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<p>If there are any Nikon SB Flash owners that would like the same solution that I have for the external battery and the aluminum dummy AA batteries I can have the same solution made for you. Drop me an email if you are interested. </p>

<p>Thank you for this post! Your suggestions helped me come up with my own external pack. Here is my version for a Nikon Speedlight.<br>

I thought I would share what I have done and maybe you can take this into consideration when making your own. This solution is more expensive but I think it is nice to have the ability to clip the 5th battery holder on the flash and disconnect the cable when needed. It may be a little overkill on the solution but it shouldn't have any problems.<br>

I have a friend that has good equipment such as a lathe and I told him what I wanted to do and he had some aluminum handy and this is what we came up with. We also bought a charger from Walmart to be a connector. We made a cable with 16 gauge speaker wire.<br>

Supplies used:<br />16 gauge speaker wire - $10<br />Walmart charger for male connector - $2<br />Female connector for the 5th battery holder - $1<br />Werker SAL Battery - ? I can't remember. I think it was around $18<br />Terminal connectors - $2<br />Aluminum to make dummy battery cells - spare aluminum (I don't know what it costs)<br />Nikon 5th Battery Holder - Came with the flash<br>

MD<br>

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<p>My friend made some dummy AA cell batteries out of aluminum. <br>

<img src="http://dalbyphoto.smugmug.com/photos/1164773123_YE9Lz-M-1.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="376" /><br>

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<p>We installed the connector from the Walmart charger in the 5th battery holder. <br>

<img src="http://dalbyphoto.smugmug.com/photos/1164771058_UTKTp-M-1.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="428" /></p>

<p><img src="http://dalbyphoto.smugmug.com/photos/1164771335_S4JES-M-1.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="429" /></p>

<p><img src="http://dalbyphoto.smugmug.com/photos/1164771864_7w9yH-M-1.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="429" /></p>

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