Good luck with your project. As a tech, I would be interested in your projects success, as well as confirmation of what the black board does.
Hey,
@ChuckBridges. The Breeze charger mod is done. The case looks terrible, due to difficulties in getting it apart. (It doesn't look as bad as the pictures below, that was just bad photography. But it's pretty scratched up.)
The mod itself went very well, and seems to be working perfectly. I did some charging with it as a standalone charger, more charging using it as an adapter for a Venom ProDuo, and then let the Venom put the battery into storage mode. Then charged it up again. House isn't on fire yet, so I guess it was a success.
Here are some pictures and a drawing. I used blue shrink rap so it would be obvious in the photo where the connections were made, but you still have to look hard to see the two in the middle.
I gave up on the black board. I figured that if the breeze battery needs anything to assist the balance charge, then it would have some version of the board already in the battery. Seems to be a correct assumption, because everything works perfectly. You may note the mod LOOKS more complicated than it is. I originally intended to simply solder all the new stuff directly to the existing charger connection, and in fact did most of that. But I didn't like the crowded appearance when I put it in the case to check the spacing, and I didn't like the idea of using a higher power charger through wires that were only sized for balance charging currents. I took everything part, used bigger wires for the main charge, and then rerouted the existing harness wires to take advantage of the proximity of the adapter. Pretty interesting project. Just with I hadn't messed up the outside of the case so badly.
Here are some Pics:
