Battery Wiring Options

[Cameron364]

So I recently purchased a rail system that now means I cannot fit the battery in the handguard, where can I now put it, without having to put it in a PEQ box?

 

[bigshep]

so I am assuming a few things here:

1: gun is front wired

2: you do not have a PEQ box

3: you don't care where it goes as long as it works

strap it to the outside of the rail system with cable ties/electrical tape/elastic

that should keep you going for a little while

end solution would be

keep it front wired

buy a PEQ box

Buy a battery bag and strap to front end

buy a battery sling and stick battery over your shoulder

rear wire it

get new batteries to fit into your stock tube/stock

go lipo

should end enough with a small enough batter to fit inside the rails system, but you would have to remove it each time, buy new batteries, new charger etc.

Don't help much, but they are solutions none the less

 

[Cameron364]

Right, I have been looking up the options and have come across a Battery Sling like you said, but how do they work,

assuming the rifle is front wired, are there wires throughout the sling so that you connect the sling and then connect the wires to the front wires of the rifle, which then trail through the sling to the battery back where obviously you connect the battery, and battery pack rests against your back?

Sorry if that is a bit gibberish but I am not entirely sure how they work

 

[Hibernator]

That's pretty much it. The battery goes in a pouch that will end up on your back out of the way when you put the sling on. Then a long wire is hidden in the webbing coming out at the front attachment clip. Clip the sling to your gun as normal and the end of the wire will have a small tamiya that will connect to your gun.

 

[bigshep]

Yep you got it. There is about 5-10cm of cable before the connector at the front end of the sling whic you feed into the ris and permanently connect to the battery connection on the gun. Then the battery fits in the little bag (I can fit a 4300mAh in mine, so its quite big) which then effectively sits on you back.

you can see it at the front of the hand guard on this picture. I have used it on the cxp, a RS 97b I had and a MG36 all because they are front wired and I can't be ars*d to mess around taking the front end off each time I want to change a battery.

 

[Cameron364]

Cheers thanks a lot!