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First Mechanical Box Mod

Brian L

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Howdy folks,
Just finished up making this mechanical box mod an hour ago. I've been vaping it using my Mutation X v4 with a .18 ohm build and it hits great! It's actually been several days worth of production since I have very little free time to spend on things like this, but I'm very happy with the finished product (mainly because everything actually works as it should!). Tomorrow I'm going to try to get some time to do some engraving on it, but I don't yet know exactly what I want to do. Anyways - I'd love some feedback!

Lighted Anti-Vandal Switch (this way I can't forget that it's turned on!)
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The guts! I added the volt meter and main power switch to this build. (can you tell the color theme on this box? ;) )
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And since it's all buried, here's the grounding path. All of the wiring to and from the 510 connection is solid 12 gauge copper, and I used two mosfets in parallel.
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You can't see it in the photos, but I cut some acrylic at work to bump the battery sled and mosfets 1/8" off the floor of the box. This was so the wire from the 510 could be soldered to the bottom of the mosfets and the wire from the mosfets to the battery negative is soldered on top. Since the wire is so thick I wanted more wiggle room.
 

othurme

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Wouldn't it be ironic to engrave it to look like pack of Kool Milds?

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Too soon?
 

Brian L

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Yeah I was originally planning on using the G box, but I couldn't find anything aluminum with a blue finish and really didn't want to paint it, so I went with the larger one. I do want to do a G box next, though, now that I got my feet wet.
 

Brian L

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Wouldn't it be ironic to engrave it to look like pack of Kool Milds?

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Too soon?
That would be pretty funny, and I could probably get it pretty darn close, but I was a Marlboro smoker so it would be too out of place. ;)
 

Wabah58

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Yeah I was originally planning on using the G box, but I couldn't find anything aluminum with a blue finish and really didn't want to paint it, so I went with the larger one. I do want to do a G box next, though, now that I got my feet wet.

I like the G box size for most of my builds, but I have to admit I did a dual 26650 PWM and I totally love that baby.

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Brian L

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What do you do for color on the G boxes, @Wabah58 ? I don't have the ability to powder coat so I figure spray paint is my only option.
 

Brian L

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So I had an issue with the lighted switch. It all of the sudden started flashing anytime I had the mod turned on. Decided it was probably too much voltage to the led. So I added a resistor and all is well now. Plan for the future is to package everything that's in this box into a smaller one, now that I know a place that has powder coated G boxes. :)
 

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