@ BSjohnson how did you mount the battery to your pack?
Will someone slime him please.
I really don’t want to be rude, but this is the second or third time you’ve asked me a question the answer to which I’ve already posted. The way I mounted my battery is shown in the third post of this thread. Other alternatives have also been discussed.
ok i just knocked this together for the wire set up
tested it and it works great i just need the sound kit sorted next
id still like to know the best way to mount the battery pack
ah yeah sorry i missed the zip tie.. i suppose its a decent enough way to mount it, is it very secure? has it ever fallen out? its just im used to securing things down with bolts etc so its solid
I haven’t had any problems with the battery falling out of the zip ties. If I recall I just used those with the intention of it being temporary. But it worked and I was too lazy to change it out, so it stayed. That’s how I did it, but it’s certainly not the only method that will work.
ok this has got my head in a spin now…
i got my lithium battery pack 12Vdc and when i wire it up to my gun and switch the battery pack on the little light on the battery pack comes on like its supposed to,
but when i switch my gun on the power pack light goes of and i have no power
whatup with that??
its all wired up correctly because when i use one of those square 9v batterys instead of the 12v battery pack it works
If you will permit me to ask you two stupid questions:
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Did you charge the 12V battery before doing this?
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Are you certain you have it wired correctly? As in, (+) to {+) and (-) to (-)?
Stupid questions often lead to intelligent answers. Three months as a DISH network tech support rep taught me that. 
it says charge it till the green light goes off.. i did that
and yes the wires are correct as when i pull off the 12 battery clip and insert 1 of my square 9v batterys it works
it does say in the instructions that it has an automatic cut off incase of incorrect use
but is gotta be wired correct or when i use the 9v battery it wouldnt work
yeah thats very nice..
now why isnt it working??
this is the battery i got
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250681991535&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
Uh oh. That’s the battery got for mine as well (hasn’t arrived yet). Guess I’ll be paying closer attention to this.
If you’re using that wiring setup in that photo there, then you’ve probably got your polarity reversed.
The 9v battery you have has the following terminals: {-}(+)
Those attach to the connector which is (-){+}
Meaning the black wire on the connector would attach to the () terminal on the connector, and the red conenctor would attach to the {} terminal.
That means when you connect the battery to the connector you have:
{-}(+)
(-){+}
If you connect two connectors together though, you have this setup:
(-){+}
{+}(-)
So the red wire coming out of the second connector is attached to the black wire of the first connector, and vice versa.
So if you wire the second connector so that the red wire goes to the battery’s red wire, its positive connection, then you’ve got the polarity backwards when you connect it to the first connector which goes to the circuit.
Not necessarily … I think I might see your problem though.
The wires circled in red are going to your 12v battery. The others you have going to your pack and gun lights. It’s where you’re connecting these (circled in blue) that might be causing the issue.
On a 9v battery, the positive (+) pole is the little prong and the negative (-) is the big one like this:
So for the the connector to fit on the battery, it’s the opposite. The negative (-) is the little prong while the positive (+) is the big one. Like this:
Where you have two connectors fitting to each other, it’s possible that you’ve got positive (+) going to negative (-) at that connection point. This would explain why your 12 battery isn’ working while your 9v set up is. Try reversing the wires on the 12v wire (circled in red above) and see what happens.
EDIT: Oops, Ghstguy beat me to the explanation. But my post has illustrative pictures,so I’ll leave it as is.
A caveat. If you bought that connector there with the circular connecotr attached to the 9v battery snap, then you’d assume it was correct.
BUT, if I’m not mistaken, those circular connectors don’t have a standardized polarity. So you could still have a connector designed with the negetive in the middle when it should be on the outside, even if it all came assembled.
Unless that connector came with the battery in which case I think it’s safe to assume it is properly wired to act as a battery snap.
But I don’t think that would be the case as that is a 12v battery and a 9v battery snap.
I think you might be well off to get an inexpensive multimeter to check the polarity on the battery plug. Or at the very least check the polarity of the current running to the end of your harness. Mine comes in very handy when doing projects like this.
that was it guys the polarity was reversed i just swapped over the wires and resolderd and its all good
thanks all is working now
phew lol
ok the quick question I have on this is. I will be using this method and hard wiring everything. will I have to do anything special to recharge the battery? or just plug it in while its all hooked to the system. I got a different battery kit as I did not want to have to fuss with a switch on the battery.
this is the battery setup I got.
You should have a cut off switch that prevents power from going to the electronics while the battery is being charged. A SPDT power switch should do it.
so basically the switches I will be using to turn off the light kits and amp should do it then.