Hardwired Batteries

[Ivan Daylovich™]

There has been a bit of Deans discussion going on which got me thinking.

A hardwired battery (No connectors, just wire going straight to the gearbox.) would save more space than Deans, have less resistance, and an even less chance of coming undone/breaking.
To charge you leave some of the insulation stripped so you can attach clamps to charge the battery. The trigger should have an electrical disconnect so it won't fire when you are charging the battery.

Anyone see any problems with this?

Credit: LiberalPacifist for actually doing this at a game without issue.
Credit: ScaredShooter for the charging idea.

[NFS_Shadow]

no fuse?

[ScaredShooter]

Courtesy of me on for the charging idea.
AP chat is the home of brilliant minds.

[ScaredShooter]

Fuses are just another thing that break anyways.

[Payback]

stuff that battery in the (metal) buffer tube, or in the handguard near the (metal)outer barrel and i see no problems. Airsoft guns work really good when sparking and smoking.

Also, mid game battery changes would be awesome, i can carry a small honda genny on my back to charge as i play?


If you aren't going to use a 5000mah battery, which if you did would defeat the point of trying to save space, then you would have all these issues.

[ScaredShooter]

It's better to change guns because it's faster and more efficient. When you remove the battery from the gun it releases a lot of energy ions.

[Ivan Daylovich™]

The battery compartments in my guns are all plastic or wood. Coating the interior of a metal compartment with an insulating material would solve the shorting out problem.

Fuses are not required. Lots of people leave them out, but no reason you can't have a fuse in the circuit.

[code789]

if the body is metal you can also run current through it which saves wire space too

[ScaredShooter]

if the body is metal you can also run current through it which saves wire space too

This is a really ingenuitive idea, thanks for contributing Code.

[Ivan Daylovich™]

Yes, but the problem is if both positive and negative touch the metal the battery will short. If you remove a wire and use the metal chassis as a "wire" that would significantly increase resistance.

[ScaredShooter]

Oh I see. Wish I knew more about this stuff, sometimes I feel like an idiot haha.
I thought since the gun was a larger "wire," it would provide more room for the electrical current and thus less resistance.

[Ivan Daylovich™]

Oh I see. Wish I knew more about this stuff, sometimes I feel like an idiot haha.
I thought since the gun was a larger "wire," it would provide more room for the electrical current and thus less resistance.

No worries, you've provided a great idea for charging.
That is correct, but it's made of a different material than wire which is more resistive.

[ScaredShooter]

Is wood more or less resistive than this said material? I had an idea but idk if it would work.

[code789]

Yes, but the problem is if both positive and negative touch the metal the battery will short. If you remove a wire and use the metal chassis as a "wire" that would significantly increase resistance.

isolate the upper and lower receiver and plate the insides with silver
also use this as a lower face mask and power source at the same time:

[Ivan Daylovich™]

Damn, Code, that's as brilliant as it is insane!
I love it.