Spyder Eframe 9V Conversion?

[lhamilton1807]

You talking about like an 18650 cell?

[dutchcommando]

Sorry to necro-post, but I'm currently currently in the process of making a conversion of sorts that'll allow Spyders to be powered by a LiPo cell. It's not a 9V, but it will have USB-C recharging and a higher capacity!

[Trbo323]

Pretty sure it's the stock capacitor - the caps on both boards are the same size. It's probably the camera angle or how well organized the wires are that made one seem bigger/smaller.

I will check with my friend - one of us may find our way up your way in the near future.

@Super Nova may be coming up here today, I can send a few with him if you want

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[lhamilton1807]

That's not a factory capacitor. It's too large. They can be the same specs but it looks like someone already replaced it once.

lhamilton1807 I have a bunch of capacitors of you need some and find yourself up my way.

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Pretty sure it’s the stock capacitor - the caps on both boards are the same size. It’s probably the camera angle or how well organized the wires are that made one seem bigger/smaller.

I will check with my friend - one of us may find our way up your way in the near future.

[Trbo323]

That's not a factory capacitor. It's too large. They can be the same specs but it looks like someone already replaced it once.

lhamilton1807 I have a bunch of capacitors of you need some and find yourself up my way.

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[lhamilton1807]

Yep, I hear ya. I’m not a fan of old e-Spyders - preferred the Piranha line. I just got a newer Fenix in the mail and it works on a 9v and is a great shooter, smoother and quieter than the older ones. No fancy milling so it’s like they made it a sleeper by accident 🤣

[Psycho91]

I was just being funny, I totally understand mowing players down with a marker they find inferior, spyders have always been funny with batteries that's why iv always stayed away from the electric ones, I mean you made a marker that won't work off regular 9v when everything else around it does,sounds like kingman tbh

[lhamilton1807]

lol yeah that’s an option. Fixing this for a friend and I think he’d have words for me if I brought his RT Spyder back to him with a mech frame 😝

[Psycho91]

Swap to a mech frame problem solved 😂

[Psycho91]

Sounds like a board issue, another thing you can do on these old spyders is drill the transfer hole out to 5/16 I believe it is like they do the old Timmy's and probably get a little jump in velocity

[lhamilton1807]

That’s what we figured would be the next step. I don’t have a fancy tester, but a cap can’t be that much, and I know I can solder it for him. If that doesn’t work, I’m sure we can find a donor or replacement gun somewhere.

[Brokeass_baller]

It could very easily be the cap. I do electrical work, and I replace non-exploded caps all the time. If you have a meter, you can probably check the capacitance.

[lhamilton1807]

But a the idea of a board swap isn’t a bad one… there’s no difference in connectors between an old Imagine (left, big LED indicators) that I have and my friend’s RT Rodeo (right, lighted firing options LED board)

Edit: the noid is fine - swapping these boards got the gun to cycle with the heavy spring, so there’s something wrong with the capacitor or board on his rodeo.

[lhamilton1807]

I’m sure the frame would work, but just doing a board swap would be a bit of a project. The old Spyders just have one button and LEDs that show through the grip scale. The 2012 Fenix I have has two buttons and a display on the back of the grip.

[Cdn_Cuda]

Looks like the current Spyder Fenix electro-Spyder uses a standard 9v. Can its frame or board work?