Battery Modification for eBay Triggers.

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Not sure whether to place this in the tutorial section or not. It was not provided by me and was an external source I came across. I will not take responsibility for any problems users face.

But anyway it looks like a good mod to stop having to buy CR2 batteries for the ebay triggers as they are quite expensive. Having 2xAA batteries would be more cost effective especially since you can use rechargeables

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EDIT: Forgot the link lmao
http://jeremykuster.blogspot.com/2007/10/gi-cactus-v2s-modification-tutorial.html
 
UPDATED NOW WITH LINK!
 
I had someone do that modification on mine for the brief period I had them. The batteries worked fine but the triggers were still rubbish. Seriously, if you're going through this much effort & money you should just keep saving for some reputable triggers instead.
 
I use AAAs.

They're smaller and on the cactus/PT-04s last forever. IN fact when you stick the battery holder to the side of the cactus the AAA holders are the same size, so it looks nice and neat. Time and effort? Took about 10 minutes to fix up 4 receivers with 50p AAA holders I got off EBay. Not sure how well that £2 would go toward some pocketwizards.... :)
 
Things have moved on quite a bit since 2007 when that tutorial was written, the likes of the RF602s and PT-04 now use AAA batteries as standard.
 
Flash In The Pan said:
Things have moved on quite a bit since 2007 when that tutorial was written, the likes of the RF602s and PT-04 now use AAA batteries as standard.
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The RF602 still uses a CR2 in the transmitter though doesn't it?
Only posted it because I came across it in my hunt looking at Triggers
 
J4MIE_P said:
The RF602 still uses a CR2 in the transmitter though doesn't it?
Only posted it because I came across it in my hunt looking at Triggers
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It does, however it's the receiver batteries that get used up quickest, hence the original "Cactus" mod.
 
Flash In The Pan said:
It does, however it's the receiver batteries that get used up quickest, hence the original "Cactus" mod.
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Ahh fair enough. You learn something new everyday :)
 
Also, the RF-602 kit doesn't need the antenna mods. It's got plenty enough range and power as it is. :)

But, I will probably be doing a battery mod at some point on my MC-36R receiver. It sits on the hotshoe and goes into my Nikon body 10-pin port, but it's the same casing as the RF-602 transmitter (so CR2 batteries).

Oddly enough, the MC-36R receiver has an on/off switch on it, while the RF-602 transmitter does not. Surprises me that haven't made a revision to the RF-602 transmitter to add one of these so that we don't have to remove the batteries all the time in transport.
 
The transmitter will work with a 9v battery without affecting the range :suspect:
 
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