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Good Morning . I have made a small "invention" to be able to put 3 batteries in the underwater box of my Firefly 8S, (also valid for models that use the same box).
Problem: We don't see the screen during recording.
1) buy-get the "Standard Backpack Backdoor kit" for Gopro 3 and 4; Wallapop Spain has several sellers at low prices, (the unopened package); mine were worth 15 euros with shipping.
You can also buy them separately:
Reference numbers:
a- dive 40 meters> 445-04331-000 revb
b- skeleton> .......... 445-04330-000 revb
c-touch> ............... 445-04332-000 revc
Attention: there is a backdoors "dive 60 meters" but I think it is for the old model of the gopro 3 and the size does not fit well.
With the backdoors "b" and "c" surely some of you make an invention; anyway the o-rings they bring are from gopro and I will use them in another underwater box that I have, they have very good quality
2) you have to remove the 2 rubber pads that the diving backdoor brings so that it closes well with the 2 batteries inserted there; they fit very very fair, but it closes well.
3) make a parallel electrical connection of the 3 batteries so that the voltage does not increase.
The cables must be very thin because they have to enter-exit through the rounded area of the battery, (there is a small space between the camera and the battery. Each one that experiences the best way of mounting ..... I don't I am very handyman or electrician ..... hahahaha.
We can also put only 2 batteries making a connection to the camera, without putting 1 battery inside, (I don't do that).
For what 3 batteries? ...... to put on a drone, bicycle, car .... I need them for my sport: spearfishing ..... I don't mind not seeing the screen and I need more minutes of recording.
It is clear that you can put another kind of small battery that fits there ..... Any assembly example?
I leave you the photos of the camera with the backdoor and the assembly that must be done ... ... ideas are welcome.
Let's see if I can soon test the tightness of the box with that backdoor at sea.
Regards.
postscript: for outdoor use with bikes, drones, etcsss .... better the backdoor "skeleton" that has 3 holes to breathe .... if it won't get too hot
Problem: We don't see the screen during recording.
1) buy-get the "Standard Backpack Backdoor kit" for Gopro 3 and 4; Wallapop Spain has several sellers at low prices, (the unopened package); mine were worth 15 euros with shipping.
You can also buy them separately:
Reference numbers:
a- dive 40 meters> 445-04331-000 revb
b- skeleton> .......... 445-04330-000 revb
c-touch> ............... 445-04332-000 revc
Attention: there is a backdoors "dive 60 meters" but I think it is for the old model of the gopro 3 and the size does not fit well.
With the backdoors "b" and "c" surely some of you make an invention; anyway the o-rings they bring are from gopro and I will use them in another underwater box that I have, they have very good quality
2) you have to remove the 2 rubber pads that the diving backdoor brings so that it closes well with the 2 batteries inserted there; they fit very very fair, but it closes well.
3) make a parallel electrical connection of the 3 batteries so that the voltage does not increase.
The cables must be very thin because they have to enter-exit through the rounded area of the battery, (there is a small space between the camera and the battery. Each one that experiences the best way of mounting ..... I don't I am very handyman or electrician ..... hahahaha.
We can also put only 2 batteries making a connection to the camera, without putting 1 battery inside, (I don't do that).
For what 3 batteries? ...... to put on a drone, bicycle, car .... I need them for my sport: spearfishing ..... I don't mind not seeing the screen and I need more minutes of recording.
It is clear that you can put another kind of small battery that fits there ..... Any assembly example?
I leave you the photos of the camera with the backdoor and the assembly that must be done ... ... ideas are welcome.
Let's see if I can soon test the tightness of the box with that backdoor at sea.
Regards.
postscript: for outdoor use with bikes, drones, etcsss .... better the backdoor "skeleton" that has 3 holes to breathe .... if it won't get too hot
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