100sideprojects Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 Here’s an idea I’ve had for a while. Hot swappable dual battery holder with 5 12V DC outputs. Isolation for the Lithiums, filtering on each output and fused up to 6A. Before this I was using a Battery bud with an NP-1 Cup. It worked fine, but not ideal. I have a new board for this mod that makes one of the outputs switchable between 5, 9 and 12V DC. It took a while to put it all together but well worth it. Here are some photos that show a bit of the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 Nice! You are very handy, well done DIY project. - JW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Boisvert Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 What did you use for NP-1 contacts? Home made or off the shelf? Did you do the metal work yourself? Very nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100sideprojects Posted December 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 The batt. contacts are from a lectrosonics TX. I got those from Joe Burtinsky at Lectro Canada. I had a friend route and fold the metal. the rest was me. Cups, PCB, fitting, sewing etc. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPSharman Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 That's genius! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvanstry Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 Love the idea, any chance you could send the diagram for the electronic? I would love to adapt some portion of it to my needs. Thanks Pascal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinG Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 Wow man that's very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 extremely cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imagist Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Very useful. Not the same thing but similarities reminded me of this, a variation on the theme - Operates on 1 to 6 NP1 Batteries - http://www.hawkwoods.com/products/details/details.php?code=apd&mainMenuItemToSlide=5&asi=mr4&asi2=np-65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 I found it interesting too. I use NP-1 for all my gear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McL Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Very, very darned nice. All the bag guys are drooling with envy Thanks for sharing all the pictures, too. -- Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt McGowin Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Nice work , Sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Trew Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Here’s an idea I’ve had for a while. Hot swappable dual battery holder with 5 12V DC outputs. Isolation for the Lithiums, filtering on each output and fused up to 6A. Before this I was using a Battery bud with an NP-1 Cup. It worked fine, but not ideal. I have a new board for this mod that makes one of the outputs switchable between 5, 9 and 12V DC. It took a while to put it all together but well worth it. Here are some photos that show a bit of the process. This one (the one with the two NP-1 batteries) looks very much one the Harry Quan built in Toronto many years ago. Is it the same one or somehow related? Glen Trew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Hayter Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 Here's another 12v distro box that I just built for my cart, to go with the 6 output XLR box. Total price under £15 / $24.00 10 amp circuit Breaker this end Because I enjoy it! Simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berniebeaudry Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Here's another 12v distro box that I just built for my cart, to go with the 6 output XLR box. Total price under £15 / $24.00 10 amp circuit Breaker this end Because I enjoy it! Simon great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek H Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Nice work Simon, Quick question.. Why bother connecting the cold lead to the switch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfatjames Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Here's another 12v distro box that I just built for my cart, to go with the 6 output XLR box. Total price under £15 / $24.00 10 amp circuit Breaker this end Because I enjoy it! Simon what fuse do you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacefivesound Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Quick question.. Why bother connecting the cold lead to the switch? Looks like there's a light on the switch to indicate when it's on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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