So I was talking with a friend about my Tylt Qi Charger that I love and as we discussing them I remembered that I bought some no name Qi charger off amazon a few weeks before Tylt's first big half off sale.
Well it had this awful loud chirp sound when it started charging so it was demoted to a travel charger since I kept the Tylt at work.
So I started thinking, how can I mod this thing to actually be useful (I hadn't used it in months) and then I started thinking..."What can I attach it to? An end table, a nightstand, a couch cushion, etc?" I was trying to figure out something that I could just throw my phone down casually (after ripping the speaker off) and it just start charging with no effort.
So obviously I finally came to the conclusion of my car.
I didn't really think about sharing it on here until after it was finished but luckily I did take a couple photos to send to my buddy (mentioned above) to show him what I was getting myself into.
Here are some pictures:
First I had to take the thing apart:
Attachment 2625935Attachment 2625936Next was my gf's hair dryer *cough* I mean heat gun from the work bench...to get the glue loose.
Attachment 2625940Then I yanked it off with a flat head screw driver
Attachment 2625943Next I was in the car and tried this just as a proof of concept (it looked awful)
Attachment 2625944I started thinking a little more and decided I could put it inside my center console.
So I pulled the flip-up piece off the center console and there were just 4 screws holding the vinyl to the actual plastic on the inside, so I pulled the two pieces apart and taped the charger inside just hoping it would have enough juice to charge my phone which would sit on top of the center console while it is closed.
I got lucky and it does have enough juice, I have yet to see how much it will actually end up charging the device while connected via bluetooth and streaming Spotify but even if it just holds the charge steady while all that is going on, it is good enough for me.
The next three pictures are once it is all wired up:
Attachment 2625951Attachment 2625952Attachment 2625953And then I had to figure out a way to keep the phone in place on top of this console while driving so I took two small strops of velcro and put the fizzy side on the console and the slimmer hard side on my phone case and there you have it!
Attachment 2625955Attachment 2625956Tomorrow, I'll use my girlfriend's phone to take a picture of it actually charging and add that here too just so you all believe that it actually works :p
Just thought I would post this to inspire others to do similar things and if you have any ideas about how to improve it, I'm open to suggestions!
Oh and I did do some preliminary testing to check for an overheating and that all did end up being ok. lol