Homemade PSP external battery
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This is a simple little project that I just did in about 15 minutes. Basically, I just put 4 AAs in a zippo tin and soldered it to a PSP charging cable.
Amazing Features!
-compact
-uses standard AA batteries
-held together by hot glue
-batteries are placed in backwards (I soldered it wrong)
-electrical tape lining prevents shorting out
-creative use of a zippo tin
-doesn't fry your hardware!
sorry for the crappy pictues...
Amazing Features!
-compact
-uses standard AA batteries
-held together by hot glue
-batteries are placed in backwards (I soldered it wrong)
-electrical tape lining prevents shorting out
-creative use of a zippo tin
-doesn't fry your hardware!
sorry for the crappy pictues...
Optomists say that the glass is half full.
Pessimist say that it's half empty.
Engineers say that it's twice as big as it needs to be.
Pessimist say that it's half empty.
Engineers say that it's twice as big as it needs to be.
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cool.you're a genious.
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seriously.you're a genious.I couldn't figure out how to do that.
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Thanks for all the positive comments, guys!
Now I'm thinking of adding a USB port and making an N3i (SPOT watch) switch, since it won't charge over standard USB. The thing requires windoze drivers, so I never charge it from my computer (I normally use Linux) and a regular usb charger won't work with it. It'd be useful for long trips, since the battery only lasts about 3-5 days. It almost died on me at summer camp last year, and I had to turn it off at night to save power.
It's just 4 AAs in series, not that hard. I have NO electronics skills whatsoever.Retromaster wrote:seriously.you're a genious.I couldn't figure out how to do that.
I just flashed a new 01-12.bmp and used the XMB wave editor.Turbo Tax 1.0 wrote:awesome. where did you get that black background?
Hey, Wal-mart only had Energizers.Dr. KillGood wrote:Duracell is better than energizer...
Otherwise looks neat!
The idea was to velcro it onto the back of my psp case so that I didn't have a cord dangling around. I might make an extension cable for it, though.G-force wrote:Very nice! And a great idea since the PSP doesnt last too long if I remember right, so this is very practical.
Only thing I wonder is, why is the cord so short? Wouldnt it make more sense to have it long enough to fit in your pocket?
Now I'm thinking of adding a USB port and making an N3i (SPOT watch) switch, since it won't charge over standard USB. The thing requires windoze drivers, so I never charge it from my computer (I normally use Linux) and a regular usb charger won't work with it. It'd be useful for long trips, since the battery only lasts about 3-5 days. It almost died on me at summer camp last year, and I had to turn it off at night to save power.
Optomists say that the glass is half full.
Pessimist say that it's half empty.
Engineers say that it's twice as big as it needs to be.
Pessimist say that it's half empty.
Engineers say that it's twice as big as it needs to be.
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on a side note for anyone looking for better battery life withtheir psp they should give this battery a try
http://cgi.ebay.com/Double-Life-3600-mA ... 0079433306
its about 3 times the life as the original and has worked great for me
http://cgi.ebay.com/Double-Life-3600-mA ... 0079433306
its about 3 times the life as the original and has worked great for me
So did you use regular batteries (sorry, I'm at school and image shack is blocked)? I'll assume you did. I'm glad to hear the PSP doesn't fry from 6v, I'm gonna do the same with 4 rechargeable AAs, and was wondering if it should be regulated and I now know it'll be fine, so thanks for solving my problem.
@turbo tax: that battery looks pretty nice. I might get one of those.
I used rechargable batteries, actually. Though 6 volts would probably work, I'm too paranoid about my PSP.
When I went to school today, I left the thing in my backpack charging my psp. But something made it short out while it was in there. Luckily it didn't damage my PSP, but it did damage the batteries. They got REALLY hot and actually melted the hot glue, which stuck everything together. Needless to say, the batteries are totally dead. If they were alkalines, it probably would have been quite a bit worse what with the leaking battery acid and such. So I'm glad I used nimhs.
And in case anybody is curious about what fried nimh batteries look like, I took some pictures of the damage.
Anybody have an idea as to why it shorted out? My only idea right now is that maybe it got hot enough while using it that it melted the hot glue and the battery contacts got pushed together or something.
I used rechargable batteries, actually. Though 6 volts would probably work, I'm too paranoid about my PSP.
When I went to school today, I left the thing in my backpack charging my psp. But something made it short out while it was in there. Luckily it didn't damage my PSP, but it did damage the batteries. They got REALLY hot and actually melted the hot glue, which stuck everything together. Needless to say, the batteries are totally dead. If they were alkalines, it probably would have been quite a bit worse what with the leaking battery acid and such. So I'm glad I used nimhs.
And in case anybody is curious about what fried nimh batteries look like, I took some pictures of the damage.
Anybody have an idea as to why it shorted out? My only idea right now is that maybe it got hot enough while using it that it melted the hot glue and the battery contacts got pushed together or something.
Optomists say that the glass is half full.
Pessimist say that it's half empty.
Engineers say that it's twice as big as it needs to be.
Pessimist say that it's half empty.
Engineers say that it's twice as big as it needs to be.
Where do you buy duracell recharables from, anyway?
I tore it apart and retaped the inside, and I'm going to put it back together (with epoxy this time) once I find my epoxy. Hopefully that won't melt and short out.
I tore it apart and retaped the inside, and I'm going to put it back together (with epoxy this time) once I find my epoxy. Hopefully that won't melt and short out.
Optomists say that the glass is half full.
Pessimist say that it's half empty.
Engineers say that it's twice as big as it needs to be.
Pessimist say that it's half empty.
Engineers say that it's twice as big as it needs to be.