Posted December 31, 201212 yr i run lipo batterys in my rc car which are 7.4 volts could i use this with my lego crawler any tips would be great if someone has done it any help would be great cheers tom
December 31, 201212 yr thats good news :) how do i find that topic im new to all this ? sorry I think Jopie|K is talking about this page http://www.philohome.com/
December 31, 201212 yr Author cheers kieran :) im just about to mod this to lipo hopefully just hope i get it right ,im gonna spur off the red and black wires in the power box to my lipo hope this works wish me look guys
December 31, 201212 yr Here is a better method of powering the LEGO PF system than destroying a battery box. http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=5599562
December 31, 201212 yr Ahhh, meltdown, Lego has been broke, what do I do? Never seen or heard of that being done before, whats the benefit of a different power supply?
December 31, 201212 yr cheers dude shame i didnt know that earler !!! I wish I had saw this earlier. I have done the same thing basically to my crawler but with 8 cell battery pack instead. I used rechargeable batteries to get a voltage around 10 volts, this way I wont destroy the IR receiver. Usually a 8 cell battery box with alkaline batteries will get around 12 volts which is enough to destroy the IR receiver. Ahhh, meltdown, Lego has been broke, what do I do? Never seen or heard of that being done before, whats the benefit of a different power supply? What broke? A Lipo battery is dramatically lighter compared to AA batteries.
January 6, 201312 yr Author The 8 cell seems to be a bit faster but mine works fine and it's just the right speed testing my new track :)
January 11, 201312 yr Very cool idea, sadly I keep buying rechargeable packs! Latest project uses 8 PF and 1 NXT
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