Possible Solution to 901 fitting to avoid battery destruction
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Thanks, Mitch, for your help with this. I did a very crude wire up with it today. It works8-o! It powers an atomizer. I left out the washer and the nut - had enough space to put it through a plastic disc and connect the atomizer. Now I don't have to destroy 901 batteries.
Video please!
It's nowhere near ready for a video yet. I just used elctrical tape to hold wires on a battery pack and put the wires on the connector thingy in the right places. The atomizer was on there and got toasty quick. That is a vast improvement over the batteries getting toasty.
Hi, I been following this thread and I think the solution you found for this 901 atomizer adapter is perfect (almost). I went out to radio shack and purchased the connector to build my own usb pass-through for the dse901. I have some issue with this adapter:
1. The adapter has an engagement pole that need to have something inserted before ground is shorted. I have resolved this by soldering that engagement pin inside the connector to the ground pin.
2. The connector is small and there are some engineering flaws. If you plan to fit this adapter into a small tube like a pen. The black plastic hosing will compress inwards and cause a short between the positive and negative. So this will be best for a mod that does fit tightly into a tube.
3. Do not screw too tightly. The center pen might push the center pole of the atomizer in and will no longer make contact when you connect a regular 901 battery. I solved this by using a paper clip fashioned into a j hook and slowly and lightly move the center pole on the atomizer back out. Since the center pole on the atomizer is held in by a soft silicon material, it will retain its position once you move it back into the original height.
Just some observations.
1. The adapter has an engagement pole that need to have something inserted before ground is shorted. I have resolved this by soldering that engagement pin inside the connector to the ground pin.
2. The connector is small and there are some engineering flaws. If you plan to fit this adapter into a small tube like a pen. The black plastic hosing will compress inwards and cause a short between the positive and negative. So this will be best for a mod that does fit tightly into a tube.
3. Do not screw too tightly. The center pen might push the center pole of the atomizer in and will no longer make contact when you connect a regular 901 battery. I solved this by using a paper clip fashioned into a j hook and slowly and lightly move the center pole on the atomizer back out. Since the center pole on the atomizer is held in by a soft silicon material, it will retain its position once you move it back into the original height.
Just some observations.
Forgot another point, don't bend the connector poles on the connector, that will in turn deform the black plastic and short the positive and negative. Hope this helps someone.
LOL, you crack me up.....but I second the motion for this whole post.....WTF?????????????
Seems to me that all we need is to find a good atomizer to battery connector and everybody could start making all kinds of mods.
This connector actually does work. I now have a working mod with it. It will not fit in a tiny little battery housing like the OEM one though. I fits in the Magnum Mod and the Juice Box Mod just fine. Mine is a Juice Box Mod, but I have used it in several attempts at the Magnum Mod and my problem is always soldering the tiny little switch with its tiny little contacts that get brittle and its tiny little plastic body that melts immediately, not with the size of this connector.
LOL, you crack me up.....but I second the motion for this whole post.....WTF?????????????
Yeah, I still do not see where meditating with my connector does anything for modding it. I am very much grounded and centered now though.
I just took the atomizer off the mod I made with this connector and put it on a fresh OEM battery. The atomizer still works fine with the original batteries, no worries there.
I did bend the contacts. I intentionally broke off the two unnecessary ones to simplify it for myself. I then ended up bending the one remaining one 90 degrees to make an easier solder connection to my switch. I have no problems with my black plastic casing being deformed or anything shorting out.
I don't mean to discredit or hurt you, just relate my experience and the outcomes.
I think what you found is a great solution, I am not offended in anyway. I was just giving my results about using this connector in a tight fit situation. I think when my flash light from China finally get here, this will be a perfect connector for the 901 atomizer. I have bought 4 of these so I can make future mod. I will upload a pic of my USB pass-though using this connector in the DIY section as soon as I am allowed to post pics. Once again, great find!
I think I've alluded to this before, but if your are melting the switch housing, then you are having to leave the iron in contact too long. You need a very hot iron so you can heat the contact quickly before the housing "sinks" the heat to it.
Try generously "tinning" the wire and the contact with solder before you attempt to join them. Then you can join them together without having to juggle with the solder. Try not to let the joint move at all until the solder has set (cooled slightly.) The whole joining maneuver should take 1-2 seconds.
Try generously "tinning" the wire and the contact with solder before you attempt to join them. Then you can join them together without having to juggle with the solder. Try not to let the joint move at all until the solder has set (cooled slightly.) The whole joining maneuver should take 1-2 seconds.
My Craftsman voltmeter crapped out in the middle of a project (naturally) so I ran to the small town hardware store to get a cheapo. The old guy asked what I was doing, told him, and I thought I had everything wired right (I did, the new transformer was bad.) Instead of selling me one, he let me bring my parts in and he tested it with the stores voltmeter.
If you have a small town locally owned hardware store, make use of it. Those older guys should be appreciated, IMO.
If you have a small town locally owned hardware store, make use of it. Those older guys should be appreciated, IMO.
Damn, what I wanted to add was that these guys were building radios, stereos, a myriad of stuff. They are usually glad to help sort it out or give advice.
Anyone remember Heath kit?
Anyone remember Heath kit?
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Here is my best attempt at a wiring diagram for this. It is just a sketch, not art, so please don't laugh.
Viewpoint is from the battery side - atomizer side is not visible. Orientation is just like diagram on back of product package. Any questions, please feel free to PM me.
Here is my best attempt at a wiring diagram for this. It is just a sketch, not art, so please don't laugh.
Viewpoint is from the battery side - atomizer side is not visible. Orientation is just like diagram on back of product package. Any questions, please feel free to PM me.
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Good catch. I was wondering about the "M" size myself. I stood there at Radio Shack for a good while staring at the "M" connectors after cleaning out their supply of the "N" connectors. Now we need to find a connector for those loongtotem v9 clones. I've thus far just been direct wiring those atomizer/cartridges which work great and I'm sure my batteries will die as well but I like having options!
Mods? Is it possible to move this thread over to the modders' forum whereit could be of the most use?
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