The one boat I received (Clear Skimmer RCBoat) which is more of a smaller scale simple boat has individual batteries and that is not really something I wanted. The boat claimed it came with batteries and a charger, but when it arrived, I saw that it required 6 AA batteries.

The wiring is small and appears to only have 1 black wire soldered to the battery and wired to the circuit board. There is another black wire on the other end, but it runs to the lights on the boat. I am not sure if the wire leading to the light would complete the circuit as a 2 wire setup. As there is a wire that leads off of the lights and back through the boat. I haven't followed the other light wire to see where it leads.

My question is, is it possible, well fairly simple to convert this to a 9.6v battery pack?
The wires of a 9.6v battery pack are generally thicker and are gauged different. The wires on the boat are rather thin. So I don't want to fry any wires with running a heavy gauge wire, even though it would be nearly the same volts.

Hope someone can help. I'm not sure if the Clear Skimmer is sold here, sorry if thats an issue.
Call it a newb error

like you said,
one wire from the pack to the board,
the other wire from the pack goes to the light and the other wire from the light either goes to a switch or back to the board to complete the circuit.

to use a 9.6volt battery instead, you would do it the same way it is connected now.
can the board and the light handle 9.6 volts????
that I don't know, maybe it can since 6AAs is 9volts.

Dan.

Thank you for the reply.
Thats the issue. As it's .6v bigger than what is currently setup.
I do have some AA batteries with higher MAH on the way which should make it last longer and a hair faster.
I don't care if it overloads the light, it's more of a flasher light, but don't want to fry the wiring.

A few other things to consider.

If you are running rechargable batteries - say NiMH AA's then you are down to only 7.2volts.

Also how is the weight of the 9.6v pack compared to the AA's.

I personally would try it - figuring it close enough not to generate too much smoke. But if you try it and you fry it then you are back to square one.

Post some pics and let us know what you decide to do and how it works

A few other things to consider.

If you are running rechargeable batteries - say NiMH AA's then you are down to only 7.2volts.

Also how is the weight of the 9.6v pack compared to the AA's.

I personally would try it - figuring it close enough not to generate too much smoke. But if you try it and you fry it then you are back to square one.

Post some pics and let us know what you decide to do and how it works

I calculated that each AA is 1.5v, and there are 6 AA batteries, which is 9v? How did you get the 7.2v? Not bein sarcastic or rude, just curious if somehow the batteries are listed at a 1.5 and only produce a 1.2 or..?
Well, I was just curious how easy it is, esp. with the different gauge wires of the circuitry and the battery itself.
The AA's should arrive soon, and maybe I can get a cold water run before it completely freezes.

Matt was comparing a AA regular dry cell, to a AA rechargeable.

regular dry cells (non-rechargeable) are 1.5 volts and rechargeable batteries are 1.2 volts.

Dan.

damn, well, I may have wasted 15 bucks.
Well, now all the more reason to try the 9.6v pack

The 1.5 and 1.2 volt figures are only nominal anyway - new dry or fully charged cells will give a higher figure.  An important difference is that normally, a rechargeable cell can give out a LOT more current than a dry cell, but its maximum output will not last as long.<div>A toy designed for use with dry cells is unlikely to be able to demand the level of current that would cause damage, even with a couple of extra cells to bring it up to around the nominal 9 volts.  On the other hand, the extra weight might not do you any favours.</div>