9v to 18v (maybe 12v, does it matter?)

[Bartleby]

alright, here's the full frontal directions of this mod. there's just one question, are you ready?

here's what ya need:
- Soldering Iron
- Solder
- 2 Nine Volt Connectors
- 2 Nine Volt Batteries
- Pair Of Wire Cutters

Here's whatchya do:
1-you're gonna have to take the hopper apart. yes, that's right, all the screws need to come out and you need to disconnect the servo from the board.

2-you need to remove the two metal clips on the bottom of the board. These are what the battery touches.

3-take the board out of the plastic housing. be gentle, the world of electronics is a fragile one.

4-on the bottom side of the board there will be four metal rectangles. two of which will have a metal bar connecting them. this bar connects the circut so that the system bipasses the second battery connection.

5-here's where the soldering comes into play. you need to heat up the soldering iron, and melt away some of that solder holding down the bar, then slide the bar off to the side and bend it vertically. then cut it off using the wirecutters.

6-now we need to connect the 9v battery connectors. you can use the solder that remains from the bar of one of the 9v connectors, the other you'll need your own.

7-when you've soldered the connectors, put the board back in the plastic housing and put the hopper back together.

8-remember, if you turn it on and it doesn't work, chances are you got the positive and negative sides backwards. but don't worry, no harm done. just go back, switch them, and once again put it back together.

9-congradulations on your very own, 18v(or 12v, i like 18 better though, it's got a nice ring to it) hopper. no go play some ball!

[RobAGD]

www.robagd.com Yawnnnnn

Old news heheh

-Robert

ps - things just got better I got myself a Weller WES-50 Soldering station for doing my butchery.

[Bartleby]

rob, thanks for the update that was a little unneccisary. i posted this thread because i have been asked a number of times how to modify a 9v revy and so i did so in order to enhance the lives of others and make it easier for me. would you rather i had PMed 25 people with the same information? or could i just post it as a thread and be done with it?

[RobAGD]

If you didnt notice I had a grinning smiley I was just screwing with you a tad.

Relax

-Robert

[Bartleby]

i'm sorry Rob. i didn't mean to be so belligerent. i was a little inflamed about something else that happened today and i didn't mean to bring it to ao. my apologies.

i'm all better now.

[Lockawam]

is this tweak for 9 volt revy's only? or is it for 12 volts too?

[Bartleby]

just 9v. all it does is allow for another battery to be powering the revy. the 12v already uses two.

[MagNumPI]

Does this mod do any thing else to the hopper or just allow you to use 2 batteries?

[Bartleby]

it speeds up the revolution of the paddles. the velocity is just about doubled.

[Lockawam]

do you know of any tweaks for a 12 volt rev?

[Bartleby]

nope, don't think any exist.

[Lockawam]

i have a friend whose 12 volt got tweaked to an 18

[Bartleby]

i'll look into that. if i find anything i'll let everyone know.

[paintsprayer]

if i modify a 12v to use more batteries will it spin faster and therefore load faster, or is the 12v already loading as fast as gravity will allow?

[Bartleby]

i don't think so sprayer. The board has something along the lines of a resister, which allows for only a certain amount of power to flow to the motor. Unles you were to disable that resister, 3 batteries (i do not believe) would have any more affect that 2, it would merely have more of a power supply and would thus last longer.