Batt. Pack for N64

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:56 pm

In my opinion, in my humble opinion, and laughing my a@@ off.

MikeJones · Post by **MikeJones** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:39 pm

i went to the radio shack today, and got 4 AA Ni-MH batteries. these things pack like 1800 mA, but i have to let the damn thing charge, so it will be tomorrow by the time i can test out the power circuit. im gonna use a 9.6v Ni-Cad bat at 1000mA for the 12v. i'll post more later

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:58 pm

can the n64's 12v line run on 7.2v?

can the psone screen run on 7.2v?

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:11 pm

yes and yes

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:14 pm

woohhooo !!! i can double my battery life!!

Metroid fan · Post by **Metroid fan** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:22 pm

Double woohoo *o* can double his battery life

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:23 pm

yay!!!

it will work!!

Metroid fan · Post by **Metroid fan** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:31 pm

Does it work

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:33 pm

i havent hooked it up but i am getting a constant voltage of *drumroll* 8.1v and.........it has a 4.5Ah capacity!

Metroid fan · Post by **Metroid fan** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:41 pm

*whistles* nice

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:16 am

ok i have re-charged the batteries and now i am getting 1.4v off the batteries, that means i will get 9.4v out of 6 batteries in each pack, so my question is can a 7808 regulate from a voltage very close to the proposed regulation point, ie. will a 7808 regulating from maybe 8.5v-8v, will that cause problems?

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:38 am

i think 7808s only work with 10.2v or higher

MikeJones · Post by **MikeJones** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:13 am

Hey, i tried to post yesterday, but (sniff)... My 21 in. CRT died

. i couldnt get my 15 inch out of storage until today. anywho, i rigged up the Ni-MH 3.6v and the Ni-Cd 9.6v to the N64, and i got about an hour of runtime out of it on F-Zero until the Ni-mh started to die and then the system started spontaneously resetting itself, and then all i got was a power light. :sigh:. i guess i'll just need a bigger battery and a DC-DC converter for the 3.3v. oh, speaking of regulators, i found one in the power pack, and when i hooked in the Ni-Cd pack, i got one volt. i dont really know how to use my MM, so that may be wrong.Cough, cough 3.3v,maybe, cough,hack,wheeze. thanks for all your help.

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:04 pm

is there anyway to lower voltage other than a regulator?

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:08 pm

are you using AAs or something? if you are, use less batteries