Extreme Rage Hopper Mod

Extreme Rage V2 Electric 3 Speed Hopper Modification

Paintball Section : Modifications Page: Extreme Rage Hopper: Circuit Board Setup

You have pos. & ground wires for the board(those will power the transistors, relay, and reciever), then in/out wire for the relay(this is for the motor or battery positive line) , and pos./ground for the emmiter(this one can be mounted independentally has no ties to rest of the circuitry, just has to be mounted opposite of the reciever) and pos./ground for the reciver. I broke the ground on the battery and inserted a switch to turn the whole setup on and off.

Here is the original wiring diagram, its not mine, owner, you know who you are, if you want to take the credit mail me.

Shopping list:

1 - 100 Ohm Resistor (goes after the relay)
1- Infared Detector and Emitter (they come as a set)
4 - 1000 Ohm Resistors (1k-Ohm)
2 - NPN Transistors
1 - 5V DC relay
1 - Switch

On the right is a diagram which is less electritian friendly and more how to do it.

I did it based on my wiring and i think it pretty accuratelly reflects how everything is to be connected, you really don't have to use a circuit board, but it makes things easier to put together and to trouble shoot at a later time.

RadioShack list of components and their part numbers:

-Reed Relay Rated 0.5A at 125VAC Current 5V Coil Res. 250 ohm Part No. 275-233
NPN Transistor Rated 600mA Current 6V (EBO) Part No. 276-2009
also used but burned out one
NPN Transistor Rated 200mA Current 6v (EBO) Part No. 276-2016
-Infared Emitter and Detector Part No. 276-142
-Metal Oxide Resistor 1k-ohm Part No. 271-153

Extra Help:

Another 2 ideas for brave ones to go for it:
Sound activated hopper. Same principal as the electronic eye but instead of the IR reciver mount a small mike maybe with some amplification but alone with 2 transistors it should work ok.

Simpler - mount a momentary switch behind the trigger, so that when you pull the trigger you close the circuit. Then interupt the 9v battery and route it through the switch. Now each time you pull the trigger you activate the hopper. But this might be too short so you mount a 9v capacitator on the motor so whenever you activate the hopper the capacitator will charge up and give the motor extra few spins