This is GREAT info!! I was looking into gathering up intel for this project and here it is. I'm headin' to Home Depot as soon as the wife gets home and start my battery pack project. It's sad, I have everything except the battery and charger. I save a lot of "junk" (as my wife puts it)and it comes in useful at times.
Thanks again and keep up the videos.. oh, keep your cloths on too. ;>

I have a question.. I picked up the battery at H.D., it was a Lithonia Lighting brand, model ELB06042 for $13. The wire you have on the video looks like an electrical cord. Is that what you used? I'd like to go with a little thinner type but not to thin, and curly. It could heat up a bit if it's too thin, You have a gauge on what you used?
Thanks..T

I used the indoor/outdoor electrical cord for lighting. It's waterproof and very well insulated.

I think it's 18 guage, if I remember correctly. I went with the thickest I could find. (I actually melted the insulation on a few of my first ones I made - got really ugly! Or at least very smokey! LOL )

I haven't had good luck finding coiled wire. I thought about getting a guitar cord from Radio Shack or a music store, but the actual wire is extremely thin. You want as little resistance in the wire as possible for the fastest recycle times.

Hope this helps!

Shan

Great info, enjoyed the video. A 16awg gauge coiled cord is the way to fly for flash power cord. You should entertain an in line fuse to protect equipment and yourself from the battery's power.
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Thanks, looking forward to more videos.