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Originally Posted by Adamlxlx
Any diagrams for running the box mag off the power of the gun? I was thinking of soldering the activation wires to the trigger contacts. Bad idea?
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You only want to do that if you are running the box off the gun's main battery. You do that by running the box mag motor parallel to the gun's motor. That way, when the gun's motor runs, the box mag motor also run. The problem is the voltage supplied to the box mag will be same as the gun's, which could be too high.
This is essentially the same as what I've done, but I have a mosfet in there. You may experiment with resistors to slow the box mag down. I've bought some voltage regulators that I haven't played with yet. I'll report back when I do.
Having that said, I've heard from people running the box mag with the main battery at 7.4V and they haven't failed yet. I suppose you could do that until the box motor goes. They are pretty cheap to replace anyways.