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I've been wanting to do this for a while now, and figured it would work out fine. I also think I read somewhere that Waterheads PXLs run on a 9 volt. Normally I run 6 AA rechargeable batteries but after months of wedging the bottom four in and then prying them out again I needed a change. This is probably the easiest mod you could do to your camera, the only pain (not really) is the modification of the battery compartment. Here we go:
What you will need:
PXL 2000 Camera
Soldering Iron & Solder
9 Volt Battery
9 Volt Battery Connector Strap
Phillips Head Screwdriver
Tape (not shown)
Knife/Dremel Tool (not shown)
Open the Camera
First thing first, you'll need to open up the camera. I've had mine opened so many times that I've lost all the rubber nubs and one of the battery compartments.
We need tol be looking at the front battery compartment under the lens.
Adding in the New Battery Strap
In the compartment mentioned above. You will find the + & - terminals that the AA's used. This little piece of plastic slides right out.
Once you have it out either desolder or cut the wires from the terminal. I'm prone to mistakes so I like to give my self as much wire as possible, so I opted the desoldering method.
With the terminal removed take your 9 volt connector strap and splice the red to the red wire and the black to the black wire.
Then dab a bit or solder over both the spiced + and - spliced wires. Once they are both soldered and cool wrap a piece of tape around each one and you are pretty much home free.
The Moment of Truth...
Make sure you have a tape in the PXL and hit Play & Record hit the switch and the camera should purr like a kitten.
Modify the battery compartment
If you are either missing the front compartment door or don't mind having a piece of tape holding the battery in, you are finished. If you want to be able to put the door back on keep on reading.
First thing you will need to do is remove all the guides and tabs on the inside of the door. You could use an exacto but if you have a Dremel, it's the perfect time to break that puppy out.
Now you will need to remove the bottom + & - AA terminals. This needs to be done on the main body and the body cover. As you can see in the photos there are little dabs of plastic that you need to scrape out.
After you get most of it out, put your screwdriver underneath the terminals and pry them out. They come out pretty easy so, if you see the plastic of the camera body turning white and ready to snap, slow down and scrape some more of the plastic out go at it again. Be sure to remove them from both the cover and the main camera body.
Now that you have them out there is only one item of business left. On the main camera body, we'll need to remove a guide. Carefully remove it but try to steer clear of the front of the camera, otherwise there will be a gaping hole if you cut too much out.
Like a glove!
Replace the body cover, the screws, slap the 9 volt in, drop in the cover and you are ready to go. Good Luck! |
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