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Step 3Powering Your Spectra
Polaroid had the ingenious idea of building a battery pack into each film pack so you never had to worry about the batteries suddenly dying. To replace the six volts of power that feeds the camera, I bought a nifty 4 X AA holder with a nice switch on the box for about $2.
1. Remove the door that has the rollers. This is easily done by bending the tabs on the left and right side. This will make it a little easier to get at the insides of the camera.
2. Next attach wire to the metal battery contacts inside the film chamber. A pair of needle nose pliers are great for twisting the wire onto the posts.
3. The camera has way too much plastic to properly solder the wires on the contacts, so I used wire glue...a conductive glue which works fine for the low voltages we are working with here.
4. Wire glue is not that strong, so I reinforced the bond by flowing epoxy over the connection. Make sure the electrical connection is there before doing the epoxy!
5. Once both battery contacts have a wire attached, feed the wires out of the camera.
6. Solder your battery pack wires to the wires from the battery contacts. Pay attention to the polarity! I finished these connections with some heat shrink tubing, but electrical tape would work fine.
7. I used double sided tape to stick the battery pack to the top of the camera. It may look awkward, but it does not interfere with the cameras operation or the tripod socket there.
1. Remove the door that has the rollers. This is easily done by bending the tabs on the left and right side. This will make it a little easier to get at the insides of the camera.
2. Next attach wire to the metal battery contacts inside the film chamber. A pair of needle nose pliers are great for twisting the wire onto the posts.
3. The camera has way too much plastic to properly solder the wires on the contacts, so I used wire glue...a conductive glue which works fine for the low voltages we are working with here.
4. Wire glue is not that strong, so I reinforced the bond by flowing epoxy over the connection. Make sure the electrical connection is there before doing the epoxy!
5. Once both battery contacts have a wire attached, feed the wires out of the camera.
6. Solder your battery pack wires to the wires from the battery contacts. Pay attention to the polarity! I finished these connections with some heat shrink tubing, but electrical tape would work fine.
7. I used double sided tape to stick the battery pack to the top of the camera. It may look awkward, but it does not interfere with the cameras operation or the tripod socket there.
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