Back from the dead

[tostino]

Recently, I decided I needed something to listen to music with. My mp3 players hard drive went bad, and I don't feel like replacing it, or buying a new one. I remembered a couple years ago I got my dad a mp3 player, and he just go another one this year for Christmas. The old one's battery had long ago died.

I opened the player up (sorry no pictures) and removed the old battery, drilled a hole in the case, soldered wires onto where the battery was connected inside, and ran the wires out of the case.

The result
Konion/mp3 player hybrid Frankenstein!
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Looks a little normal from the top...





It's hideous! Look at that unsightly hump on it's back

On the plus side, it now has a 3ah battery to replace the 800mah battery that was inside (when new, after I took it out, I tested it at 180mah capacity). Player now has about 100 hours of non stop play on one charge.

 

[vanilla ice]

I'm going to show my wife this post tonight so she doesn't think I'm the only one who does this sort of thing, thx man.

 

[Ypedal]

Used to be 14.4v Nicad, long dead and gone...

Revived with 3ah 16v Konions ! ( This drill rocks ! )

 

[tostino]

@Vanilla:
My girl friend thinks I'm crazy too. Glad I could be some support lol.

@Ypedal:
That is awesome. I bet that drill had never had close to that power before those batteries! I am tempted to do that with a 18v ryobi nicad drill I have laying around. The nicads are not taking a charge well any more, and I have like 100+ konions laying around still from my last pack build.

 

[amberwolf]

Nearly everything I own is like that. Maybe that's why I don't *have* a girlfriend--they all think I'm *too* crazy.

That's ok. It just leaves more time for projects. More money, too, if I had any in the first place.

 

[karma]

heh i wish i still had it but my home phone was like that. lasted a good month on one charge

 

[Ypedal]

I konionized my headlamp ! used to be 3x AA batteries that would quit in about 20 minutes with the xenon bulb, now it stays nice and BRIGHT for longer than i ever need..

And also my 6v mastercraft " drill " .. in stock form with something like 200mah nicads it could barely manage a few drywall screws.. with 2 cells it's now 8v and will drive a dozen 3" deck screws into the side of a 2x4 on a charge !!!!

 

[def215]

i thought i was cool upvolting my 12v black and decker drill to 14.4v 2200mah tenergy cells, but you guys are doing things way cooler than i am. that is all very cool. that is just awesome.