Battery Pack Making

[Jase Kala Maris]

I have some 1.2V 1200mah AAA batteries coming and I'm planning on makeing one of them nice compact barrel rolls.

I just wanted to verify that this is the correct way to wire them up to get 8.4V 1200mah

Thanks in advance.



I'll prolly do it this way so I can keep the wires nice and short.

[Novastar]

That's it, Jase--you've hit it on the head. Although Eandori would be the best man to double/triple check with on that.

You can always meter it too, heheh!

I like your second pic too--that DOES really clean up the wiring.

[Jay-gon Jinn]

That needs to be stickied or put in the wiring diagrams forum! Nice pic!

[Jase Kala Maris]

thanks guys.

[xwingband]

Would pictures of one help? I have one sitting here I made.

Tips:
1) I glue them together in 2, 3, and 2 setup before gluing the full seven. I use super glue gel.
2) Then I take solid core wire and strip a few inches. This is what I use to connect individual cells.
3) Scratch the tops of cells. Sandpaper, files, etc... you want to give the solder something to grab to.
4) Solder flux. It makes the whole ordeal so much easier. The batteries and wire are going to leach away heat from your iron and the paste helps lower the temperature needed.
5) Once all done use epoxy. This keeps the soldering from coming undone and as a plus will insulate the end from the walls of the hilt. I used to not do this until shipping beat the crap out of a saber to the point I needed this.

Good luck!

[Lord Maul]

I moved this to wiring diagrams, and it will go into the next Thread Index update for sure

Back on topic, those diagrams look great. Here is Xwing's battery pack tutorial to go along with his post

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSp9h...e=channel_page