eliot68

Hello Many years ago, I finally bought my first box with DNA 200, namely the Hotcig DR200. Unfortunately, it didn't last very long, about 6 months, and its battery failed. Tomorrow I'll look online, in the meantime I'll use my Kangerteck 120. The day after tomorrow I'll see... the beautiful DR200 was abandoned. I'd like to get it working again, but unfortunately its original battery, the 900mA FullyMax, is no longer available. I saw one on eBay with the 6-pin MPX connector, but unfortunately it is not shipped to Italy. So I am forced to buy a battery of the right size, but unfortunately they ALL have a 2+4 pin double connector, so I have to carefully (since the batteries for sale are charged) cut and solder the 6 wires one by one to the 6-pin MPX connector. Inside the DR200 box, there is a black plastic cover that I did not want to force off. I wanted to ask any of you who have purchased a DR200 in the past if, behind that black plastic cover, the cables coming from the MPX connector are soldered directly onto the DNA200 board or if a 4-pin JST-XH female connector is soldered onto the board for balancing the lipo battery charge. Similarly, I would also like to know if the two main red and black power cables that also come from the 6-pin MPX connector are soldered directly onto the DNA200 board or if they also connect to a 2-pin JST-type connector. To tell the truth, I am waiting for the arrival of a lipo battery purchased on Aliexpress that mounts 3 lipo 501865, while the original battery had 3 lipo 622566 inside. If there are connectors inside the DR200, even just the 4-pin JST-XH connector, I might decide to remove the MPX connector and save myself some headaches when soldering with a charged battery. Thank you and I apologize for my poor English. I am posting the following photos: Inside of the Hotcig DR200 box Battery with MPX but not shipped to Italy Original battery (opened to see the type of lipo inside) Battery arriving Hotcig DR200 box with DNA200

Yes, I saw a video of your DX200 and I have to say that it looks like the new version of the DR200 and not the old version. It has a convenient 4-pin JST-X connector that is found on all lipo batteries on the market. It should be noted that if you want to adapt a battery with 4 + 2 pins, you have to be careful not to let the red positive and black negative terminals of the new battery touch each other, if you decide to empty the battery case and put the new lipo battery inside. However, it is much easier and simpler than what you need to do to adapt a 4 + 2-pin lipo battery to fit a 6-pin MPX connector. Returning to the subject of the black plastic cover, looking at both your DX200 and my DR200, I cannot see any small screws. The only place that could cover a screw in my DR200 is that small round sticker that says QC/PASSED. Or there is an adhesive cover the size of the black plastic plate. The truth is, I don't have the DR200 handy because I'm not at my house in the city, but at my beach house. I hope someone who has that exact box and, like me, has had trouble finding a replacement battery, or who has opened it up to reveal the DNA200 chip base, will respond. With you... I came very close. However, I reiterate that your box really seems to be a newer model than mine and is also better assembled.

As you can see in the photo I already posted, inside the DR200 box, there is a black plastic cover that I did not want to force off. I wanted to ask any of you who have purchased a DR200 in the past if, behind that black plastic cover, the cables coming from the MPX connector are soldered directly onto the DNA200 board or if a 4-pin JST-XH connector is soldered onto the board for balancing the lipo battery charge. Similarly, I would also like to know if the two main red and black power cables that also come from the 6-pin MPX connector are soldered directly onto the DNA200 board or if they also connect to a 2-pin JST-type connector. To tell the truth, I am waiting for the arrival of a lipo battery purchased on Aliexpress that mounts 3 lipo 501865, while the original battery had 3 lipo 622566 inside. If there are connectors inside the DR200, even just the 4-pin JST-XH connector, I might decide to remove the MPX connector and save myself some headaches when soldering with a charged battery. Thank you and I apologize for my poor English.

Unfortunately, the original FullyMax one cannot be found There is the FullyMax one around, but without the 6-pin connector and even that is not easy to buy.

Well, I didn't make it up, the 6-pin connector is what the DR200 is fitted with as standard. I could get a 900mAh battery that I found from eBay but it's not the original one and I don't know how reliable it can be, but anyway it has the original connector. I'd have to wait about a month to get it at home and I'd pay about 27€ While the 1400mAh one I could have it in 2 days because it's on sale with Prime on Amazon for 18€, but I'd have to transplant the connector removed from the old battery to that one.

Well, yes. The 4 balance connectors and the 2 positive and negative connectors are all in the 6 connectors as well as the electrical circuit that I drew. I know how to use a soldering iron and tin very well, so it's no problem for me. I've heard from various sources that the 900mAh battery pack and undersized for the DNA200 I've seen other boxes with the DNA200 such as the Foggetti which has a 1300mAh battery pack. What I would like to know is if there are other battery packs with the 6-pin connector of the DR200 with more mAh. Otherwise, I would like to know whether using a battery pack with the appropriate millimetre dimensions would be better to fit a battery pack with more mAh such as 1400mAh or make do with 900mAh.

I do not know if a JST-XH connector is soldered inside the DR200 box or if the 4 cables for balancing the battery are soldered directly on the DNA200 board, just as I do not know if there is an XT30 connector inside the box for the positive and negative or if the connectors are also soldered directly on the DNA200 board because I did not want to remove the black cover present under the battery pack.

Here is the DNA200 circuit we are discussing (side A photo on the left and side B photo on the right). Looking at the photo on the left we see are the 4 contacts to be soldered GND - 1 - 2 - 3 (on which in other boxes with the DNA200 is soldered a white 4-pin connector found on almost all LiPo batteries) while above are the two contacts for positive (OUT) and negative (GND) to solder for the 510 atomizer plate attachment On the side towards above left (left photo) are 6 contacts to possibly duplicate the three buttons Up Down and Fire and then there are the contact for positive (B+) and negative (B- ) coming from the battery (red and black cable also duplicated) which are below and on either side of the 4 balance contacts (left photo). What do you recommend I do: 1) Buy the pseudo battery pack with connector that looks like original 900mAh (see photo)? 2) Buy the 1400mAh battery pack that is appropriately sized but to which I need to replace the connector taken from the old battery pack (see photo)? 3) Buy 3 LiPo 602560 1000mAh cells and rebuild the old battery pack (see photo)? 4) Buy the original 900mAh FulliMax battery pack even without original connector and replace the connector taken from the old battery pack (see photo)? I apologize for the bad English. Thank you

Hi I have a DR200 HotGig that I used for about 4 months until the battery died. Subsequently having other boxes it stayed in the drawer almost new. I would like to buy the original FulliMax 900mAh battery that I found on the net, but not with the sui unique 6 pin connector. I found one on eBay with the original (but not original) connector, also 900mAh that would come home to me for about 27€. I noticed that other BoxMods that mount the DNA200 are powered by larger batteries, for example the Foggatti DNA200 Box which has a 1300mAh LiPo battery. I found a 1400mAh LiPo battery with the right size for which I would have to replace the connector with the one taken from the old battery. I would get it from Amazon for about 17€ I could replace the 3-cell LiPo (622566) with the 1000MmAh 602560 by restoring the original battery. I would get them shipped for €19 from AliExpress. I would like some advice from you experts on what path to take to bring back this BoxMod that I bought some time ago with much joy but was disappointed with the battery life that made it unusable. I apologize for the bad English. Thank you