Its awesome watching you fix your Tria, Barbie!



I've been using this thing for a while and it seems to be working pretty good for me.  I would recommend seeing a professional even though I am too cheap to.  The professional thing didn't work for me after about 5 months of sessions but the I-Light did.  If you can get past the corny pictures on the box and the warning that specifically says "don't use this on your face!" then maybe it can work for you too.


Edit: Forgot to add the link.

http://www.remingtonproducts.com/womens/ipl/i-light-pro/i-light-pro-intense-pulsed-light-hair-removal-system.aspx

Quote from: KiraD on September 28, 2014, 08:36:36 AM
Haha yeh, the mAh is basically a measure of how much of a charge it holds.  For example, a 3.2V battery at 5000mAh will hold more of a charge than a 3.2V battery rated at 4000mAh.  It's highly analogous to Litres when it comes to a drinks bottle When it's different voltages of course things get a little more complicated, but voltage-for-voltage you can think of it this way

Speaking of voltages: ooh, that one you linked there hun is 3.7V - that's about 15% over, which your Tria's circuits may not be happy with (because like I said, circuits normally aren't designed to have more than about a 10% tolerance).  I'd say you want to keep it between 2.88V and 3.52V at most.  If you want to play it safe then we can assume a 5% tolerance instead, which would be 3.04V to 3.36V (keep it within these limits if you can as you're more likely to be successful).

You may even find in the Tria's instruction book somewhere (usually either in the back or the front) some kind of table listing power requirements / tolerances etc which will help here.  I don't suppose you have that kicking about still do you?  I'm assuming there's a more technical manual in the box that tells you more about the device than the general user guide I'm finding online lol, but if not don't worry too much - just assume a 5% tolerance and you should be fine

<3

Yes. I noticed the difference, cancelling the order. My new order is as follows:



I hope a pair of this will work.

barbie~~

That will do the trick hun   The mAh is lower of course, so you will likely find yourself charging it up more frequently than you did before, but you will probably find that it charges quicker than it did before too, so swings and roundabouts I guess

If you wanted to be really clever, you could actually get a second pair which you can swap in and use while you put the other set on charge.  That way you don't have to wait for the whole device to recharge while you finish your session.  Just a suggestion because that's probably what I would do lol <3

Quote from: Lara the Lover and the Fighter on September 28, 2014, 08:42:08 AM
Its awesome watching you fix your Tria, Barbie!



I've been using this thing for a while and it seems to be working pretty good for me.  I would recommend seeing a professional even though I am too cheap to.  The professional thing didn't work for me after about 5 months of sessions but the I-Light did.  If you can get past the corny pictures on the box and the warning that specifically says "don't use this on your face!" then maybe it can work for you too.


Edit: Forgot to add the link.

http://www.remingtonproducts.com/womens/ipl/i-light-pro/i-light-pro-intense-pulsed-light-hair-removal-system.aspx

Ooh interesting.  I'll definitely check that out when I get a sec hun.  Thanks for that <3 *hugs* <3

Couldn't one just run the battery lines to a barrel connector, an d buy a wall AC-DC power adapter with the correct rating?

Have not quite gotten the brass up to activate my Tria and nuke the beard yet.

How much does it mess up your face one and two days out?


- Jaded (Crap!  The programmer has the soldering iron again!) Jade

I'm glad to see you're fixing your Tria, Barbie. From the label on the Tria's original battery pack, it looks to me like the two batteries combined must produce 3.2V. That means if it contains two batteries they should be 1.6V each. I would think that 3.2V battery you are ordering would work, but you would only use one of them and, thus, probably hold a charge for less time than two 1.6V ones in series as the machine apparently had originally.

Maybe there's something I missed, so straighten me out if I'm wrong here, but that looks like the situation to me.

BTW, Jade has a good idea. If I were tinkering with one of these (being the hardware geek I am) I would add a battery bypass connector so I could use an external power supply when I want.

Quote from: Jaded Jade on October 03, 2014, 02:49:01 AM
Couldn't one just run the battery lines to a barrel connector, an d buy a wall AC-DC power adapter with the correct rating?

Have not quite gotten the brass up to activate my Tria and nuke the beard yet.

How much does it mess up your face one and two days out?


- Jaded (Crap!  The programmer has the soldering iron again!) Jade

Putting this in as an addition would definitely be a great idea, but it depends how savvy Barbie is with a soldering iron lol   Don't forget also, there's nothing stopping her adding such a feature at a later date if she so wishes

Quote from: Lyric on October 03, 2014, 10:23:04 AM
I'm glad to see you're fixing your Tria, Barbie. From the label on the Tria's original battery pack, it looks to me like the two batteries combined must produce 3.2V. That means if it contains two batteries they should be 1.6V each. I would think that 3.2V battery you are ordering would work, but you would only use one of them and, thus, probably hold a charge for less time than two 1.6V ones in series as the machine apparently had originally.

Maybe there's something I missed, so straighten me out if I'm wrong here, but that looks like the situation to me.

BTW, Jade has a good idea. If I were tinkering with one of these (being the hardware geek I am) I would add a battery bypass connector so I could use an external power supply when I want.

I thought the same thing when I first saw the pics, but after I looked a little closer I noticed that the batteries seem to be hooked up in parallel (notice how the black wire connects the two outer ends, and the red wire connects to both of the middle parts?), which means the voltage coming out is the same as it is for each individual battery (i.e. it doesn't add like it does in a series setup).  What will add though is the capacity.  If it is a serial setup on the original, there's no reason Barbie couldn't make the new ones parallel and increase the mAh of the whole setup, assuming there's enough room to do it of course

<3 *hugs* <3

Quote from: KiraD on October 03, 2014, 11:04:45 AM
I thought the same thing when I first saw the pics, but after I looked a little closer I noticed that the batteries seem to be hooked up in parallel...

Thanks for jogging me back to electricity 101. I should have noticed that. You rarely see batteries connected parallel, but it's just a matter of wiring. Never mind, Barbie. I'm sure you've got what you need there. Let us know how it works out, though.

Quote from: Lyric on October 03, 2014, 11:52:21 AM
Thanks for jogging me back to electricity 101. I should have noticed that. You rarely see batteries connected parallel, but it's just a matter of wiring. Never mind, Barbie. I'm sure you've got what you need there. Let us know how it works out, though.

Yes. The pair are connected parallel. The capacity of the original batteries is 4.4 Ah (2.2 + 2.2). Now, the batteries delivered yesterday have 2.7 Ah each, meaning the paralleled pair will have 5.4 AH, which will not cause any problem (probably better than the original).

I also had an soldering iron ordered, and will try the job next week.

barbie~~

OK, Am I the only one that does the old fashioned way? Nice bubble bath, glass of wine and so on? Or quickly in the shower in the morning? Other than the face, I think I would rather do it the other way. Waxing screws my legs up. Permanent on the face would be nice but the legs and underarms, if you have a boyfriend, he can even help if you trust him enough.

By "old fashioned way", do you mean shaving?  I tried shaving to start with but my body didn't react well to it.  Razor burn, stubble rash and ingrown hairs all over the place.  Granted though, that'll probably change once I start HRT, but until then shaving doesn't really work for me.  The only parts of me that are kinda ok with it are my face and under my arms.  Everything else I'm using hair removal cream at the moment.  It's not perfect and it does burn me a little in a few places (nothing a bit of Savlon can't fix though ), but it's much better than using razors for me at least.  I plan to move up to waxing in the near future (only reason I don't do it now is due to discreteness - kinda hard to hide wax strips lol ), and at the same time start using the Tria to gain that permanency (obviously I'm not going to wax and Tria the same area at the same time lol).  That's my plan anyway

Besides, I'm a tech girl - lasers are cool! <3

Quote from: KiraD on October 05, 2014, 03:30:11 AM
By "old fashioned way", do you mean shaving?  I tried shaving to start with but my body didn't react well to it.  Razor burn, stubble rash and ingrown hairs all over the place.  Granted though, that'll probably change once I start HRT, but until then shaving doesn't really work for me.  The only parts of me that are kinda ok with it are my face and under my arms.  Everything else I'm using hair removal cream at the moment.  It's not perfect and it does burn me a little in a few places (nothing a bit of Savlon can't fix though ), but it's much better than using razors for me at least.  I plan to move up to waxing in the near future (only reason I don't do it now is due to discreteness - kinda hard to hide wax strips lol ), and at the same time start using the Tria to gain that permanency (obviously I'm not going to wax and Tria the same area at the same time lol).  That's my plan anyway

Besides, I'm a tech girl - lasers are cool! <3

Yeah shaving. But really you have to get used to it. The skin whether waxing, shaving laser or electrolysis, in the beginning will be extremely sensitive. I cant wax. I hate having to let the freakin' hair get 1/4 inch. Unacceptable. Laser is expensive up front. Electrolysis I never checked into. I have light hair on my face so... But twice a day does me good. Most girls that I know shave. Some are even pretty hairy at that, some have more hair on their arms and darker than I do. I think if I went for laser it would be face and chest only but not too much there anyway. The face? yeah it would ben nice but it is awfully light. But b\givem a bubble bath, bottle of wine and a razor. Inexpensive and once your skin gets used to it ain't no big deal. Well inexpensive initially anyway. Besides your boyfriend may enjoy helping you make your legs smooth. It can be a sensual experience.

Legs I use an epilator, and touch up with shaving.  Other places I shave.

Some places I get ingrowns, want to thin/clear with the Tria.

Shaving is a bit of a disphoria trigger for me, the beard must die.  Plus the shadow. 

If it only thins/lightens that's fine, I am more NB/MTF than anything, if I need more removal later, I can get at least a 70% start with the Tria. 


- JJ

I decided to use the VISS IPL Advanced System at home and I´m amazed!

http://vissbeauty.com/viss-advanced-ipl-hair-removal-system

Using the device since March this year and though I´m pre-HRT (granted, I never developed major amounts of corporal hair and even on my chin I always had bald spots) the achievements I made with this device were stunning. Hair on my legs disappeared almost completely since!  And I  got to use the device on my "beard" too. While at the under-chin and the upper-lip a slight beard-shadow is still visible, sideburns disappeared almost completely. What a progress in just a few months! Nevertheless, if my beard shadow at the upper-lip and under-chin won´t dissapear completely by use of VISS IPL, I´m considering getting removed it by epilation needle.

For me VISS IPL  was an investment all worth it.

Did anyone made similar experiences with VISS IPL?#

xoxo

Anna-Maria

Quote from: barbie on October 03, 2014, 01:02:26 PM
Yes. The pair are connected parallel. The capacity of the original batteries is 4.4 Ah (2.2 + 2.2). Now, the batteries delivered yesterday have 2.7 Ah each, meaning the paralleled pair will have 5.4 AH, which will not cause any problem (probably better than the original).

I also had an soldering iron ordered, and will try the job next week.

barbie~~

Soldering iron was the most difficult part. Anyway, my graduate student worked it for me.
The results?

I do not know. I am now trying to charge the battery, but the indicator lights are not normal. All of the three lights are flashing. The indicator lights should flash one after the other. I suspect the higher 5.4 Ah as the reason. Anyway I am trying to charge the battery.... I will post the final verdict.



barbie~~

Quote from: barbie on October 11, 2014, 07:01:35 AM
Soldering iron was the most difficult part. Anyway, my graduate student worked it for me.
The results?

I do not know. I am now trying to charge the battery, but the indicator lights are not normal. All of the three lights are flashing. The indicator lights should flash one after the other. I suspect the higher 5.4 Ah as the reason. Anyway I am trying to charge the battery.... I will post the final verdict.

It's usually best to eliminate the simplest solution first. The problem could just be a cold solder joint. Try clipping temporary jumper clips between the battery connections to double check. If it works OK that way, you just need to redo the soldering. Soldering is a bit tricky if you don' do it often. You have to heat the larger piece of metal until solder will melt on it, then hold the heat to it until it forms a solid (shiny) joint. If you don't do it right it makes a flat colored "cold" joint that may not connect properly.

Quote from: Lyric on October 11, 2014, 09:59:29 AM
It's usually best to eliminate the simplest solution first. The problem could just be a cold solder joint. Try clipping temporary jumper clips between the battery connections to double check. If it works OK that way, you just need to redo the soldering. Soldering is a bit tricky if you don' do it often. You have to heat the larger piece of metal until solder will melt on it, then hold the heat to it until it forms a solid (shiny) joint. If you don't do it right it makes a flat colored "cold" joint that may not connect properly.

Lyric,

Thanks! I will try it again after testing it by temporary jumper clips.

barbie~~

Sorry. I gave up. I am a novice in iron soldering. Still I do not know whether it is a connection or Ampere problem.
Certainly, the connection is not complete.....

barbie~~

Well, you might find a 3.2V wall wart power supply and try bypassing the battery to see if it works that way. At the worst you might even install a connector for the supply on the case so you can operate it with wired power. Of course, that takes some soldering, too. I'm still thinking your problem may be a solder contact, but after these fixes don't do it, you can try replacing the batteries as you said.

Quote from: Lyric on October 15, 2014, 09:30:35 AM
Well, you might find a 3.2V wall wart power supply and try bypassing the battery to see if it works that way. At the worst you might even install a connector for the supply on the case so you can operate it with wired power. Of course, that takes some soldering, too. I'm still thinking your problem may be a solder contact, but after these fixes don't do it, you can try replacing the batteries as you said.

Lyric, thanks. Yes. I may be able to figure out, but I have already invested too much time. Sometimes I earn US$500 within a few hours. Usually I seldom give up, but time goes. If necessary, I will purchase another one. Sorry for no inspiration on replacing the batteries of Tria.

barbie~~

When testing it, the 3 indicator lights flash one after the other exactly two times, and then all of the light blink. I repeat this, but the results are the same. This means that there is no problem in the connections. The 3 lights flash even after unplugging the power outlet, meaning that the battery works, but the ampere or something else is not normal to the circuit.

barbie~~