I had my old lipo charger rigged up so I could plug it into either the wall through a computer power supply, or the cigarette lighter on my car. Nice and convenient so I didn't have to pop the hood to charge through the car. Last weekend though, something happened and my charger fried itself.
The new charger is nice because I don't have to run through the computer power supply to plug it into a wall. However, it also doesn't have a nice way to plug into a cigarette lighter. After thinking about it, I decided that I didn't want to cut the cord that had the clips on it in case I needed them attached. Instead I made a very simple power rail out of the cord I used to use with the charger that fried. I wanted something that I could easily clip on to, but wouldn't short itself out easily. Here is the result: http://i.imgur.com/r59G52I.jpg
The rail itself is just a wire coming off of a cigarette lighter plug taped/glued to a bit of carbon fiber rod and two patches stripped off so I can just clip right to the bar and make contact.
The new charger is nice because I don't have to run through the computer power supply to plug it into a wall. However, it also doesn't have a nice way to plug into a cigarette lighter. After thinking about it, I decided that I didn't want to cut the cord that had the clips on it in case I needed them attached. Instead I made a very simple power rail out of the cord I used to use with the charger that fried. I wanted something that I could easily clip on to, but wouldn't short itself out easily. Here is the result: http://i.imgur.com/r59G52I.jpg
The rail itself is just a wire coming off of a cigarette lighter plug taped/glued to a bit of carbon fiber rod and two patches stripped off so I can just clip right to the bar and make contact.
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