Been wanting to build my own box for a while. And my vaporshark battery life has been annoying the cheap out of me since I bought it about a month ago. So my thought was to rip the thing open and use most of the device in a different box with a replaceable battery-Much like the rdna version, but in a way cooler wooden box built by me. I know I could by a dna chip and buttons Much less than the VS cost but hey since I got it might as well use it. Is this feasible? My only thought was that if everything is soldered together it may not be able to be done.
Reusing dna chip from vapor shark
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Sure thats can be done. For sure your gonna have to de-solder alot of it to reconfigure into your box.
And how is desoldering possible without burning the board? I have soldered and sweaterd alot of plumbing fittings but never a pcb. Is it as simple as putting the soldering iron on the connection?
You could just sell the vaporshark and buy a new dna30 chip. Some folks like those tiny mods. You would have lots of money for a couple fat daddy 510 connectors. And probably a spare dna30 chip. Then you could make two.
I agree, selling it seems to be a far better alternative. Sure if you're careful you might be able to reuse the chip but they cost 50 bucks and you could get more than that for a working VS. I don't see the point of messing with it when you can start out new with less potential issues.
You would use a low wattage iron, and a solder sucker to remove the solder once its hot. There is a video on YouTube.
It would be a shame to tear apart a nice unit though.
Edit: I forgot to mention, you should probably work on a a static free mat, and be grounded. But Im not sure how finicky that board is with static? Some boards can be fried with a little static zap, :?(
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Not a big vape community locally and can't v find someone who wants to buy it and I can't get anybody on Facebook. If it lasted 8hrs @ 21watts I would love it. Shoulda got the rdna :smh:
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