Quick eletrical questions

[scorpio93]

1. If a gamecube can run off of 7.4v 4600mAh, is there a reason to run it off 14.8v 4600mAh? wouldn't you get the same play time?

2. Can a 7.4v 4600mAh battery be charged with a 14.8c 1.6a charger? Would it be safe?(batteries going through pcb and all that stuff.)

 

[zeturi]

1. If a gamecube can run off of 7.4v 4600mAh, is there a reason to run it off 14.8v 4600mAh? wouldn't you get the same play time?

2. Can a 7.4v 4600mAh battery be charged with a 14.8c 1.6a charger? Would it be safe?(batteries going through pcb and all that stuff.)

1. If you use 14.8v instead of 7.4v, you will draw less amps from your batteries. So you'll get more play time, but you also need extra batteries. My suggestion is to run a gamecube with 7.4v, wiring your (supposedly 4) cells in series and parallel, to get 7.4v at 9200mAh. Then your psone/zenith screen will not require a step-down regulator to feed it voltage.

2. No. You'll need to buy a 7.4v charger if you want to charge a 7.4v battery.

If you already have your batteries and charger (and both are rated at 14.8v), then just buy a 7808 regulator or order a PTH08000 to feed 8v to your screen. Of course, I'm assuming that you're using one of those, sinice nearly everyone does with GCPs.

 

[XCVG]

A GameCube's stock regulator needs at least 10V. If you use 7.4V, you'll need to build one yourself. There's a guide in the GC/PS2/XBOX section.

 

[scorpio93]

Alright, thanks guys.