Comments for My Instinct Was Wrong? Right! http://my-instinct-was-wrong.com Just when I thought it was safe to blog about it Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:45:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure by admin http://my-instinct-was-wrong.com/2011/12/28/skylanders-spyros-adventure/comment-page-1/#comment-20644 admin Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:45:37 +0000 http://my-instinct-was-wrong.com/?p=641#comment-20644 @Richard Wolford - great! It certainly beats replacing those batteries every other day!! @Richard Wolford – great! It certainly beats replacing those batteries every other day!!

]]> Comment on Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure by Richard Wolford http://my-instinct-was-wrong.com/2011/12/28/skylanders-spyros-adventure/comment-page-1/#comment-20640 Richard Wolford Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:02:22 +0000 http://my-instinct-was-wrong.com/?p=641#comment-20640 Ah, so glad I found your site again! Well suffice to say I know have a Skylanders portal powered by AC. I did indeed have the polarity reversed, stupid rookie mistake! So I taped the wires to the solder point to test and it lit up like a charm. I then heated the solder enough to slide the wires in after moving the wires thru a small drill hole. Plugged it into the wall and my son played for hours. So it works! Ah, so glad I found your site again! Well suffice to say I know have a Skylanders portal powered by AC. I did indeed have the polarity reversed, stupid rookie mistake! So I taped the wires to the solder point to test and it lit up like a charm. I then heated the solder enough to slide the wires in after moving the wires thru a small drill hole. Plugged it into the wall and my son played for hours. So it works!

]]> Comment on Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure by Richard Wolford http://my-instinct-was-wrong.com/2011/12/28/skylanders-spyros-adventure/comment-page-1/#comment-16924 Richard Wolford Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:43:12 +0000 http://my-instinct-was-wrong.com/?p=641#comment-16924 Ahh, you know I don't own a multimeter so I couldn't check polarity. I think if I just wrap the wires around the connector it should work enough to let me know if I'm getting juice, that way I don't have to spend time soldering in wires just to find out that it fails again :) I'll give that a shot tonight and let you know if it works. Ahh, you know I don’t own a multimeter so I couldn’t check polarity. I think if I just wrap the wires around the connector it should work enough to let me know if I’m getting juice, that way I don’t have to spend time soldering in wires just to find out that it fails again :) I’ll give that a shot tonight and let you know if it works.

]]> Comment on Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure by admin http://my-instinct-was-wrong.com/2011/12/28/skylanders-spyros-adventure/comment-page-1/#comment-16444 admin Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:14:30 +0000 http://my-instinct-was-wrong.com/?p=641#comment-16444 hi Richard, Interesting idea! I considered making my changes on the board, but the idea of soldering on that tiny little board with my fat fingers made me real nervous, lol Is the polarity reversed? Have you checked the polarity with a multimeter to be sure you have the +/- wires identified correctly? regards, Mike hi Richard,

Interesting idea! I considered making my changes on the board, but the idea of soldering on that tiny little board with my fat fingers made me real nervous, lol

Is the polarity reversed? Have you checked the polarity with a multimeter to be sure you have the +/- wires identified correctly?

regards,
Mike

]]> Comment on Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure by Richard Wolford http://my-instinct-was-wrong.com/2011/12/28/skylanders-spyros-adventure/comment-page-1/#comment-16434 Richard Wolford Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:14:58 +0000 http://my-instinct-was-wrong.com/?p=641#comment-16434 Hi there, great post. I have a question regarding soldering in a wall wart. I bought an AC adapter from Radio Shack, one of those universal adapaters that is adjustable. So I set it to 4.5V DC (provides up to 300mA) and cut the end off where you would change out the tips. The Radio Shack guy told me the wire with the writing was the + and the wire without writing was the -. So I soldered the + directly to the solder point where the + of the battery back connected to the board and the - wire to the - point of the board where the - of the battery pack was wired and, well, didn't work. Any ideas why? I took the batteries out so the only thing pumping in juice was the wall wart. Thanks! Richard Hi there, great post. I have a question regarding soldering in a wall wart. I bought an AC adapter from Radio Shack, one of those universal adapaters that is adjustable. So I set it to 4.5V DC (provides up to 300mA) and cut the end off where you would change out the tips. The Radio Shack guy told me the wire with the writing was the + and the wire without writing was the -. So I soldered the + directly to the solder point where the + of the battery back connected to the board and the – wire to the – point of the board where the – of the battery pack was wired and, well, didn’t work. Any ideas why? I took the batteries out so the only thing pumping in juice was the wall wart.

Thanks!

Richard

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