Turning single use electronics into a

[@BuildItnow]

New Better Version here: kzbin.infoPeMTwscxTJU

[@BuildItnow]

here are the 3D models if you want to make your own: www.thingiverse.com/thing:6116752

[@NicecutGexe]

I think it's pretty funny you have like five lying around 😂 Also how this came up in my feed 👀💀 Nice up-cycle though

[@BuildItnow]

None of these are mine, all from friends and family

[@NicecutGexe]

@@BuildItnow Ahh, i'ght 👍 Suppose they like the brand 😅 I like the conversation, still looking into electronics like this, could be good for project ideas of we were allowed to work with the stuff

[@ConspicuousLiveMedia]

Just turn it into a flashlight. Running an LED doesn't need anywhere near as much power as charging a phone.

[@hyperphrog69]

That's actually a really neat idea

[@khaled0al0zoabi]

I use 2 to 3 disposable vapes per week but my brother in law makes sure none of them are wasted he uses the batteries for his kids toys

[@ipodman371]

buy him a crucible and a propane forge (~$100) you guys can melt the aluminum cases that hes throwing away and turn them into whatever you want

[@khaled0al0zoabi]

@ipodman371 wow my dude, I forgot about this comment where TF did you find it? 🤣 I actually stopped smoking for about 6 months now, but thanks for the idea I wiah I did that 😢

[@arcaixsaberhand]

stack them in parallel

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[@Kelleven]

Yea. Low voltage low capacity, to bare minimum low voltage high capacity. Don't REALLY need alot of voltage, capacity is the important part here. I'd rather see have an emergency battery that can charge my phone to 100% two or three times slowly, than once very quickly.

[@ericklein5097]

I've done an extensive amount of testing with these cylindrical pouch cells out of vapes. Anywhere from 600mAh to 1450mAh. I used 14 of the 1450mAh ones to build a 7S2P pack and attached a couple different boards including a 65W PD/PPS buck module which I connected to a Macbook and was able to obtain the full 65W charge rate from it. There are 0 datasheets publicly available for these cells as far as I know. I emailed EVE for some and never got a response back so not sure if they even share them with the public. I would be very careful about using these. You have no idea what the max discharge rate is without the datasheet. I tested a handful of cells about 20 tests in total from 1A to 5A measuring temp and plotting voltage throughout discharge. The 1450's seemed like 2C continuous/3C burst max.

[@BuildItnow]

Thanks for the comment and the details! I've also done some testing as well as spoken to one of these companies and here's what I've put together. I was lucky enough to find the 550mAh lithium cell that I often use datasheet, the datasheet for this specific cell indicates that it has a fairly stock standard lithium cell charge and discharge (no more than an amp, min 2.8 volts, max 4.2 and so on) To be extra safe I've also run them through a lithium capacity tester a few times and its discharge profile remains consistent as well as its capacity (allowing for a 5% margin of error from the cheapish tester). And finally, I hope spoken with a company that produces these and I've been told that these are standard lithium batteries that they get from Chinese factories, they go for lithium instead of Alkaline as it has a better shelf life (that sounded weird to be but I do not know a lot about battery chemistry). I'm told that they have to use high-quality lithium batteries as their products are used near a person's face, I'm also told that they don't use recycled batteries (in some of their products) as the battery becomes too dangerous to use near a persons face once it hits 1 - 5% degradation (which happens at 10 - 50 cycles). Ultimately I'm quite comfortable using these batteries based on my own tests, I also use them in parallel at low current so its very little strain on each battery, but I completely agree with your concern and need for testing. I wish these single-use products didn't exist.

[@liamdj6535]

I use those rechargable ones (no I don't vape) and bypass the air sensor and use them for projects

[@Nayel-Khouatra]

Can you share one of your project code pls, I have some laying around and I don't know how to use it

[@liamdj6535]

@@Nayel-Khouatra by project mean to power motors and other small things or for my latest electrolysis which is less complicated than it sounds Edit: sorry can’t do video some important stuff has come up and will take a while

[@Nayel-Khouatra]

@@liamdj6535 that would be cool thanks

[@ericklein5097]

@@Nayel-Khouatra first thing to do is buy TP4056 modules and change Rprog resistor

[@aerospacemilitary605]

Wdym by air sensor? You mean the microphone thing? Can u tell me more about it?

[@peetbronkhorst5473]

Those are usually 550mwh Batteries meaning you would need about 14 of them to fully charge some modern phones but its still better than them ending up in a dumpster

[@MrJake-bb8bs]

It's mAh. And what phone has a 7,700mAh battery lol. Most of them are around 4000

[@BuildItnow]

In all fairness some very new phones have 7000mAh batteries, but I think the average phone battery size is somewhere between 2500 - 3500mAh

[@EagleFPV43]

​@@MrJake-bb8bsmy phone has 5000mah so i would need about 10 of these, considering efficiency

[@kashimcx]

I collected like 500 of those from friends and off the ground and made myself a pretty good battery out of it

[@Alex-em9ij]

I will buy vape only for the battery😂😂😂

[@BuildItnow]

no no no no no no

[@tanmaysuri5554]

I am with you 😂

[@petevenuti7355]

Next question, How much are air pops, compared to new battery?

[@roifreire8651]

Im rather interested in knowing how Manu Chao is now the soundtrack of half of the shorts/tiktoks

[@szennyvizcsatorna2483]

Who the hell not able to STOP the manufacturers doing that? The mining, the processing of lithium metal, the battery producing is INSANE amount of resources, and they just using for vaping once! Is drive me nuts!

[@lifeai1889]

these cells is of high quality also as vape need allot of current these battery are rated 10c+ for its size is quite impressive a single 300mah cell is capable of qc fast charge

[@NIGHTDREADED]

Yeah they definitely are I have collected 25+ so far

[@LetsPlayJannik]

Serious question: can I just hook the batterys up in parallel and charge multiple batterys with one module?

[@blue283privat3]

But could you use 2 or more of them parallel for a longer charging power?

[@BuildItnow]

Yes you can

[@GreenPlanet30]

500mah isnt much but if you can get some batteries over time it could be great recycling

[@Chillkroetemix]

nice one! :) where do you got your electronics from? or what is this board exactly??

[@Llamarama100]

I get these batteries from all the people who vape at work, I solder on a charging module and add a USB torch and honestly it's so handy having dozens of small torches that you can just fill a job site up with

[@liamfoxy]

These things need to be banned. We are out here making single use plastics a criminal offence, and passing no laws making it illegal to develop new ways to waste single use electronics

[@GaryVapes]

Love this. Great way to stop all the waste these crappy disposables create!

[@ToxicMothBoi]

I have about 200 of these disposable vapes still around and im hoping to make a multi cell powerbank out of them in the near future.

[@kjbeats57]

Make an entire power grid and sell power back to your power conpany for profit

[@LZ2SM]

I've collected lots of cells from this things.I never leave one if i see it on the streets,just use pliers to remove the tip that gets sucked.Also my sister vapes and collects them for me so lots of free 1000 mha cells for projects 😂

[@cyprusmiraque]

Oh, these are probably really good for running cosplay LEDs too

[@AllLoudNation365]

I always see these lying on the streets.

[@A7Xdookie]

They do recycle them in most vape shops in the uk

[@GlitchTheDeer]

Can you put more than 1 battery to make a bigger capacity pawerbank?

[@BuildItnow]

yes: kzbin.infoPeMTwscxTJU

[@FrankVester-l8z]

Hi. Gibt es für die verbesserte Version auch eine STL zum Download?

[@AndrewAHayes]

I used to see those disposables thrown all over the place, not so many these days though, I will collect them when I see them now, I have made battery belts for my cameras and linked with a false battery connector and lead, they take an eternity to charge though.

[@m14srv]

What charging circuit is that ? Ive got tp4056 on the way meaning i still need a usb output

[@skrillec1223]

How can i chain connect 30 of those to get a 15k mah battery?

[@pneumantic6297]

You really shouldnt touch the parts with your bare hands. I have been working with these and the smell is insanely strong and nicotine can be absorbed into the skin. Make sure to use PPE when working with things such as this. The nicotine bleeds. I am honestly surprised these arent banned due to the health risk after disposed.

[@parkerazz4385]

Wire like 4 batteries in parallel and make a biger case. Just make sure the capacity are the same.

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[@bamischijf_2757]

Uhm you forgot that you need to then also balance the cells. Which this circuit board cannot do I think.

[@vojbar_2293]

Do you have a publicly available 3D model somewhere? I'd like to try out the project 🙏

[@NIGHTDREADED]

How many of these do you have so far?

[@BuildItnow]

Collected 16 so far, many more on the way

[@NIGHTDREADED]

@@BuildItnow Try 45 on for size ;)

[@DeathMetalDerf]

I run a vape shop and I absolutely will not sell disposable vapes. Not only are they one of the worst single-use plastic devices from an environmental standpoint, but also, salt is 60 times more addictive than freebase nicotine is making it insanely difficult to quit, and there's studies that have found salt nic to be a contributing factor in things like Alzheimer’s or dementia and might even lead to certain kinds of cancers after repeated, long term exposure to it. It's really, really bad for you. I'm not out there saying vaping is 100% safe for everyone in any way. It's about HARM REDUCTION. Salt nic is increasing the likelihood of doing severe harm to yourself. Please don't use salt nic.

[@ItzF0rg3]

Did you say 5v from the 3.7 provided does the board you use have a buck converter in it

[@BuildItnow]

The board has a boost converter in it that boosts the batteries 3.6 volts to 5 volts

[@henrylo6773]

Are all batteries rechargeable? (be it not as fast as the ones marketed as rechargeable?)

[@AnnaVannieuwenhuyse]

Only rechargable battery technologies should be recharged. Technologies like alkaline batteries are not rechargable and should not be done or even attempted.

[@flt842]

I've made a pocket light out of this vape))) With charger, led controller with 3 modes and 0.3A Cree XML led with heat dissipator and 30 degree lens. ))))))

[@IHaveQuit1]

The best use for a vape

[@nishiter]

U can parallel 3-4 such battery

[@BuildItnow]

I already have!

[@dmo848]

Solar lights you have in your yard run 18650 batteries I think

[@CharlieAmezquita-fc4vx]

I love how some people think that he vapes

[@DrJebaz]

You are a very smart man with handsome hands

[@BuildItnow]

THIS IS NOT MY ALT ACCOUNT I SWEAR

[@hachimaki47]

Found one, savage its batter and use it as replacement battery for my old android smartwatch..

[@Simon.Berger]

Only micro usb to load the battery? Or can used usb c to loading the battery ?

[@baumthetree]

That depends on the circuit board and its port, in this case they used one with a micro USB port, but there are also boards with USB C

[@Amirigothoez]

My dude we recharge this airpops at school and smoke them till the flavor is gone.

[@BuildItnow]

That’s depressing Lmao

[@justinpatterson5291]

Make one into a rechargeable torch.

[@X_mano]

Wouldn't be cheaper for the manufacturers of single used vapes to use unreachable batteries instead? I don't understand why they don't use them, it could make their vape much cheaper or make them more money if they charge the same price as those of lithium batteries.

[@BuildItnow]

I think rechargeable batteries are more mass manufactured than non-rechargeable and thus cheaper. The company that made these just went for the cheaper option without a care about what this will do the environment.

[@Draytonkwiatek]

Capes suck in general

[@dinithaw]

i sent this video to my friend, he's gonna be the owner of biggest power bank company in the world

[@BuildItnow]

Investing

[@Sarge92]

the stupid part is they make much much larger vape devices that are disposable they dont have bigger batteries and are rechargable so you get every ml of the juice back out them and last about 5 days as opposed to 1 day unfortunatly those ones are banned in a few countries

[@NIGHTDREADED]

I have found 3 of those so far, each one had a 1500mAh battery.

[@tarmacdemon]

I always pick the vapes up when they have been decarded I use the battery to charge my small drone and my sons drone takes the full battery ...result

[@ghostnoise1711]

Why are rechargeable batteries are being used in one-time vapes in the first place?

[@BuildItnow]

Becomes profits come before anything else

[@SM_zzz]

That's business-make money.

[@whereskyesonat]

Solution for all these problems breathe air

[@hardnachopuppy]

It should be illegal to make something that has a rechargeable battery single use

[@Chowmein330]

Perfect to charge my reusable vape😭

[@FernandoHaddadMinistro]

Now you can learn how to change the smartphone screen 😅

[@CALEB-kt8mn]

Wher I live you find them everywhere, If I would have seen this earlier I could have made a business

[@didakad4207]

I did not know this. I would actually try to use this in a project.

[@BuildItnow]

Great!

[@HUAWEIKAIF]

I made the 100w 5s powerbank with 75 batteries found in trash

[@chrisrolandsoundbath]

Good use of recycling.

[@Nele_BiH]

These one use vapes need to be be ilegal and all vapes should have 18650 replaceable battery and that should be a law!

[@jankod135]

I have full box of that batteries

[@YOUR_NARRATOR975]

The only time a vape should be used.

[@PRFECT96]

Nah no way that battery’s gonn give u 20% of charge let alone 10%.

[@BuildItnow]

iPhone 12 mini: 2200 mAh This battery: 550 - 600 mAh 600 is 27% of 2200. Remove 10% for 3 - 5v boosting and unknown charging inefficiencies and it’s still 17%. It will and does charge my phone between 15 - 20%

[@BGTech1]

Yet everyone complains about electric car batteries

[@IsmaelWensder]

Single use vape with rechargeable battery? Just why?.

[@davidd2661]

these are low quality ones, rechargeable for ~300 cycles or less. good to reuse, nonetheless

[@cle4tle]

You need a bms

[@BuildItnow]

I use bms

[@henrylo6773]

Buy single use vape from now on and save as much batteries until you can make a powerwall for solar 😂

[@zowkingame1169]

I mean, it's insany the fact that those things can be sell? Guys think about it: a fucking SINGLE use vape that contains a bloodhell usable battery that will be toss away... wtf???

[@wildriftgp5113]

good business

[@ijazkassim6496]

bro, u told that vape sucks, all vapes suck

[@eggchucker1]

I think those are being banned in the uk luckily

[@BuildItnow]

I hope they get banned here too

[@thefanmanSixtyFour]

The only correct way to use a vape

[@Ke3per88]

I dont know how single use vapes are legal.

[@Handle423]

How are those even allowed nowadays???

[@BuildItnow]

They should be banned

[@glowytheglowbug]

sooo do i buy vapes for batteries? or do i get friends to pass me vapes for batteries

[@BuildItnow]

Definitely don’t buy vapes for the batteries

[@glowytheglowbug]

@@BuildItnow damn how do I get to know vapers

[@BuildItnow]

@@glowytheglowbug Follow the smoke signals

[@glowytheglowbug]

@@BuildItnow ah good idea! irl supply drops LOL

[@jamesdeclan7538]

Don't 👏 Vape👏Kids👏

[@vegetablepolice1]

perrile the coytis out of them to make a 35 amp battery

[@vegetablepolice1]

the vape juice can alto be refilled as I'm to to mate❤

[@GamerMinhaz-t8s]

dont vape bro its not worth it

[@BuildItnow]

I dont

[@GamerMinhaz-t8s]

then where do u get those empty vapes?

[@BuildItnow]

@@GamerMinhaz-t8s from people who vape

[@GamerMinhaz-t8s]

@@BuildItnow oh ok sry for the misunderstanding

[@Davide0033]

the best way to solve the problems? don't buy vapes

[@BuildItnow]

I don’t buy vapes :p

[@StarBaller294]

Breath Air 🐐

[@CharlieAmezquita-fc4vx]

He doesn't vape

[@StarBaller294]

@@CharlieAmezquita-fc4vx he promoting vapes though

[@CharlieAmezquita-fc4vx]

@@StarBaller294 he isn't? He just gets vapes from people donating them

[@enorsu]

bro stop vaping

[@CharlieAmezquita-fc4vx]

He Doesn't vape

[@blueyabdl]

Do you vape

[@CharlieAmezquita-fc4vx]

He Doesn't vape, they were donated to him

[@joyesmoke360]

Wow

[@Mainbusfail]

Ive been using Li-Ion Batteries for over a decade to power more shit than you can imagine.

[@NoobTrolliert]

So you will just smoke gas whitout taste??? You do realise that is not how it works

[@BuildItnow]

Brother I just make power banks

[@NoobTrolliert]

@@BuildItnow oh Well it would be a good idea if it wasnt for a vape

[@notbuffy]

I used your model

[@Joaqocifmor]

Good video!

[@Cyborg3Ninja]

Why do you vape, no why, I hate being that guy but I wanna understand

[@BuildItnow]

I dont vape

[@Cyborg3Ninja]

@@BuildItnow ok, problem not solved, my curiosity is unsatisfied

[@Foxfires5]

IS THIS ALLOWED ON KZbin!?!?!?

[@Sarge92]

why wouldnt it be what rule do you think hes breaking? vape content is alowed there many vape channels electronics videos are verry much allowed also

[@BuildItnow]

It’s not even vape content lol

[@Sarge92]

@@BuildItnow i agree with you its electronics how to diy but i was making the point even if it was because of the vape that contents allowed anyway hell big clive does this sorta content all the time

[@lifeai1889]

@@Sarge92 its not allowed so big clive will never say that word or hell get detected look closely

[@saadabbas1952]

Breath air

[@CharlieAmezquita-fc4vx]

He Doesn't vape

[@scotishdude]

this is cool

[@BuildItnow]

Thank you!

[@Donotreadmyprofile-b5h]

😂