Build a 4 x AA USB Altoids Battery

Step 4 More of the Same.

The USB port is too long for our needs. Take the wire-cutter and hack away all the excess. Be sure to leave behind enough plastic so it can still be securely mounted.

After about a half-hour of trimming, you should be left with a small nub of a USB port. Go ahead and cut the two center wires. We only need the red and black. Put a little dab of super glue on the back to make sure the port and pins don't move around. Carefully bend the back pins to one side so it'll fit in the tin.

While you have the PCI bracket handy, use it as a stencil and mark on the tin where you're going to drill the holes. Make sure you don't mark it too high or too low.

Comments

[SLKestrel]

Hey! awesome, but where can I find that motherboard bracket port or w.e? does it have to be a single port, and will anything (with possibly multiple ports) off of ebay work? thanks a lot-- my computer battery is so weak >.<

[dlosoccer10]

 i found mine in a computer and i think it should work with a multiple ports.

[pancho del rancho]

can we use a extension cord cuz that haz a usb port

[dlosoccer10]

 you can but it holds very little voltage so it will take for ever to charge your ipod. plus its going to be very difficult to find a battery that has such little voltages.

[mason0190]

Ive been looking for 2 weeks for a usb port. There was a busted up pc in my garage but the garbage man "accidentally" whisked it away to a life at the dump