flare of a colorful light show. However, this box is too expensive to only use at parties and to show off, so I didn’t want the light show going on all the time, I like to vape discretely such as in the movie theater. So I put the light show on that clever separate switch.
Lastly I should mention, I also have a charging port connector built in as I do all my previous 5 volt boxes, I have a specific two cell lithium charger that hooks up so I never have to open any of my 5 volt boxes to change the batteries. In this case I don’t know how else I would charge these batteries or use this box at all without this feature.
So, I’m out of ideas here. What else should I build into my next box? Advice as to where I can get a good booster regulator? Someday I’d like to build a single cell 5 volt box, or variable voltage, with charging board build in. Thanks for reading, Thanks for advice and support
First, I used two flat cell lithium batteries 2650 mah. This is unique because the capacity is huge and also that they are flat cells. I so far haven’t read of anyone else using flat cells yet. I wanted to make a 5 volt box using them…unfortunately the size was too odd for me to be able to purchase exactly the size box I wanted.. SO I decided to build the box too. I made it out of 0.9” clear polycarbonate Lexan. The final dimensions came out to 2.9 x 2.9 x .95 “ and this perfectly fit the components that I used. By the way it is held together by a special glue specific for acrylic and polycarbonate materials. It actually bonds the plastics together very strongly.
The 510 atomizer is recessed a half inch and sealed out from the components of the box. This is actually a really cool feature. I designed it this way so that when the atomizer is overfilled (which tends to happen a lot to me because I like to drip instead of use cartridges) the e-liquid does not puddle up and drip all over the box and get on my hands and stuff. The liquid is instead captured around the outside of the atomizer and thusly, it ends up getting sucked back up into the atty when it dries out.
It is a 5 volt box and utilizes a switching regulator up to 3 amps and is 95% efficient. The unit has 4 switches total. The main momentary switch is a simple horn switch. The box has a slide master switch. Also built in is a small digital voltage display readout it is wired to show the total voltage and then the voltage of each individual cell. This small voltage display is triggered by a small tactile button; else it would be on all the time and just get obnoxious. The fourth final switch is a sliding toggle switch like the master. It is located inside the box. It completes the negative connection for a total of 3 LED lights. A slow color changing 5 mm LED , a fast color changing 3 mm LED, and a super bright brilliant blue 5 mm LED indicator light. The last LED only comes on with the atomizer; the others are on whenever the box is on.
The light show is one of my favorite features after all, the whole unit is clear. I like to show off this hobby to my friends and people at parties, so a clear box is pretty cool to show off. Then being at parties, I like it to have the flare of a colorful light show. However, this box is too expensive to only use at parties and to show off, so I didn’t want the light show going on all the time, I like to vape discretely such as in the movie theater. So I put the light show on that clever separate switch.
Lastly I should mention, I also have a charging port connector built in as I do all my previous 5 volt boxes, I have a specific two cell lithium charger that hooks up so I never have to open any of my 5 volt boxes to change the batteries. In this case I don’t know how else I would charge these batteries or use this box at all without this feature.
So, I’m out of ideas here. What else should I build into my next box? Advice as to where I can get a good booster regulator? Someday I’d like to build a single cell 5 volt box, or variable voltage, with charging board build in. Thanks for reading, Thanks for advice and support
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