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He just sent me a pic hmmm not sure if this is suitable or not? certainly the usb in to charge wouldn't be able to reach anywhere near where it needs to...... guessing this is a no?
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the battery is 66mm x 53mm x 8mm, the 12v battery is slightly longer at about 105mm x 55 x 8mm

excuse my ignorance although I have read loads of the posts I am not a technical / electrical / hands on guy at all so its all pretty confusing!!
 
nadstar said:
He just sent me a pic hmmm not sure if this is suitable or not? certainly the usb in to charge wouldn't be able to reach anywhere near where it needs to...... guessing this is a no?
http://i62.tinypic.com/axb521.jpg
the battery is 66mm x 53mm x 8mm, the 12v battery is slightly longer at about 105mm x 55 x 8mm

excuse my ignorance although I have read loads of the posts I am not a technical / electrical / hands on guy at all so its all pretty confusing!!
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I like the idea of being able to run a usb rechargeable battery like this but space is pretty limited in the sole of the shoe. All the USB connectors along with the battery and the inverter are pretty huge! That inverter wouldn't fit very well it's too thick. You could always relocate the USB ports but they are still pretty clunky even if you put them outside the shoe. They could work just hanging out freely inside the upper portion by the heel but that could be pretty uncomfortable against your heel or leg. It's a 5V system (just the example picture they gave you) looks like so that tells me you possibly could have the USB ports swapped out to micro USB connections which would be ten times better! But the inverter still is pretty bulky.
 
nadstar said:
He just sent me a pic hmmm not sure if this is suitable or not? certainly the usb in to charge wouldn't be able to reach anywhere near where it needs to...... guessing this is a no?
http://i62.tinypic.com/axb521.jpg
the battery is 66mm x 53mm x 8mm, the 12v battery is slightly longer at about 105mm x 55 x 8mm

excuse my ignorance although I have read loads of the posts I am not a technical / electrical / hands on guy at all so its all pretty confusing!!
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That inverter is too big really. The dimensions are too big to fit in the sole, even if you were to cut out some of the grey sole to make more space.
The battery is the same thing, just too big unfortunately.

Space is at a premium in these shoes, and the tried and tested method of Jedifyfe is the best.

The only real option it seems is to use that rectangle inverter from coolight or thatscoolwire or some other place if possible. That is the perfect size, as it fits neatly in the open space inside the grey soles alongside a 9v battery clip. Its the best one to get.
 
nadstar said:
OK then if not here where can I / we get EL sheet in the UK? I was just about to order the A5 sheet off EL wire so thanks for the post!

He has got this "we have a great driver that is the same size as the 9v one but runs off a small thin li-ion battery that is rechargable by usb" about to go on his website which sounds interesting......
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I'd ask the elwirecraft if their cuttable el sheet has changed, as they may have changed the design since last time. If there is less space to the edges, then it should be fine.
Maybe ask for some images of the el sheet when its turned off and on, will give a good indicator of its size in terms of the edges.
I noticed last time that their EL sheet has a big white space around the edges, maybe this could be cut, i never tried though.
 
airair said:
That looks fine. The problem with that is you only have 1 connector pin, so only one shape can be cut out.
You really need at least 4 pins on a cuttable EL sheet so you can use all the ends.
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I got this one http://elwirecraft.co.uk/el-product...uttable-el-panel-can-be-cut-into-four-shapes/ has 4 connectors! :)

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airair said:
That inverter is too big really. The dimensions are too big to fit in the sole, even if you were to cut out some of the grey sole to make more space.
The battery is the same thing, just too big unfortunately.

Space is at a premium in these shoes, and the tried and tested method of Jedifyfe is the best.

The only real option it seems is to use that rectangle inverter from coolight or thatscoolwire or some other place if possible. That is the perfect size, as it fits neatly in the open space inside the grey soles alongside a 9v battery clip. Its the best one to get.
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I went for this with the 9v battery clip http://elwirecraft.co.uk/el-products/12v-drivers/9v-portable-tiny-waterproof-inverter-for-5m-el-wire/ think this is the kind of one u mean

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airair said:
I'd ask the elwirecraft if their cuttable el sheet has changed, as they may have changed the design since last time. If there is less space to the edges, then it should be fine.
Maybe ask for some images of the el sheet when its turned off and on, will give a good indicator of its size in terms of the edges.
I noticed last time that their EL sheet has a big white space around the edges, maybe this could be cut, i never tried though.
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Based on the pronto pic guy saying you can cut it off I've ordered it and I may try and cut it off ill see whats what when I get it and report back
 
nadstar said:
I got this one http://elwirecraft.co.uk/el-product...uttable-el-panel-can-be-cut-into-four-shapes/ has 4 connectors! :)

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I went for this with the 9v battery clip http://elwirecraft.co.uk/el-product...able-tiny-waterproof-inverter-for-5m-el-wire/ think this is the kind of one u mean

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Based on the pronto pic guy saying you can cut it off I've ordered it and I may try and cut it off ill see whats what when I get it and report back
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I think you will find the 9v portable inverter too big. I remember trying that ages back, its bulky. You may be able to fit by cutting away some new space in the grey soles I think, I can't remember the dimensions of its height, as it seemed to be very slightly big by a few mm, but it may fit.

If not, then this is the one I was talking about thats on the shopping list.
http://www.coolight.com/product-p/cl-iptc-9v-3-7ft.htm

This is the rectangle one, its really small, definitely the smallest one available that can power everything with 9v. You put this sideways in the empty space in the grey soles alongside the 9v battery, fits perfect. You have to email them though to get cheaper shipping to UK, if you ask them they can do normal airmail which is much cheaper than the couriers they use.
 
airair said:
I think you will find the 9v portable inverter too big. I remember trying that ages back, its bulky. You may be able to fit by cutting away some new space in the grey soles I think, I can't remember the dimensions of its height, as it seemed to be very slightly big by a few mm, but it may fit.

If not, then this is the one I was talking about thats on the shopping list.
http://www.coolight.com/product-p/cl-iptc-9v-3-7ft.htm

This is the rectangle one, its really small, definitely the smallest one available that can power everything with 9v. You put this sideways in the empty space in the grey soles alongside the 9v battery, fits perfect. You have to email them though to get cheaper shipping to UK, if you ask them they can do normal airmail which is much cheaper than the couriers they use.
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Size is Each drivers dimensions are:29mm X 19mm X 24mm (LxWxH) so looks pretty similar / the same kinda size. Should have posted the dimensions when I mentioned it.... Will soon find out either way!
 
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airair said:
If not, then this is the one I was talking about thats on the shopping list.
http://www.coolight.com/product-p/cl-iptc-9v-3-7ft.htm

This is the rectangle one, its really small, definitely the smallest one available that can power everything with 9v. You put this sideways in the empty space in the grey soles alongside the 9v battery, fits perfect. You have to email them though to get cheaper shipping to UK, if you ask them they can do normal airmail which is much cheaper than the couriers they use.
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I've just order 2 inverters from them.
You have to register, make a regular order (you don't have the choice) with expensive shipping cost (about $57) then include 1st class International shipping note in "comments" area

It's $12 to France but I guess it's the same to UK.
I had a refund of $35.
You don't have tracking number so it's a bit risky but the price is way better!
 
If anyone is interested I put together a pretty lengthy tutorial on how I did my toe slim mods combining both the steam method by cavx & the tuck re-glue method by Jedifyfe on my youtube channel. of course shoutouts and links to both channels for cav. & jedi. are added in annotations and the about section. Giving credit where it is due :)

Hope it helps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pXeVo0LM7M
 
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KegStand said:
If anyone is interested I put together a pretty lengthy tutorial on how I did my toe slim mods combining both the steam method by @cavx & the tuck re-glue method by @Jedifyfe on my youtube channel. of course shoutouts and links to both channels for cav. & jedi. are added in annotations and the about section. Giving credit where it is due :)
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Hey Alvin,

I think you installed the resistor the wrong way. The resistor should go infront of the positive lead before the LED's on each row. Also the gold band on the resistor needs to go towards the LED's. I hope this makes sense

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Standard resistors do not have polarity. Also for LEDs, you can put the resistor on the negative or positive lead. I know there's a lot of info stating to put the resistor on this or that lead but there's even more info countering that misinformation.
 
Jedifyfe said:
Hey Alvin,

I think you installed the resistor the wrong way. The resistor should go infront of the positive lead before the LED's on each row. Also the gold band on the resistor needs to go towards the LED's. I hope this makes sense

http://www.therpf.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=416351&stc=1
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I think I got them all on the positive side correctly, but I def. did solder them in with the gold part facing out I read that it didn't matter which way they faced through google somewhere. I guess that was inaccurate? Can you explain that really quick for me? I'm assuming there is a positive and negative side to the resistors then...

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ARKM said:
Standard resistors do not have polarity. Also for LEDs, you can put the resistor on the negative or positive lead. I know there's a lot of info stating to put the resistor on this or that lead but there's even more info countering that misinformation.
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KegStand said:
I think I got them all on the positive side correctly, but I def. did solder them in with the gold part facing out I read that it didn't matter which way they faced through google somewhere. I guess that was inaccurate? Can you explain that really quick for me? I'm assuming there is a positive and negative side to the resistors then...
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I guess there is the answer. Thanks ARKM. Yeah I also read it didn't really matter what side the resistor went on too but I wanted to stick with what I already knew was working for everyone. Thanks for the feedback gents.
 
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This is news to me. Though, I will have to double check this since I am certain that my LEDS didn't light up when the resistor was flipped with the gold ring was near the positive lead.
 
Hi Jedifyfe,
Where did you find your wire tape for the strap? I don't know the exact name or brand of this tape to find similar product in my country...
This is the last thing I need to buy to start my mod :)
 
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