6V DIY Power Bank

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Took dittohead's 4 AA Battery Holder and decided to make it a power pack. Tom Hanks to dittohead! Wiring this turned out to be a little abstract, and was fun! Huzzah! Please, though, if you're wiring this yourself as I did, make sure no leads are connected that shouldn't be. I liked the size and shape of dittohead's design, but needed to remove the extras on the top and side, and add the channels and extra holes to change its function. ------------------------------------------ DIRECTIONS ------------------------------------------ If, like me, you want to run the batteries in series to achieve 6V, then follow the following instructions! The batteries, when eventually inserted, will be oriented all Positive poles upward. Keep this in mind when thinking of the wiring. We'll need five pieces of wire. We're going to connect them like this. Wire 1: BAT1 Negative to BAT2 Positive Wire 2: BAT2 Negative to BAT3 Positive Wire 3: BAT3 Negative to BAT4 Positive Wire 4: BAT4 Negative to Negative Terminal Wire 5: BAT1 Positive to Positive Terminal Here's how: Run some wire through one of the two holes on the side of one of the battery compartments, (to eventually make contact with the NEGATIVE pole of the first battery). Poke the wire back up and out through the closest hole then run it through one of the channels on the sides. Once through the side channel (you should be on the opposite side of the battery compartment now), find a duo of holes that is on a battery compartment adjacent to the one you just wired (not across from it), and repeat the process of running wire through one of the battery holes, to eventually make contact with the POSITIVE terminal of this second battery. Poke it back through the closest hole and tie or secure it. Repeat the process with the other end of the wire you just connected. Start the process over with a new piece of wire at the NEGATIVE end of the second battery, running it through the next channel over and connecting it to the POSITIVE end of the third battery. Secure both ends of the wire you just connected. Now, yet again with a new piece of wire, connect the NEGATIVE end of the third battery via the holes, run it through the next channel and connect it to the POSITIVE terminal of the fourth and final battery. Secure both ends of this wire as well. Run another piece of wire from the NEGATIVE connector of the fourth battery, (through the fourth and final channel if you wish), and this is your NEGATIVE LEAD. Now go back to the very beginning, and connect a wire through the holes of the positive terminal of the very first battery. This now becomes your POSITIVE LEAD. Attach some Red Electrical tape or heat-shrink tubing to the lead coming out of the positive pole, and some black tape or heat-shrink tubing to the negative pole. Also, take note that this unit is NOT SAFE TO USE until you shield the exposed wires. I can't stress this enough: Please DON'T USE IT UNTIL YOU WRAP IT IN A NON-CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL (like electrical tape)!!! Thanks for giving it a try maybe!