USB powered MOD?

[Shai]

Hey all, just got an eGo two days ago. I'm not really satisfied with the TH. So, after spending a couple hours looking at the forum here I've decided I'll need a HV mod. I was thinking I could forego a battery powered mod and go straight for a USB powered mod.

I've seen one review of a "for sale" usb mod but haven't really seen a "howto" on the subject. So let me lay out what I have available to me: a flashlight(torch), an atty, a battery, a USB cable (I can find the pinout for it). Is it as simple as wiring the + lead from the USB cable to the appropriate spot of the atty? - lead to the appropriate spot on the atty and throw a switch somewhere between? Am I missing anything? USB provides 5v so, shouldn't need a regulator.

Can I get threads to hold the atty from madvape.com or do I have to kill one of my batts?

 

[Shai]

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Some experienced encouragement would help here

 

[audio]

Hi Shai. Where on Earth is Earth?

I'm not very experienced, but I ordered this.

Accessories

It should show up today. I hope it works!

 

[tranced]

Yeah, basically, it's that damn simple. If your in a hurry and have a 901 or 808 you can get the adapter to hold the attie from radio shack, in the parts bins, look for a coax n power jack - more expensive than a real connecter from mad vapes but no wait time either.
You don't need the pinout on your usb cable, just know that your 5v and ground are the two outside pins and run continuity to find which wires are those two pins. I did mine following the directions for a nicostick (which has the part numbers for radioshack and is an awesome walkthrough) and used a 2-AA battery box (easy to drill out and cheap).
The hardest part was the soldering, and that's simple once you know that you heat the parts, then touch the solder to the hot parts.

Oh yeah....words of encouragement: You can do it!! Kick that passthrough in the ....!!

 

[Shai]

Great. Thanks, that's just what I needed! Will probably have this up and running today.

Hopefully RS has one for the 510 atty.

 

[Arcticraven]

Just a small addition to the soldering part. Grab urself some flux as well. Put a lil flux on ur wires and connection before u start to solder each contact. This will allow for a better contact and clean the impurities out of the connection. Make sure to clean the flux away with some alchohol after you are done. You can tell it is all gone when it isnt sticky anymore.

 

[portguy]

Just try a low resistance atomizer with the eGo. You will get the TH...

 

[Shai]

Ok, got my flashlight (gutted and drilled), switch wired to USB cable. Just waiting on a 510 batt connector for the atomizer.

Couple of questions that have cropped up.

1) Is this batt. connector going to have leads? If not, whats the best process for connecting it to wire?

2) What is a good material to use for stopping up the holes on the ends of the flashlight body? I was thinking a cork material I saw at the hardware store.

 

[durtman]

I recently got some 901 batt connectors and they didn't have any type of wired leads. Depending on how you mount it, you'll only need to solder one wire on the center pin if the body of the flash light is metal.

When I checked the output of my PT from the USB port on my PC it was getting around 4.3 volts.

 

[Bobbeeman]

Just try a low resistance atomizer with the eGo. You will get the TH...

+1. if you have an eGo and want more TH you have to try the LR atty, I have a 5v PT on the way and I'm gonna see if there is a difference.

 

[Bobbeeman]

I received my passthu from madvapes today, it works great, I put a new 510 expert atomizer litecigusa.net, I'm getting about the same hit as I do on the eGo w/LR atomizer.

 

[Shai]

Yeah, I know what you're saying about getting an LR atty. But I'm a fiddler, a tinkerer. If I had realized I could have easily made the equivalent to a ecig myself before I bought a starter kit I would have.