Help Please

[GamecubePerson111]

Has anyone successfully made a charger port for the 3.7v lipo cells off batteryspace while being able to use the smart chrger? And if so how? Thanks

 

[samjc3]

use a standard charge jack. cut the original tip off the charge jack. replace it with the male for the ports. dead simple.

 

[GamecubePerson111]

what would be a standard charge jack? and do u know where i could be able to get one?

 

[samjc3]

a standard charge jack would be any normal CP+ DC barrel jack. (not that evil unsafe monstrosity the batteryspace chargers ship with.)

you can salvage them off dead boards and wall adaptors, or you can buy em from digikey, sparkfun, mouser, etc.

 

[GamecubePerson111]

so the problem i have is finding which pins are positive and negative on the charger port so i can correctly charge the batteries.
i have a dc panel mount jack, im just not sure how to connect it to the batteries.

 

[samjc3]

center pin positive.

 

[GamecubePerson111]

So is the left or right negative? Also I've tried soldering to the little positive and negative pads for the batteries and the solder is not sticking to the pads, what should I do?

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

use flux.

 

[Jidan]

Uhh, if you get a size M charger port at Radio Shack, it fits on the end of the Smart Charger without cutting anything

 

[samjc3]

Uhh, if you get a size M charger port at Radio Shack, it fits on the end of the Smart Charger without cutting anything

yes but those are dangerous as flux. replace em.

 

[Jidan]

Uhh, if you get a size M charger port at Radio Shack, it fits on the end of the Smart Charger without cutting anything

yes but those are dangerous as flux. replace em.

How? As long as you're not an idiot that's just poking the positive wire to the outside shell, you're fine as far as I can tell.

^honest question; not being facetious lol^

 

[samjc3]

the plugs on all my smart chargers weren't barrel jacks. they are two exposed pins. like a wall plug, but with power while they are exposed. touch em to metal and it shorts. bad idea. unsafe.

 

[Jidan]

the plugs on all my smart chargers weren't barrel jacks. they are two exposed pins. like a wall plug, but with power while they are exposed. touch em to metal and it shorts. bad idea. unsafe.

They are two exposed pins, but if you are careful with it and protect it adequately it works just fine

 

[samjc3]

the plugs on all my smart chargers weren't barrel jacks. they are two exposed pins. like a wall plug, but with power while they are exposed. touch em to metal and it shorts. bad idea. unsafe.

They are two exposed pins, but if you are careful with it and protect it adequately it works just fine

yeah, but when you sell it....

 

[Jidan]

the plugs on all my smart chargers weren't barrel jacks. they are two exposed pins. like a wall plug, but with power while they are exposed. touch em to metal and it shorts. bad idea. unsafe.

They are two exposed pins, but if you are careful with it and protect it adequately it works just fine

yeah, but when you sell it....

If. Big if. lol. No, but you can only do that if you somehow manage to touch, with metal, both the positive pin and the negative shielding. It's the same thing as sticking a fork into a wall socket. Also, I kind of safely assume that anyone who could spend money on it is at least competent enough NOT to be stupid.

 

[Basement_Modder]

Have you ever read the benheck forums?

 

[samjc3]

Have you ever read the benheck forums?

EXACTLY

 

[Jidan]

Well, I haven't been that stupid..yet...

 

[QuickSkop3]

Well, il probably be that stupid XD. Maybe not.

 

[Mako321]

I think hail's darth64 buyer put stuff into the wrong ports and stuff happened, they were angry at hail afterwards.(or was it the ncube?)