Wire Kit for Battery

BubbaGump · 29th May 2010, 09:50 PM

Can anyone tell me how to wire this kit for battery use? (Please don't say read the PDF data sheet. Trust me, I have.) I would like to use 3 AAA batteries.

EBM_dude · 29th May 2010, 09:55 PM

It is designed to run on 8 V to 24 V. You'd need six AAA batteries to get 9 Volts. Wire the batteries in series.

BubbaGump · 29th May 2010, 10:14 PM

Actually it runs on 2.4 to 5.5V, because it has a 5V regulator that I bypassed because I'm using batteries. What I really need to know is how to NOT use the 2.5mm DC power input, and wire those holes for battery use instead.

EBM_dude · 29th May 2010, 10:17 PM

Ah, I see. Then it probably has some capacitor near the regulator. Use three batteries in series, connected directly to the capacitor.

BubbaGump · 29th May 2010, 10:29 PM

So I don't connect any wires where the DC power input holes are? Right now I've tried connecting my positive lead to the hole that the center, in this case positive, pin would go in. There are two other pins, and I tried making both negative but that didn't work. Even with one negative it gets really hot and doesn't work.

EBM_dude · 29th May 2010, 11:03 PM

I suppose it's a 7805 regulator there. AFAIK they do nothing if the input voltage is not a few Volts above the set voltage.

BubbaGump · 29th May 2010, 11:05 PM

Hmmm. Well I removed the regulator and am going to try to hook up my battery to the male DC input, but should I remove the diode D2 as well?

EBM_dude · 29th May 2010, 11:13 PM

If you are REALLY sure you'll never confuse the polarity, then yes.

BubbaGump · 29th May 2010, 11:14 PM

Oh, well it won't do any harm leaving it, will it?

EBM_dude · 29th May 2010, 11:37 PM

It will lower the input voltage by approximately half a Volt. Otherwise, it's just fine where it is.

29th May 2010, 09:50 PM	#1
BubbaGump diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007	Wire Kit for Battery Can anyone tell me how to wire this kit for battery use? (Please don't say read the PDF data sheet. Trust me, I have.) I would like to use 3 AAA batteries.

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29th May 2010, 09:55 PM	#2
EBM_dude diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Germany	It is designed to run on 8 V to 24 V. You'd need six AAA batteries to get 9 Volts. Wire the batteries in series.

29th May 2010, 10:14 PM	#3
BubbaGump diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007	Actually it runs on 2.4 to 5.5V, because it has a 5V regulator that I bypassed because I'm using batteries. What I really need to know is how to NOT use the 2.5mm DC power input, and wire those holes for battery use instead.

29th May 2010, 10:17 PM	#4
EBM_dude diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Germany	Ah, I see. Then it probably has some capacitor near the regulator. Use three batteries in series, connected directly to the capacitor.

29th May 2010, 10:29 PM	#5
BubbaGump diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007	So I don't connect any wires where the DC power input holes are? Right now I've tried connecting my positive lead to the hole that the center, in this case positive, pin would go in. There are two other pins, and I tried making both negative but that didn't work. Even with one negative it gets really hot and doesn't work.

29th May 2010, 11:03 PM	#6
EBM_dude diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Germany	I suppose it's a 7805 regulator there. AFAIK they do nothing if the input voltage is not a few Volts above the set voltage.

29th May 2010, 11:05 PM	#7
BubbaGump diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007	Hmmm. Well I removed the regulator and am going to try to hook up my battery to the male DC input, but should I remove the diode D2 as well?

29th May 2010, 11:13 PM	#8
EBM_dude diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Germany	If you are REALLY sure you'll never confuse the polarity, then yes.

29th May 2010, 11:14 PM	#9
BubbaGump diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007	Oh, well it won't do any harm leaving it, will it?

29th May 2010, 11:37 PM	#10
EBM_dude diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Germany	It will lower the input voltage by approximately half a Volt. Otherwise, it's just fine where it is.