View new posts | View your posts Need some rookie help with a battery / wiring please

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Im using a similar battery for mine. I went to radio shack and picked up a Coaxial Power Jack size M. It fits mine but its a good idea to bring the battery in with you. The blue wrapper should be left on. Im using an R2DEVO kit as well unfortunately I made a similar post not that long ago and didn't receive any useful replies so Im just as lost at the moment.

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I guess I am confused now.

I meant if there is a female part for the male part on the battery that would then go into the board. I know the 9V adapter isn't needed, I posted the link to the 9V adapter as an example of how it goes into the board with the black and red wires.

How do you wire the jack you posted to the board?

Thanks, guys! As an extra incentive to get it stickied, I'll add more info on the power jack. Essentially, using a 2.1mm female barrel plug mounted somewhere on the outside of the pack - I plan on putting mine either on the motherboard itself, or possibly hidden somewhere on the pack shell - you can recharge your battery using a smart charger connected via an adapter without ever having to take apart the proton pack.


Image credit to Ervin Plecter of Plecter Labs

For the record, the only connection between me and The Custom Saber Shop is that they're the place where I get the parts to build and repair my lightsabers. Recharge ports are something that I learned about while building said sabers, and thus TCSS is my source for them.

Does the battery have either of these icons on it at all?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... larity.png

As far as I know that will tell you how the connector should be wired up.

*Warning: Someone with proper 'electrical' knowledge may need to clarify this though.

Just a heads up, if you're using the overkill vent lights, you'll def need something stronger than 9v!



I used one like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/12V-Portable-9800mAh-Li-ion-Super-Rechargeable-Battery-Pack-/400250609355?pt=US_Batteries&hash=item5d30cb9ecb#ht_4726wt_1163

And I cut the wires and it worked fine. It has the 2 sets of wires coming off of the battery (one female and one male) and I just cut the male one and the female one is still available for charging. Also the one I linked is 9800mAh and I can tell you it was gone quite some time without a charge, a few parties and 2 conventions (although mine is just powering the lights, I know some people combine it with a sound kit or an amp). And the plus side is the battery itself has an on/off switch so you don't need to install one.

How long did it take you to charge your battery? My two arrived and have had them plugged in for 5 hours so far. They came with two chargers with both a red and a green light, do you know if one of the lights goes off when its fully charged?

I let mine charge around 14 hours. The green light goes off when it's fully charged.

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Yes, the battery needs to be switched on to power the pack lights. The red light ON the battery will be lit when it's powered on.

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