got my batteries yesterday! wired 'em up, everything is working great



also, here is my progress on my case. still a LOT to do but it's super fun working on it!

Nice looking Case so far

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2 quick questions I just thought about when reviewing my wiring and such:

1) Where does "7.2 AC Adapter" go to from the DPDT switch in this diagram (credit to ShockSlayer)? I'm just not that clear on what its purpose is if you already have power running to the board and a charge jack hooked up.


and 2) Can I leave the switch on my N64 permanently on and just use the DPDT switch to turn on/off the device and still charge it? I feel like I read somewhere that you need to turn off the N64 mobo while charging the device but I could be wrong.

Thanks Malus! More pictures of my casework to come tomorrow

Sorry for the double post, but I think I understand part of what I was asking earlier.



So in ShockSlayers diagram, when the switch is in the down position it will be powered off wall power, and when it is in the up position it is running off the batteries. This lets you play and charge your batteries at the same time. I'm still not sure where the 7.2v AC adapter wire goes to though from the switch... do you connect it to the main power line? Bud said on another thread that I found "In that diagram where it says "7.2v AC" that's where you connect the positive pole of the power jack to the switch." butttt isn't that what the pin directly left of this is for? I think i'm just confusing myself by thinking too hard...

Anyway, so I also found this diagram by Life of Brian when searching around old threads:


Now the wiring is slightly different in this picture, and what I gather from it (and please correct me if I'm wrong) is that in the down position you are charging your batteries but you cannot play. In the up position you are running the system off your batteries.

Any input on this would help a lot, so thanks for your two cents!

Edit: Here's the link to the topic I quoted Bud from: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=9165
and here is the link to where I found LoB's diagram: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=1469
that search function on here is quite handy

SS's diagram is the one you want to use. SS's diagram utilizes 2 power jacks, one for charging and one for playing off wall wart power, which is what SS means by 7.2v DC in. Wiring ground to a switch like in LoB's diagram is completely redundant and generally a bad idea. Ground is ground is ground is ground and it should always be linked together and connected to all components in a portable and never switched. The only exception being some audio circuits where speaker - is not really ground, but that doesn't apply to what we're talking about here.

At any rate, using SS's method when the unit is switched "on" it will play FROM the batteries. When switched "off" it will play FROM the AC adapter jack AND allow charging of the batteries at the same time from the charge jack.

EDIT: also, if you still don't understand how to wire this and what to wire to you need to wait until you fully understand it to try. Mis-wiring the main power jack/charging jack/switch/batteries can potentially lead to exploded batteries and fire, which is bad. Especially the 2nd time.

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Precisely why I'm waiting and asking questions! Info was quite helpful, and this



is the understanding I had of it, I was just double checking with my last post.

So you say it "utilizes 2 power jacks, one for charging and one for playing off wall wart power", so there are literally 2 jacks coming out of the system? One used for charging the batteries, the other used for giving the system power so you can play off the wall instead of batteries?

Double-posting again -- understand it now, just needed to read and reread Ashen's info a few times. Essentially this is what the wiring is like if I'm not mistaken:


Let me know if that crude drawing is wrong, please. And credit to ShockSlayer for the original diagram that I drew on top of

Here is some progress on my case by the way:


gonna bondo it up later tonight and try to get it as level and smooth as possible. Then off to cutting holes for all the other pieces of the case! I have a laundry list of things to still complete but I'm not in a rush so that's alright.

Case looks really good! But do you realize that the octagonal shape of nintendo joystick mounts make it so that you need to mount them facing a certain way, allowing you to easily move forward, diagonal, and sideways in games? It looks like you've mounted the joystick piece slightly sideways, if that makes any sense.

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Yup, looks a bit slanted, but whatever. Looking awesome.

thanks unicycler17 and nuke for pointing that out, went ahead and fixed it today. then i bondo'd again and sanded again, here's the result so far:



gonna get some like jb weld or some type of epoxy and fill in those small dips and airholes in the bondo job, but i'm pretty proud of myself so far seeing as though i've never used bondo before! hopefully will be done sanding it all and getting it smooth by the end of the weekend.

oh, also, decided on going with charge OR play instead of charge'n'play because i just don't really want that i decided. so i wired up a spdt switch today and everything is working great!

more stuff to come this weekend probably.