Gamecube Infinite Worklog

[novenary]

Iamdablasta :
-The stock regulator has been tested to tolerate 10.4V and work perfectly fine.
-There is a 12V reg on the regulator board. The stock power brick is actually 12.4V.

[iamdablasta]

Iamdablasta :
-The stock regulator has been tested to tolerate 10.4V and work perfectly fine.
-There is a 12V reg on the regulator board. The stock power brick is actually 12.4V.

Any lower than that and it shuts down, There is still power left in the batteries. I've flattened batteries from 1,5 down to 0,2 before they left out of juice. Still working, kinda.

[kinect360]

I got 1 hour and 30 minutes of game play ( wind waker ) before the gamecube stopped. Screen was still powered but voltage too low for the gc I guess. This time that I got was with no charging and straight out of the box. I am happy with 1.5 hours for now, think I can get more?

[iamdablasta]

I got 1 hour and 30 minutes of game play ( wind waker ) before the gamecube stopped. Screen was still powered but voltage too low for the gc I guess. This time that I got was with no charging and straight out of the box. I am happy with 1.5 hours for now, think I can get more?

Tested difference with max brightness and lowest brightness on screen? It usually is quite big.
Sound probably a little difference, but not something you can live without.

I think you could get more, somehow. How much space is there in the case? If you can you could always go for more batteries haha

[kinect360]

Havent got the case yet so no clue how much space, and it is very much possible these batteries were not fully charged.

[iamdablasta]

Havent got the case yet so no clue how much space, and it is very much possible these batteries were not fully charged.

Considered the possibility myself. Well, report back when new results are in :)

[kinect360]

Should any DC 12v in with the same millamps going in work to charge it? I Accidentally fried the old charge -.-

[iamdablasta]

Should any DC 12v in with the same millamps going in work to charge it? I Accidentally fried the old charge -.-

Yeah it should.

[kinect360]

There is no charging board or anything in the battery pack, is it possible it was in the wall plug part?

[novenary]

You should probably make a custom regulator if the screen still works when the cube shuts down.

[kinect360]

Okay I can do that, any directions to what would be the best to build/what I need?

[kinect360]

Also the plug that I got to charge the batteries was EU, so I went and changed the ends to US. This worked for a while until I tried moving the plug in to fit the casing better (it was plugged in at the time), this was stupid of me and the 120v prong touched the board inside the plug and 120v went were only 12v shouldve went and it sparked and now there is no green light that comes on when it is plugged in and it doesnt charge. My guess is this wall plug its definitely dead. The batteries and the cube how ever still function great. Here is a picture of the small board that was in the EU plug that came with the batteries.


My question is, does this only regulate voltage or does it have something to do with charging the batteries? I cant seem to find any small board or anything next to the batteries and am worried finding another charger of 12v with 500mA would over charge them.

[novenary]

If I were you I'd replace the fuse before assuming it's dead.
Also, check this out for the regulator : http://forums.modretro.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=2844

[L10N37]

There is little protection circuits on your batteries to stop overcharging (cuts em off about 4.2-4.25v). You will want to take these off so you just have the positive and negative tabs exposed.

then do a search on ebay for a charging PCB. Check your terminals with a multimeter to assure correct polarity. The charging pcbs regulate the current and your stock nintendo 12v dc should charge em fine

[L10N37]

http://m.ebay.com.au/itm/170653626822?nav=SEARCH cant tell by your photo.. my lipos had the little boards. You dont need em if thats what they are. The boards do this.