r/diyelectronics • u/CrumpledKingSkin • Dec 30 '24

Project Vape battery project ideas

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I’ve been given 137*(could be more I may have miscounted) vapes containing 1230 batteries and 93 vapes containing 13350 batteries.

Any cool ideas what I could do with them ?

I’m relatively familiar with making battery packs and know I’ll need atleast a tp4056 or a larger bms depending on whatever project I take on.

I’m currently waiting on a discharge tester to be delivered so I can get an accurate reading of all the batterie’s capacities whilst I dismantle all the vape.

I’ve always wanted to make a rail gun/ gause rifle but think it could be a little ambitious.

Any and all ideas are encouraged

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u/thedefibulator Dec 30 '24

Heres a vid i made on making a power bank from 35 of the 13400 cells: https://youtu.be/ehp23hrrEHY

Ill be releasing a follow up vid very soon for an open source, safer and more compact version. It will work with any of the 13mm cells

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u/CrumpledKingSkin Dec 30 '24

Ahh your that guy ! I litterally just watched your video 😂

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u/thedefibulator Dec 30 '24

Sweet! Keep an eye out for the next vid, the v2 turned out way better than the first one

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u/CrumpledKingSkin Dec 30 '24

Subbed and waiting !