Not sure if anyone is modding their V2s, hc, etc shoes anymore but thought I'd share some stuff I've been playing with.
I found these el inverters after doing a bit of searching. They're tiny, silent, more energy efficient than the traditional ones we've been using and powerful enough to light all the el in the mag's.
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I built these little charge ports using the v3 jack and a USB lithium charger made to charge ecigs. You'd simply plug your USB to 2.5 x .7mm cable into an available USB port to charge the shoes, no janky external charger needed. I've yet to get a chance to mess with it, but these chargers also have red and green LEDs to indicate charging status. I hope to tie these into the LEDs in the shoes.
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