Simple Sniper Board Mod

35whelen · **Joined:** Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:58 pm **Posts:** 100

I really like these little boards but the need to disconnect the battery to turn the board ON & OFF is a bit of a pain in the butt as well as it having the potential to break a wire or wear the snap out so I do a little mod on the board to allow the supplied ON OFF sensor switch to become the ON OFF for power.

It's only a 5 minute job and just involves de-soldering the 2 sensor toggle wires from the board, doing a solder jumper over the solder points for those wires and then using the toggle switch as a power ON OFF by soldering it into the positive wire on the battery snap between the board and the 9V battery. This way flipping the toggle turns the board on & off and the sensor is permanently on. As the board starts in Walk-Test anyway this is no big deal with the only minor downside being you may get a few pics of yourself taking the unit off the tree before you can open the case up and turn the board off.

I also put the ON OFF toggle inside the case on a little alloy bracket to avoid the possibility of some clown who has discovered my TC turning it off via an external switch. Here's a few pics of the Simple Sniper ON OFF mod that I do. Well worth giving a go and IMO it makes a great little controller even better. Cheers from Down Under

35Whelen

jjkscf · **Joined:** Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:39 pm **Posts:** 1067

Thanks Doug, that's what I did to mine as well I like the walk test feature that you retain with this set up. Thanks for posting it!

peanut · **Joined:** Mon Feb 01, 2010 7:21 am **Posts:** 568

Nice job Doug. Thanks

judger101 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:43 am

yep first got this from one of your posts on hags. probably my favorite mod yet and it's so simple!

kdornski · **Joined:** Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:56 pm **Posts:** 523

I got word from the master that the SS2 will have a different switch. It will have a 3 way switch Trail Off Feeder. Then no external switch needed

modeclan · **Posted:** Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:26 pm

kdornski wrote:

I got word from the master that the SS2 will have a different switch. It will have a 3 way switch Trail Off Feeder. Then no external switch needed

That would be a nice upgrade, wonder when they'll be available?

modeclan · **Posted:** Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:27 pm

Also couldn't you just put a 3-way toggle in place of the one he sends and have the same thing?

cjsudhop · **Posted:** Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:05 am

Great post. Very helpful to me. Thanks Doug

silbowhunter · **Joined:** Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:30 pm **Posts:** 226

I did the same but replaced it with the black 9V holder with the on/off switch.

tcjohnson · **Joined:** Thu Feb 04, 2010 11:02 pm **Posts:** 4

Thanks, I'm gonna try it on my next SS build.

Johnson

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