Thanamira
01-25-2018, 03:14 PM
Hey, gang.
I have a bunch of Ultrasabers that I'd like to convert from AAAs to 18650s, with an internal recharge port. "Internal", meaning, I'll still pop off the pommel and slide out the battery/port chassis to expose the port. (I'd rather do that then drill a hole in the hilts - I don't want a permanently exposed port.)
I put together a parts list I'll need per hilt upgrade: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hendDYPh8Ckm6-ZPINucxmD2AIDmbJ4BJEx232EUg-E/edit?usp=sharing
I have a few questions listed as footnotes on that list:
1, am I correct in thinking that US' 4*AAA setup delivers 6V to their stunt setups, and thus I'll need a 7.4V 18650 and not the 3.7V 18650s?
2, do the chassis parts have a 1.45" ID option? Only a few of my hilts are 1.25" ID. I don't mind wrapping tiny pieces of electrical tape around the chassis parts, but if I can get them at the correct size, so much the better. :)
For wiring, I looked at http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/showthread.php?2235-Recharge-port-hookup but I think that has dead image links inside it.
I tried to figure out which pins are which via http://www.switchcraft.com/Drawings/712a_cd.pdf but I'm not seeing what I'm looking for there. That PDF is linked from http://www.switchcraft.com/productsummary.aspx?Parent=606 btw, which I'm not totally sure is what TCSS is selling. Either way, I think that kind of schematic is what I want, and it's my lack of schematic reading that's failing me.
Here's my current understanding of my wiring setup already inside my Ultrasabers with the upgrades I want. I could use help with both my starting assumptions in this diagram and how to finish the wiring. If I haven't completely forgotten my basic EE courses, I think the Switch and JST male GND leads are wired together to one of the jack's pins and similarly the PWR leads are wired together to a different pin: in normal operation, this bypasses the jack entirely. In recharging, the Switch in OFF position cuts the LED/buckpuck out of the circuit, and only the battery is involved.
So then my research needs to be:
1, on the jack, what pin gets PWR and what pin gets GND?
2, wire the JST male accordingly to PWR and GND
3, wire the Switch's leads to match with the JST male.
But I'm a software engineer, sooooo this is where I ask others. :)
Thanks in advance for any help!
16274
I have a bunch of Ultrasabers that I'd like to convert from AAAs to 18650s, with an internal recharge port. "Internal", meaning, I'll still pop off the pommel and slide out the battery/port chassis to expose the port. (I'd rather do that then drill a hole in the hilts - I don't want a permanently exposed port.)
I put together a parts list I'll need per hilt upgrade: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hendDYPh8Ckm6-ZPINucxmD2AIDmbJ4BJEx232EUg-E/edit?usp=sharing
I have a few questions listed as footnotes on that list:
1, am I correct in thinking that US' 4*AAA setup delivers 6V to their stunt setups, and thus I'll need a 7.4V 18650 and not the 3.7V 18650s?
2, do the chassis parts have a 1.45" ID option? Only a few of my hilts are 1.25" ID. I don't mind wrapping tiny pieces of electrical tape around the chassis parts, but if I can get them at the correct size, so much the better. :)
For wiring, I looked at http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/showthread.php?2235-Recharge-port-hookup but I think that has dead image links inside it.
I tried to figure out which pins are which via http://www.switchcraft.com/Drawings/712a_cd.pdf but I'm not seeing what I'm looking for there. That PDF is linked from http://www.switchcraft.com/productsummary.aspx?Parent=606 btw, which I'm not totally sure is what TCSS is selling. Either way, I think that kind of schematic is what I want, and it's my lack of schematic reading that's failing me.
Here's my current understanding of my wiring setup already inside my Ultrasabers with the upgrades I want. I could use help with both my starting assumptions in this diagram and how to finish the wiring. If I haven't completely forgotten my basic EE courses, I think the Switch and JST male GND leads are wired together to one of the jack's pins and similarly the PWR leads are wired together to a different pin: in normal operation, this bypasses the jack entirely. In recharging, the Switch in OFF position cuts the LED/buckpuck out of the circuit, and only the battery is involved.
So then my research needs to be:
1, on the jack, what pin gets PWR and what pin gets GND?
2, wire the JST male accordingly to PWR and GND
3, wire the Switch's leads to match with the JST male.
But I'm a software engineer, sooooo this is where I ask others. :)
Thanks in advance for any help!
16274