DIY battery kit for StackShot?

descall · Post by **descall** » Fri May 18, 2012 11:19 am

Hello Forum,

Has anyone managed to put together a DIY battery kit for the StackShot controller so that it may be used in the field? I'm trying to avoid the rather hefty price of importing the official battery kit from the US. Many thanks for any help.

Many thanks,
Des

Rollin · Post by **Rollin** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:17 am

Hi Des,

Yes, I made one myself. I took a small 12.4v closed lead battery, something like this

http://www.alcatronic.nl/448-649-large/ ... asonic.jpg

The connector that goes into the controller is somewhat standard for battery chargers in cars. I had an old charger that was broke and used the connector, it looks like this

http://images.europart.nl/parts/jpg3/6200/img0019.jpg

So, I soldered the cable with connector to the battery and if you don't mix plus and minus it works like a charm. It is heavier than the Li-ion battery from Cognisys. On the other hand, no specifik charger is needed. I charge it with the cigarette lighter in my car.

Kind regards,
Rollin

descall · Post by **descall** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:25 am

Hello Rollin,

Thanks very much for the response. Maybe this will be of use to other people, since I've acquired one since the original post. Thanks again.

Best wishes,
Des

Rollin · Post by **Rollin** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:58 am

Oh, I'm sorry I noticed your question too late.

I'm sure the real stuff is more convenient and much lighter to use.

Regards,

Rollin

DumbMarine · Post by **DumbMarine** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 6:22 am

This might be of some interest and use

http://www.amazon.co.uk/totocity-6800mA ... m_sbs_ce_1

Can someone more electrically minded advise if there are any shortcomings or health & safety issues?

johan · Post by **johan** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 1:19 am

Old thread, but fyi since I just bought one of these from Stackshot...

The stackshot rechargeable battery is 4x18650 rechargeable battery @2.6-4A in plastic with a ziptie covering them, and jack to recharge/go into stackshot. Ie 4x3.7V = 14.8V.

Unusual battery, but happens to be the same that I have in some of my UV torches, and for which I have some ultrafire rechargeable batteries and charger bought from eBay. With a bit of jack welding of wires together and a container unit, this really would be trivial to DIY.

Greenfields · Post by **Greenfields** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 2:11 pm

One word of caution.

There are a large number of aftermarket brands of Li-Ion batteries with the 18650 form factor.

On Amazon UK, almost every inexpensive brand has one reviewer who has tested the product and found the power rating to be much less than claimed.

For an immensely detailed comparison see:

http://lygte-info.dk/review/batteries20 ... %20UK.html

And for an example of an Ultrafire battery which claimed a 5000 mAh capacity but delivered only 1000 mAh see;

http://lygte-info.dk/review/batteries20 ... %20UK.html

Henry

Brooke · Post by **Brooke** » Thu May 22, 2014 5:49 pm

Hi:

I make a radio battery adapter that holds 10 each "D" cells, so is a "12 Volt" battery. The Power Pole option allows using the adapter as a stand alone device. For use in the field with a Stack Shot see:
http://www.prc68.com/I/DigitalPhotograp ... #StackShot
and for more about the battery adapter see:
http://www.prc68.com/P/Prod.html#257477BA-PP
and
http://www.prc68.com/P/257477BA.html#PP

Have Fun,

Brooke