How to Add a Low-Battery Light to Your Portable

thewise1 · Post by **thewise1** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:16 am

Virtual Boy wrote:Does a 1/4W 75ohm resistor work?
http://cgi.ebay.com/75-ohm-Axial-Lead-C ... .m14.l1262

Not even close. Just go with the 1W 1K oh, resistor.

Virtual Boy · Post by **Virtual Boy** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:37 am

I can NOT find it and i live in Norway. RadioShack will not ship to Norway.

thewise1 · Post by **thewise1** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:23 am

Well the resistor you had is not even one tenth of the resistance you would need. And you have to have 1W.

Try mouser.com, I love that website.

If that doesn't work then you'll have to get one from ebay.

Tchay · Post by **Tchay** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 12:55 am

Is this tutorial up to date? Are there any issues with the diagrams? I will be working on this in the next few weeks so I want to make sure its legit. thx.

Mario · Post by **Mario** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:35 am

There is a much better battery light indicator found here:
http://forums.modretro.com/viewtopic.ph ... 4776#p4776" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

You can use either one, just read the pros and cons for both.

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