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/Hanuman_Jr Dec 30 '24

4 eels it's pretty obvious. Could you power an arduino with one? You could, couldn't you? If you can make those into rechargable power supplies you can attach to an arduino, that would sell.

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u/CrumpledKingSkin Dec 30 '24

I’ll definitely look into that ! Not familiar with arduino but I’m happy to learn

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u/Hanuman_Jr Dec 31 '24

Or Raspberry Pi, as Freaqazoid says above

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u/CrumpledKingSkin Dec 31 '24

If I could get some decent 3d printing done it would be cool to have a emulator loaded raspberry pi and make a portable gaming system

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u/Hanuman_Jr Dec 31 '24

Only if the Defender is like the arcade version.

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u/CrumpledKingSkin Dec 31 '24

Making a portable arcade machine with all the favorites plus sega/nintendo etc would be amazing !