Build an 8.4V Arriflex 16S Battery Pack - Version 2.0 | DIY for Under $25 | Filmboy24

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POP THE CORK! Congratulations on 1,000 subscribers. Yoo Hoo! And well deserved. It's like my great grandmother used to say, "If you build a great channel, they will come."

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Thanks a million, Chris!!!!! You, my friend, are among those I spoke about!! Oh, and, your great great grandmother was spot on 🤣

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Always 'still here' congrats on 1k it will happen like that. Well deserved. This is great. Making your own useful accessories

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Mike - First, congratulations on your 1,000th subscriber! I'll spread the word on my end. Second, that battery of yours is Nobel Prize brilliant. You're gonna turn me into a half-assed electritian yet!

[@Filmboy24]

Thanks a billion, Frank!! Look at it on the bright side, if you become a half-assed electrician, you be several steps ahead of me :)

[@OskarFilms]

@@Filmboy24 I'm seriously considering a similar DIY take on your battery pack for my Canon 1014 XLs. Everytime a used Canon Power Pack 9V is listed on eBay it seems they're overpriced. Canon does, however, warn to use only their power pack on the camera to avoid damage. I think that's more of a marketing thing on their end. Power is power.

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@@OskarFilms Oh great, now you have me thinking!! I'm with you, I can't imagine what the original packs have that a DIY one would not. It's far from the "intelligent" battery packs of today that contain everything to run a small city :)

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Congratulations for 1000 subscribers! That is a fantastic 16mm camera indeed. Excellent job making it a complete and reliable package!

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Great video and again congratulations on 1K subs. The batteries were amazing, you know you will be asked to make them for folks............well you know you will. ...?...

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Still here, after adding the fuse you probably won't have room to put another jack in to run them in parallel LOL. I love the Arri. Used one that a friend of mine had when I lived in California. A lot different from the Bolex. Both great cameras

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Ohhhhh, Barry!! Thank you for always watching and commenting!! I think you're right about the fuse, so little room inside these little project boxes :) I do love the Arri and Bolex brands. Such staples in our world.

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[@RotarySMP]

Congratulations Mike.Your passion for analog film is cool. Keep it up. Is that battery port on the Arri D-tap? I guess not. Sony NP-F batteries are 8,4V and there are a bunch of adapters waiting to be DIYed and hacked.

[@Filmboy24]

Thank you, I appreciate it!! Funny that you mention the D-Tap, as I looked deeply (well, for me anyway) into it prior to my first battery build. I'm pretty sure they are different, as the 2 pins on my Arri-S port are different in diameter and the D-Tap looks to be the same. The positive pin is a little larger than the negative. I only have my Arri-S and have never had any of the "newer" models (SR, etc.) to compare it to, so not sure when they changed it.

[@RotarySMP]

@@Filmboy24 Yeah, after your video, I watched the one you mentioned, where the guy bodged up the cable from a cable witht the D-Tap hacked off, and the two crip connectors. Those older film cameras used some pretty funky batttery connectory. Look at Beaulieu's. NP-F are rated at 7.2V, but Lithium battery voltage drops as the run flat, so they are above 8 when charged.

[@mems910]

Amazing! This is exactly what I needed!!! On a unrelated note, how do you keep your Arri's body looking so crisp? Moisturized almost! ha

[@mems910]

Another tiny question, does it matter that the battery is 8.4v and the mag requires 8?

[@Filmboy24]

@@mems910 Thanks so much! I use baby lotion all over my Arri S, LOL. No, you can use 8.4V for the torque motor, it won't hurt it at all.

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Still here! Love the videos man, thinking about doing this but for the Konvas 1M. The old Russian batteries for those cameras are wayyy to big, some like this is really cost effective and small.

[@Filmboy24]

Thanks so much, Max!! My buddy has a Konvas with one of those beastly battery packs (dead) and I always wondered if we could do something better for it. Let me know if you have any luck.

[@Moviola35]

Hi Mike, thanks for the video. I have an Arri 16s with the two original motors by Arri (one for variable speed and one for 24/fps) designed for 8v, as the magazine. I had made myself a battery with "D" cells 1,2v 10.000 mAh, but it's too big and no handable. Your solution work best, please can you send me the scheme for make battery with switch and plug for charger? I don't understand by the picture. And one question: the crystal motor you use, work well with 2800 mAh of your cells? I have read in the Arri's manual that the motor require minimum 3,5A (3500 mAh). Thanks 🙂🙋🏻‍♂️🎥

[@Filmboy24]

Hi Giulio, thank you! Unfortunately, I don’t have a schematic for my battery packs, I only have pictures. The 2800 mAh batteries I used have worked just fine for me.

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Could you also charge the battery by just plugging a 4-pin xlr into the xlr port?

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Yes, you sure can.

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Where can I get the 2 pin to 4 pin Xlr

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That's the question of the day. The 2 pin power cords are probably the hardest things to source for these cameras. I wish I could help you but I have no idea.

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Awesome!! Thanks so much!

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Do you know how I could get a video tap? I'm currently retrofitting one and would like the ability to attach it to a monitor.

[@Filmboy24]

That's a great question.I managed to make a very inexpensive one that I used a little for framing but it was quite primitive. I improved on it a little with better lens, new housing, etc. but it's still just a quick, throw-together tap. I made a video of it a couple years ago. Been meaning to update it but just haven't gotten to it yet. Here's the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp7SiZ-DfpqLgpo

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[@ArloF96]

Hello! I just got an Arri 16s myself. But it didn’t come with a power cable. How would I go about making a power cable or converting the camera like yours?! Any information is greatly appreciated! Thank you.

[@Filmboy24]

Hi Arlo, I got lucky and my camera came with the original cable (original Arriflex power cables are extremely difficult to find). I don't know how to make one; however, there is a video a guy made a few years ago where he does kind of put one together. It's a pretty primitive build but it worked for him. Here is his video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4OXpnmriM2hp8k

[@ArloF96]

@@Filmboy24 thanks a lot! Just so happens that my closest Arri service centre had the original power cord! Just making the batter pack now. Thanks alot! All the best.

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@@ArloF96 That's awesome, so glad to hear!

[@dpmaia]

Are 2 amps enough? The camera manual says 3.5 amps..

[@Filmboy24]

That's a great question. I was worried about it at first, but I made a pack using 1 amp and it worked, so I figured 2 amps would be even better. I've gotten an average of 4-6 100' rolls at 24 FPS on one of these batteries, fully charged. I have my eye on some sub-c 3,800 mAh batteries now that I want to try. I'd love to get 3-4 400' magazines out of 1 charge, so we'll see.

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Most of the DIY battery projects I see always use 4-pin xlr connector…but why? The 3-pin is plenty enough and smoother to (un)plug imho

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Good question! In all honesty, it's not my favorite connector but in my particular case, that's the connector type that's already attached to the end of my Arri cable.

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Would you consider selling one battery like this?

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[@Filmboy24]

Hey Dom, well, that's a good question. I don't want to sell any of the ones I just made but I thought about making another batch of 4, just not sure yet. I would need to order more stuff to do that but you'll certainly be on the top of my list if I do.

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@@domgrimard Thank you, my friend!!

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@@Filmboy24 amazing, let me know, you can always DM me on instagram if you decide to make some more. I just got the XLR mod on my Arri 16S (3 pin though) so let me know.

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@@domgrimard Sounds good!!

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How do you charge them?

[@Filmboy24]

I modified the tip to a Tenergy Smart Charger (8.4-9.6V), so that it plugs in to the 2.1mm port.

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Did you order the battery cells with or without tabs?

[@Filmboy24]

I've used both and I much prefer the ones without the tabs. I ended up cutting the tabs on the tabbed ones and re-soldering them myself.

[@andrewcrossland9905]

very nice! around how long are you getting out of each battery and what charger are you using?

[@Filmboy24]

Thanks, Andrew!! I'm getting just over 2 x 400' magazines out of each battery and a little more in 100' rolls (no torque motor). Right now I'm charging them with a standard 12V charger (2.1mm plug) with low, 350 mAh output. I'm working on a couple different chargers for them now though.

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@@Filmboy24 you are most welcome. It was actually some of your vids that helped me to decide to finally take the leap into 8mm after some years talking myself into and out of doing so.

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When you figure out how, I'll thank you 1,000 times!!! :)

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Where'd you learn all this stuff? You don't look that smart. I bet you could make a swell bomb! Just sayin'. Seriously, good job. UNK

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