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Title: AA battery eliminator Post by: mystre on March 12, 2009, 10:45:14 AM I'm using a AA battery eliminator (with slight modifications as described) and I'm coming up with 127% power on the wiimote when I fire up the whiteboard.
Is that a huge problem? Dale Title: Re: AA battery eliminator Post by: mystre on March 12, 2009, 12:21:01 PM I'm looking at this article
http://www.boonjin.com/smoothboard/index.php?title=Wiimote_modifications Quote This makes the use of the power source less critical. An AC adapter, laying around in the school or at someone's home, supplying 3 to 7 Volts is fine. The voltage regulator will bring down the voltage to 2,85 Volts. So it looks like I should get the voltage regulator that brings the AC power adapter from 5 volts to 2.85 volts Title: Re: AA battery eliminator Post by: benpaddlejones on March 12, 2009, 05:15:51 PM mystre
Definatley, more than 3v will fry your Wiimote. benpaddlejones :) Title: Re: AA battery eliminator Post by: mystre on March 13, 2009, 05:26:13 AM Sorry for the dumb question, but I'm new to this and I don't want to burn anything down.
So - in theory, I litterally just buy/find a 3 volt AC adapter, cut off its charging terminal and hook it up to the wiimote? but most AC adapters are not 3 volt. If so-then this 3 volt adapter at the bottom of this page would work? http://store.advancedmart.com/kaamfmshramo.html Dale Title: Re: AA battery eliminator Post by: benpaddlejones on March 13, 2009, 10:59:48 PM mystre
Yes, its that simple but... 1. Make sure 3v 1amp 2. Use a voltage meter to make sure definatley under 3v benpaddejones :) Title: Re: AA battery eliminator Post by: mystre on March 20, 2009, 04:46:28 AM would 3v 700mA work without potentially hurting anything?
Title: Re: AA battery eliminator Post by: benpaddlejones on March 21, 2009, 12:02:32 AM mystre
Sounds good, maybe a little under current, but suck and see. benpaddlejones :) Title: Re: AA battery eliminator Post by: JoriQ on May 26, 2009, 05:02:06 PM I'm curious if you have tried this and if it has worked?? I found a product with the same numbers and am going to give it a go. It's only $4, so I'll probably just give it a try.
would 3v 700mA work without potentially hurting anything? Title: Re: AA battery eliminator Post by: mystre on May 26, 2009, 06:01:26 PM I found a 3V 300mA over the weekend and tried it. The was reading %132 on the wiimote. MY wiimote is working, but I would definitely check with a voltage meter as BPJ suggested earlier in the thread.
Title: Re: AA battery eliminator Post by: JoriQ on June 11, 2009, 08:42:21 AM Working like a charm! I used an eraser to hold the red button down, but I have found that syncing within the 10 sec (or whatever it is) time frame is unreliable. Instead, I put another eraser in the stand I use and put the wiimote in upside down to hold the A & B buttons down permanently. Great fix!! I'll try to take a photo of it at some point.
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