STOP USING ALKALINE BATTERIES! Nintendo Wii Battery Pack Rebuild Hack!

[@JailbreakNation]

Hey man glad to see you're healthy and making content again. Very good tutorial as always

[@FunkyFresh48]

All Hail Lord Voultar!

[@t0aster_b4th]

Always a pleasure when Lord Voultar sprays tips and tricks all over our faces!

[@Systemsquirrel]

Huge loads of knowledge and entertainment.

[@twizz420]

I love when the information drips down my face and into my mouth

[@icey_projects]

"and it charges over usb-c..." proceeds to point to a non usb c port xd

[@bgibson9060]

Glad you're alive.

[@JamesW81]

Hey Voultar, hope you're well dude. Just flicking through some of your older stuff. It's crazy how mesmerized I am by your soldering skills! And I love that you say it the proper way too!

[@ErinPlays]

I did not know about these charging docks! I am very proud of you.

[@brunors1595]

Great as always, and I’m glad you’re back! I learned how to solder from your videos and so far I was able to install ps1 digital, x-station, dcdigital, recapped my n64. Next project is my sega genesis rgb tiple bypass! Thank you so much for these videos!

[@dominicrinaldi8241]

I was wondering where you were. Glad to see you again!

[@inertiafbx]

Happy to see you're on the other side of COVID. Have had it for the past week and have been binging all your videos. Love the content!

[@dwarfgilius1669]

Glad to see that you're back Voultar. I didn't know such tool existed lol I learn something new every time i see one of your videos and for that i want to say thanks! Keep up the great work 👍

[@eol6632]

Hope your feeling better and thanks for the video. Good to have you back.

[@ScottReviews]

Thank you for doing this! I have some old xbox 360 play and charge battery packs that are dead i'd love to open up and resurrect. Seems like the method you showed welding and nickel stripping to a new NiMh battery is similar to this. I love the idea of reusing this stuff! Thank you!

[@misterbeetz]

My thoughts exactly. This video has inspired me to do the same with 360 rechargeable packs.

[@somebonehead]

@@misterbeetz Me too. I tried the paper clip trick back in the day but that never worked for me.

[@Venthros]

Welcome back to KZbin - and great video. I see these wii charging stations at thrift stores all the time!

[@Wilberon_McBane]

So, so pleased to see you back making content again dude!!! Hope you're well 👊😎

[@sfeather7088]

So Awesome to see You Back !!!!!!!!!!! This totally put a huge smile on my face !

[@KamenRider13]

I missed you 🥺🥺🥺, don't go away again please.

[@74bobby]

Glad to see you Back Sir...

[@ssephi]

Good to have you back making videos!

[@Dr._Love]

Great video. Very informative! If you have any more battery pack rebuilds, I would love to see them! Thank you again.

[@kermitthegaminghermit8736]

Thank you for your very informative video. That spot welder looks very useful. It looks like I have some new projects to try!

[@treyslay753]

You are a great teacher. Thanks for sharing your knowledge Voultar - you are the man.

[@micksterminator3]

I'd still tape it shut for if you need to take it out without damaging it. What a great idea! Had no idea a spot welder was so cheap. I've got three robot vacuums in need of new battery packs 🤔

[@h3ph4ist0s.]

Now i know what my next project is. Thank you. I missed your vids

[@nanika3446]

This is so helpful!! I just started using a Wiimote as a midi controller & I was looking for a better way to upgrade the battery! Thank you so much!

[@nanika3446]

Also, do you think it's possible to combine the Wiimote & Nunchuk into one controller?

[@441GrayWolf]

Voultar uses a body double for his soldering

[@Evercade_Effect]

I didn't know it was that easy to replace the batteries and like your sense of humor.

[@joshuaabuzaid9258]

Great tips. Definitely gonna look into purchasing that tool. It's definitely a need to have

[@chasesmay7237]

Thanks for all the great content!

[@retroprojections]

Voultar: making the world a better place, one video at a time!

[@groovesalad89]

Welcome back Lord! Thank you for another great video. Hope you’ll get back on twitch too.

[@styloroc2000]

Man, I put on the COVID-19 (pounds) too. Glad you're back!

[@Penfold8]

Voultar's back!!!! Hells yeah!!!

[@wii1990]

I actually did this same thing a while back, except instead of nyko it was an energizer branded charger that used some kind of wireless charging rather than metal contacts. The battery packs had two screws, one under the label, and the two NiMh batteries were AAA size. So a little easier to repair than these it would appear.

[@fixsomebits]

Great Video, well made for beginners and great spot welding tool

[@RockerGaming]

Great stuff buddy! You're gonna make me go out an pick one of these up 😂

[@mrbussey]

Fantastic!! I had recently bought some batteries to rebuild my Dewalt 18v pack, but the video I watched they were using soldering and said not to apply TOO much heat. I didn't like this! The spot welder will be perfect! Thanks!

[@the-deceiver355]

Very interesting video. Personally, I use rechargable AA batteries instead of single use AA. Could you do a video on rebuilding Wii U gamepad batteries?

[@johnsonlam]

Your video is always great, and never boring.

[@Planag7]

I've seen a similar guide on how to redo the old Game gear battery cases but I think those are like six to eight battery packs in a similar pattern inside the casing. That said I always appreciate your videos and those Nykos were amazing/great when I first got the system way back when

[@BigJoker]

Just think of the unspeakable things Voultar had to do on camera to get that hat.

[@haloslayer255]

Awesome video Voultar! My latest v9 ps2 qsb is being shipped, should have it around the 15th and will continue to add the rest as I measure my dimensions on this revision. Once thatbis complete I'll keep in contact on Twitter and see if I can send you some. Cheers!

[@misterbeetz]

Great video. Very well done!

[@Asyq]

Amazing work

[@chuckthetekkie]

Many eons ago I bought an Energizer Quad Wireless Wii Remote charger and the packs used AAA Ni-MH batteries so they could fit the copper charging coil. What was really nice is that packs were held together with screws so it was super easy to replace them with higher capacity versions.

[@jasonpistorio3651]

Excellent video as always. We need more content.

[@K_Rob]

This is probably the most intelligent activity anyone has ever done while wearing a Girls Gone Wild hat.

[@MacPoop]

Voultar is back!

[@konman10000]

HE'S BACK!(Again!) Missed ya man.

[@jeffreycollins6302]

Wild. Loved it.

[@looneybinjim]

Another awesome video by Voultar the Great!

[@looneybinjim]

🤣

[@Hostilenemy]

Can you show me how to repack a Tesla battery too? :)

[@LowRezWorld]

Adding that spot welder to my tool kit, I've always wanted to be able to make my tabbed batteries for gameboy games.

[@8ullfrog]

Thank you for this, I rushed to check mine. They're both still alive, but one had some blue spotting on the contact. I'm gonna isopropyl it and Q-tip that off immediately.

[@shanez1215]

Honestly had no idea this was possible to do by end users. Definitely gonna give this a shot.

[@salmakesthings]

Thanks for this. I have 4 of these I don't use anymore so I'll give this a go.

[@Consolerepairstore]

Great Video.. very interesting :)

[@MickMacklerack]

Might try this for the sega naomi battery pack to replace the dead batteries that hold the game in memory when it's powered down. Cheers!

[@Roshenbo]

It's always nice to learn something new! Especially when your teacher is a Lord amongst us commoners. Just out of curiosity, are you still using the KSGER soldering station? I want to buy one and start learning the craft. All Hail Lord Voultar! 😎

[@PersianImm0rtal]

Excellent music choice. Sounds like something off the snes if I am correct.

[@ghostmopreal]

This is actually such a great idea - maybe they should design packs to have interchangeable internals like this anyway???

[@marc5623]

Good to have you back! Great video, I always wondered how to connect to batteries as my soldering attempts failed in the past. Are you still planning your OG Xbox video with the HDMI upgrade?

[@Voultar]

You bet.

[@martygun3286]

Just found your videos very awesome learned so much about soldering you are a pro. I just wish I found you a few weeks ago before I destroyed my genesis 2 and that awesome triple by pass chip from you, thanks for sure.

[@BrianBorkowski]

Great video man! Can you do a video on this for the Xbox 360 controller packs as well?

[@Goldwelp]

Got the Bob Ross down pat. 👍

[@colt5189]

Would be nice if you did a video on replacing the cells in older laptop batteries. The kind that have the 18650 lithium batteries.

[@jamesytez6639]

That new Spielberg look... 👀

[@cutemartinj]

Looks like an easy fix, thanks for parting your godly knowledge

[@kawaineko7402]

Hi Voultar, good to see you again! Would you be interested in doing a 3DO RGB mod video in the future? I’m thinking of attempting this mod, but figured it would be best to see it done properly. Thanks man, glad to see your healthy! Mod on…✌🏻👍🏻🎮👾

[@me0262]

Very nice video. While these are NiHM, what are the safety considerations for doing this? Linux Tech Tips did a video where they were trying to do this with Lithium batteries and they had a terrible time. If you're cutting the case, would a 3D printed replacement be possible? Transfer everything out? For now I think I might stick to removing the batteries after I'm done. I didn't have any rechargeable conversions for the wiimotes, and I have the older ones that don't have the MotionPlus built in.

[@maikel_ribeiro]

Vídeo excelente, gostei bastante, pois foi bem explicado, atencioso e bem direto sem delongas.

[@infinity2z3r07]

I wish there was a compilation video of every time poor Bob gets fkn roasted here 😂

[@segajcharrua]

Long time no see!

[@luiszeldagoku]

Thanks for this videos

[@aaronwelsh33]

Voultar starting to look more and more like a Kentucky Uncle Daddy with that long hair

[@ale6242]

Ah man i wish i knew about the 4/5 NiMh batteries when i tried to rebuild an xbox 360 play and charge kit!! Guess i'm gonna have to pick me up some of them!

[@SirTonk]

Looking good!

[@pmf026]

Lord Voultar, more videos pls

[@SoundToxin]

It would be cool if someone could recreate the circuitry from these battery packs and pair them with a 3D-printed case that is meant to be opened/closed. Your method is good since it reuses existing stuff that would otherwise be e-waste, of course.

[@colt5189]

Since I use a headlamp that runs on 18650 lithium batteries. I have a high tech battery charger. And so I use the NiMH Eneloop batteries for the Wii controllers and others that use a AA or AAA or whatever type battery.

[@limitedsc2k1]

Great video! Do you know if a similar process can be done with the Xbox 360 rechargable battery packs?

[@dezraj340]

Is it possible to do the same with the X360 rechargeable battery pack without completely damaging it? Thank you for your videos.

[@scotter140]

AAAAHH! Voultar told me to to cut my battery packs and I got battery acid in my eyes!

[@MagnumForce51]

I have a wii mote with some batteries in it that I left alone for awhile. But I put a small slip of paper in between one of the terminals to cut off power and so far no leaks. Though granted it probably is still best to remove them for long term storage if you won't be using them for awhile. :P

[@DudeHead]

Another neat alkaline battery alternative available today is the Hixon 1.5v lithium-ion rechargeable AA battery. Outputs full voltage so can be used anywhere you'd put alkaline AA batteries. Downside to these is it's obviously not as convenient as a charging station, but you trade that for versatility and no need for modding anything.

[@thesoggypretzel5757]

Cool stuff

[@twizz420]

Could you use copper strips instead of nickel strips to spot-weld the batteries together? I have like 2 pounds of this thin copper band stuff that I've pulled out of old transformers. Optimus will never be the same.

[@Grant-H2O]

watching a tutorial for the first time on this and you instruct to keep the batteries close together. Is it OK to hold them with Tape or Bands, maybe a clamp?

[@fragonarag]

Thanks, I was looking for a tutorial to do this on my "energizer" branded setup. Looks almost exactly the same. Is it possible to use a soldering iron instead of a spot welder, or is that dangerous?

[@jeff15]

No, it will not work. You'll need the spot welder. Get the one he recommended. Really good and easy for the job.

[@lukasperuzovic1429]

You don't want to solder as you want to minimize how much heat the battery gets. Yes Spot welding gets hotter, but its a momentary zap that only heats up the points of contact. Soldering will heat up the whole battery as it's a slow process. Too much heat and the battery will leak or explode.

[@jimmyeddy]

Would this work with the official Nintendo packs and dock?

[@hymiecamp]

Can we do anything about psp batteries? Knock off replacement’s are not good

[@JB2X-Z]

holy shit, small scale spot welders are THAT cheap!? I need to get myself one now.

[@joshuakelly9390]

Very neat project. Any way to avoid alkaline garbage is a big +. To avoid ripping open an existing battery pack though, I wonder if somebody out there could make a 3D printed replacement with some inexpensive leads inserted. I think this is a bit too niche to be a full product to sell as a replacement battery pack though. Idk, I'm not a business man. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ As always, good work and great explanation of things.

[@honorablejay]

I know Linus Tech Tips tried to do something similar in a video a while ago and was constantly met with failure. When it comes to these specific batteries, do you have to worry about voltage differences between the batteries when spot welding or is the charge not strong enough to cause havoc when being connected?

[@Daniel-it1dp]

You got all those Amazon spot welders sold out

[@SpaceMidget]

5 days since posting the video and everyone's bought all the spot welders. Bastards.

[@MikeDBloke]

I have this very charging station, its very handy, mine does have issues with the connection One thing I have contemplated with them is. With a bit of techy jigery pokery can they have a rechargeable battery that charged via a wireless charging mat?

[@Matt-hc1fi]

Any idea on solar powered Wii motes?

[@django60617]

I need a tyco RC flex pack rebuilt.

[@Alan2E0KVRKing]

We need more videos master!