Noob question thread! 2020_Summer

Oh I’ll manage :wink:

how did you mount the battery straps to the board?

There’s just an extra set of nuts holding the straps on… I posted it in the pictures only thread will see if I can find it.

Found it: 🖼️ Pictures and nothing else!_Legacy

Maybe still hard to tell from that but basically put battery on put screw through the enclosure then through a nut then strap then into the threaded inserts so the strap is held onto the screw by the nut and acts as backup in case the enclosure flexes some or whatever… So far has worked well and been abusing it.

ah, well I’d only need to have the charging port, the power buttons etc if I am charging the batteries inside? I have a standalone balance charger that will charge the packs. so, I am thinking of just removing the batteries and charge them when I need to

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You will need a loop key drilled through even with this setup.
As others have warned, it will get boring pretty fast.

I’m not buying shredlights for my board for the simple reason that instead of one charging port, i would have to connect 5 of them when i get home from work, press 5 buttons to turn on/off everything. It just… it gets tiring

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order of operations is very important

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too late now :stuck_out_tongue: It is my first build, so it was bound to be hick-ups. This is just one of them. No, you’re right, I have realized the difficulty of an enclosure. I’ll have to adapt to the situation I am in. which is, I need an enclosure that works for the build I currently have. Can’t redo.

@b264

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oh yeah i get it
i was thinking of getting something like this
i’ll make holes in them and put those rings in it.
do you know what those rings are called and the tools used to put them in?
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Hi guys! A few days ago I got Backfire Ranger X2. It’s good, I enjoy it. But I found out that there is some weird noice coming out from the motors when I turn it on. Don’t know how to describe it and can’t record it. Is that normal? Don’t want it to blow up on me :grimacing:
Please help
Many thanks!

In this case, you have forced yourself down the “DIY enclosure” route. Which is not the end of the world.

Have a look in here

:arrow_up: DO THAT

Leave a little more space inside than you think; line the inside with foam on all sides including the top

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cheers, I’ll take a look at it

I ordered that. thanks for the link.

I realistically can’t do this. I don’t have the tool, nor the space to perform such an operation. I would have to go with something less… ambitious. If you have any other suchlike guides, that would be very much appreciated

and I would need to be able to access it (to remove the batteries)

Yup should work I just found some replacement backpack straps that were highly rated on amazon and used those and this is the kit with the tool, basically grommet eyelet I think are the key terms:

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thanks

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would this config of batteries be good for you?

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that’s exactly how I thought it would be arranged! @Timmy

(oh and also, it’s one of the few viable options I have) I have tested by laying the battiers in such an arrangment on the underside of the board, and it works

i might have found an electrical box with the right dimensions, you can bolt in onto a board and still open it because it has a lid.
the problem is that it’s a bit too thick, 55mm

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I’m intrigued. Very much so. But as you said, might be too thick. Unless I mount it ontop, but it feels like it would be a difficult ride then. Do you think something could be done to it to shorten the height? @Timmy

Found this black one from Henkel:

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