Battery Door?

inverseroom · February 20, 2005, 07:13:53 PM

Has anyone here gotten sick of unscrewing their DIY pedals to change the battery? Have any of those people tried installing a battery door? What do you think--more trouble than it's worth?

gak · February 20, 2005, 07:19:33 PM

if you read spanish you can take a look here:
http://pisotones.com/Articulos/Mecanizacion.htm
this guys are great..!
(if you don't read spanish you can watch the pictures anyway, not to much to add..)

inverseroom · February 20, 2005, 07:55:13 PM

Â¡Â¡ Mucha suerte !!

sir_modulus · February 20, 2005, 09:18:17 PM

That's really cool..I should look into that. I don't find it all that annoying, but I would like something like a battery drawer (those don't fit

)

Cheers,

Nish

Paul Perry (Frostwave) · February 21, 2005, 04:19:28 AM

http://www.bulgin.co.uk/Products/BatteryHolders/BatteryHolders.html
Check BX0023.
Mind you, I'd rather spend my life unscrewing the base than have to make the rectangular hole for the battery case :x
Oh, and Bulgin are good, but NOT cheap

gez · February 21, 2005, 08:46:52 AM

Might look pig ugly, but how about sticking a battery box/clip on the outside of an enclosure (drill a hole for the lead).

Probably not a solution for those who sell pedals, but for homebrewed utilitarian stuff?

Mike Burgundy · February 21, 2005, 09:56:20 AM

as long as your doing that - why not go all the way and make yourself a large battery pack power supply?

sir_modulus · February 21, 2005, 11:06:54 AM

I dunno...I basically just deal with it. I REALLY dislike drilling square holes...it is quite unfun....

Cheers,

Nish

onboard · February 21, 2005, 11:09:42 AM

Quote from: Paul Perry (Frostwave)
Mind you, I'd rather spend my life unscrewing the base than have to make the rectangular hole for the battery case :x

No doubt.

The Mouser # is 122-BX0023. At $3.17 per, that's alot of 25 cent battery clips...twelve-ish actually.

If you're bound and determined for that battery drawer, how about the dual 9V 122-BX0026 for 18V operation or bi-polar 9V from two batteries, or twice the battery life at single sided 9V. (no, I'm not a Mouser or Bulgin rep :wink:)

Paul's right, have fun cutting those square/rectangular openings...

mveitch · February 21, 2005, 01:27:27 PM

Babelfish -> http://world.altavista.com/babelfish does an ok translation of the spanish site mentioned earlier by the way...

inverseroom · February 21, 2005, 02:54:25 PM

Hmm, perhaps there's a way to punch out the square hole? I feel like there is a method out there that I'm not seeing.

Of course, it's not like I change batteries all that frequently.

gez · February 21, 2005, 03:26:05 PM

Quote from: inverseroomHmm, perhaps there's a way to punch out the square hole? I feel like there is a method out there that I'm not seeing.

How about making your own bottom plate for a diecast box? Sheet steel/Aluminium, tin snips/shears...

inverseroom · February 21, 2005, 03:47:47 PM

Quote from: gez
Quote from: inverseroomHmm, perhaps there's a way to punch out the square hole? I feel like there is a method out there that I'm not seeing.

How about making your own bottom plate for a diecast box? Sheet steel/Aluminium, tin snips/shears...

Or, I could find a toy keyboard or something with a battery door and carve out a new bottom plate around it...

Paul Perry (Frostwave) · February 21, 2005, 06:48:45 PM

Or you could just throw away the screws in the bottom plate, and use magnets!
Either have magnets glued to the main box & a steel base, or magnets on the base as well. Then you just wrench the base off & slap in a new battery!!!
I can't believe people can give a shit about unscrewign bases :lol:

sir_modulus · February 21, 2005, 06:50:43 PM

For a square hole, what you do is drill a/some holes in the box, then you file out the holes to make a square....not fun...at all...

Cheers,

Nish

inverseroom · February 21, 2005, 06:51:20 PM

Quote from: Paul Perry (Frostwave)Or you could just throw away the screws in the bottom plate, and use magnets!
Either have magnets glued to the main box & a steel base, or magnets on the base as well. Then you just wrench the base off & slap in a new battery!!!
I can't believe people can give a shit about unscrewign bases :lol:

Would the magnets mess up the signal?

You are clearly underestimating the heroic anality of many a guitar geek. By the way, you have some pizza sauce on your tie, there. :dab dab:

Paul Perry (Frostwave) · February 21, 2005, 08:39:29 PM

Quote from: inverseroomWould the magnets mess up the signal?

No. A stationary magnetic field won't cause any problems.

Regan · February 23, 2005, 05:21:07 AM

Most electronic suppliers sell punches for IEC power connectors, seems to me these would be the perfect size, then just mount a little hinge on the piece punched out,,,,,,
Regan

sovtek50 · February 23, 2005, 01:44:09 PM

Quote from: Paul Perry (Frostwave)I can't believe people can give a shit about unscrewign bases :lol:

...so can't I. Unscrewing things is why I picked up DIYing in the first place...

Triffid · February 23, 2005, 02:17:05 PM

Well, I am interested in this thread because i am currently building a reverb that i would like to box up nicely in a wooden box, with nails... and yes... a battery drawer

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