Hey guys, for my final physics project, I am running a wii off of AA batterys. The battery pack I have created has a total voltage of 13.3V, and the cells are 2300 mA rechargeable. When I connect power to the wii through a dismantled cord from a 3rd party power supply, the wii's light turns red. When it trys to turn on however, it simply stays on the red LED. Why would this be?
Wii Power Help
- Thread starter James.C
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Cojiro
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Link to your batteries, maybe a picture of how you have them wired?
Are you using a voltage regulator or anything? I remember a while back I was trying to power my wii with batteries, and I had a switching regulator, but didn't realize it only had a maximum output current of 1 amp.
Do your batteries have a max discharge current? In case you don't know what this means - here's a random example, let's say you have a battery powered circuit. V=IR, so if you had a voltage of 20 and a resistance of .1, then theoretically your current would be 200A, but no battery can output that much current
Are you using a voltage regulator or anything? I remember a while back I was trying to power my wii with batteries, and I had a switching regulator, but didn't realize it only had a maximum output current of 1 amp.
Do your batteries have a max discharge current? In case you don't know what this means - here's a random example, let's say you have a battery powered circuit. V=IR, so if you had a voltage of 20 and a resistance of .1, then theoretically your current would be 200A, but no battery can output that much current
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I have them all wired with no regulator, so it all adds to 13.3 volts and would be wired like so. https://imgur.com/fOxoS2G
I can't find anything about a max discharge current, but is it not enough for the wii?
I will buy proper batteries and see if that has an effect.
