Batteryspace 7.4v Charge Management Board

[LOCtronicz]

What you want to do is simple but does require a 3 way switch or a power port with sense switch.

I have that internal charger in one of my projets and have the batteries wired to that and my 3 way switch. The power of my adapter to the other end of my three way switch and the internal charger. Now when I turn on the switch to battery is plays of the batteries and when I switch it to powerport I play the cube from the powerport but at the same time it turns on the internal charger and chargers my batteries while I'm playing. The batteries are therefore not being discharged. It takes around 1.2A to charge and the cube takes about 1.7A + 0.5A for you screen and sound amp (can me more or less depending on your setup) you need a 3.5A power brick to play and charge.

 

[Ashen]

Zen, what DC power brick did you use when you used this board? I've been driving myself nuts thinking I had something wired wrong when all along it was my stock 12v GC power brick detecting a "short" every time I'd plug the charge management board in. After much frustration I tried it with a batteryspace 11.1v smart charger and it fires up right away. Did you have this issue? I was really hoping to use a normal GC power brick for charging and playing. :/

 

[Ashen]

After a bit more testing it seems that a Wii power brick will also work to power this charger. Not sure what it is about the GC power supply. But it seems like the only power brick I have that doesnt work. Figures. Gonna order some of these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/201168939185?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT from ebay and hope they work.