Ok, so for quite some time I've been wanting to set up my warp feed so that the "feed" didn't refer to all the 9-volts it was eating. I tried to do the 18v off the emag battery through a voltage regulator, but 2 blown up regulators and 2 blown up capacitors later (who knew it was so easy to hook up at least one thing backwards) all I had to show for it were two voltage regulator harnesses that regulated the voltage down to....
18 volts.
So, frustrated with that, I decided I'd put those extra 8 high drain batteries I had to good use. I picked up one of those 8 AA battery clips from Radio Shack, got out the hacksaw and razor blade, removed the back plastic panel, and WALA! One warp feed running off of a 9.6 volt nickel cadmium rechargable battery pack. No way this thing runs out of power in he middle of a tournament - even a NPPL/PSP one.
You can view the handiwork at www.paintball-players.org/warppics
Note: If you're going to try this at home, you'll need to use the saw to cut down the sides of the plastic panels in the back. When you get towards the bottom, the angle is going to prevent you from sawing all the way, so just bend the plastic back and forth until it breaks off and then just take the razor blade to it and gradually cut away slices of plastic horizontally (i.e. parallel to the axis of the motor) until it's flush with the wider part of the housing just below the motor.
Next mission: Wire a switch between the battery pack and the warp to turn it off and on.
- Chris
Oh, and for those of you wondering about the blue wrap on the wires, the ground lead on the warp's battery connector came loose so I rewired one of the extras I had from the voltage regulator harness attempts.
18 volts.
So, frustrated with that, I decided I'd put those extra 8 high drain batteries I had to good use. I picked up one of those 8 AA battery clips from Radio Shack, got out the hacksaw and razor blade, removed the back plastic panel, and WALA! One warp feed running off of a 9.6 volt nickel cadmium rechargable battery pack. No way this thing runs out of power in he middle of a tournament - even a NPPL/PSP one.
You can view the handiwork at www.paintball-players.org/warppics
Note: If you're going to try this at home, you'll need to use the saw to cut down the sides of the plastic panels in the back. When you get towards the bottom, the angle is going to prevent you from sawing all the way, so just bend the plastic back and forth until it breaks off and then just take the razor blade to it and gradually cut away slices of plastic horizontally (i.e. parallel to the axis of the motor) until it's flush with the wider part of the housing just below the motor.
Next mission: Wire a switch between the battery pack and the warp to turn it off and on.
- Chris
Oh, and for those of you wondering about the blue wrap on the wires, the ground lead on the warp's battery connector came loose so I rewired one of the extras I had from the voltage regulator harness attempts.
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