# New revision of the Spirit Halloween PKE Hardware **URL:** \ **Category:** PKE Meters\ **Created:** [August 28, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/new-revision-of-the-spirit-halloween-pke-hardware/17760 "2020-08-28T19:27:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DJVinx](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DJVinx](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/DJVinx)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/new-revision-of-the-spirit-halloween-pke-hardware/17760/1 "2020-08-28T19:27:24Z")
Hey guys, I went to Spirit Halloween yesterday to get another [PKE meter](https://www.gbfans.com/shop/mattel-pke-meter) to mod. Long story short, I broke my modded PKE and wanted to replace the defective innards and keep my moded shell… Surprise! Looks like they upgraded/modified the hardware! ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/a/4/a41e2d0e2e18bd3a3fda529c6c3a18875a042c83.jpeg) As we can see, it now uses 3 AAA batteries, I also noticed the wire used on the arms is softer, less rigid. The arms look like they will still fit unlike the Walmart ones. The shell parts are not swapable with previous model. I did not compared the [motherboard](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack/motherboard) yet. It looks the same from the back. Maybe it supports 3v and 4.5v. I’ll get to it later and share my finds. ---
**Author:** ![EnderWeggen](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/c67d28/32.png) [@EnderWeggen](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/EnderWeggen)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/new-revision-of-the-spirit-halloween-pke-hardware/17760/2 "2020-08-31T02:10:45Z")
I for one am both surprised that its been changed because it seams like updating the insides is not a real necessity for spirit-H but Ok and two really disappointing that the shells not only haven’t been visually updated but just made to not work with the wal-mart one :sigh: ---
**Author:** ![DJVinx](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DJVinx](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/DJVinx)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/new-revision-of-the-spirit-halloween-pke-hardware/17760/3 "2020-08-31T13:21:39Z")
Here’s a comparison of the two boards: Looks pretty much the same except for the 4.5v input. All the other hardware is the same and swappable. I didn’t want to all my shell weathering so I used my original shell and [motherboard](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack/motherboard) with all the new working hardware. Everything fits except for the shell. Maybe this revision was made to correct most of the V1 problems: bad switches, unsoldered wires… The v2 with 4.5v seems to get more tork from the motor too and should have a longer battery life. ---
**Author:** ![EnderWeggen](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/c67d28/32.png) [@EnderWeggen](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/EnderWeggen)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/new-revision-of-the-spirit-halloween-pke-hardware/17760/5 "2020-08-31T23:10:51Z")
It Must be a Quality control issue, I am thinking it must be to fix the low voltage issues, Like Mine will start intermittently working in cold weather so I would hope that is fixed but with my luck it will still happen.