9v battery terminal blanks?

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DaveC

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I want to keep some NiMH rechargeable 9v batteries in my tool bag (well, my
meter bag, actually). I am currently running a double loop of electrical tape
around the entire battery to insulate the terminals.

I'd like to use something more durable (one battery has had a terminal peek
through the tape) and was thinking about something like a battery terminal
connector but made of insulating material like nylon (probably of some
cheaper plastic).

Does such a thing exist? I did web searches, but maybe my terminology isn't
spot-on...

Ideas?

Thanks,
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I've seen all-plastic plugs for 9V batteries that were designed for just
this purpose. But they came on batteries supplied with a product. I've never
seen them for commercial sale.

How about punching two holes in a block of foam, then taping it on?
 
In article <0001HW.C56D202C00696672B01AD9AF@news.sf.sbcglobal.net>,
DaveC <me@bogusdomain.net> wrote:
I want to keep some NiMH rechargeable 9v batteries in my tool bag (well,
my meter bag, actually). I am currently running a double loop of
electrical tape around the entire battery to insulate the terminals.

I'd like to use something more durable (one battery has had a terminal
peek through the tape) and was thinking about something like a battery
terminal connector but made of insulating material like nylon (probably
of some cheaper plastic).

Does such a thing exist? I did web searches, but maybe my terminology
isn't spot-on...
Click to expand...
Pro Duracells PP3 size in the UK come with a plastic clip on cover for the
positive terminal as they are usually supplied in bulk - ie no individual
wrapping. So that's to prevent shorts in a partially emptied box.
Find a film or TV crew and ask the sound guy for some.

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DaveC wrote:
I want to keep some NiMH rechargeable 9v batteries in my tool bag (well, my
meter bag, actually). I am currently running a double loop of electrical tape
around the entire battery to insulate the terminals.

I'd like to use something more durable (one battery has had a terminal peek
through the tape) and was thinking about something like a battery terminal
connector but made of insulating material like nylon (probably of some
cheaper plastic).

Does such a thing exist? I did web searches, but maybe my terminology isn't
spot-on...

Ideas?

Thanks,
Click to expand...
An old-time solution would be to put some fish paper under the tape.

Cheers,

Phil Hobbs
 
DaveC wrote:
I want to keep some NiMH rechargeable 9v batteries in my tool bag (well, my
meter bag, actually). I am currently running a double loop of electrical tape
around the entire battery to insulate the terminals.

I'd like to use something more durable (one battery has had a terminal peek
through the tape) and was thinking about something like a battery terminal
connector but made of insulating material like nylon (probably of some
cheaper plastic).

Does such a thing exist? I did web searches, but maybe my terminology isn't
spot-on...

Start harvesting the snap-on battery cords from dead electronics. Cut
Click to expand...
the wires off short (preferably inside the vinyl housing a bit). Snap
them on -- there you are!

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DaveC wrote:
I want to keep some NiMH rechargeable 9v batteries in my tool bag (well, my
meter bag, actually). I am currently running a double loop of electrical tape
around the entire battery to insulate the terminals.

I'd like to use something more durable (one battery has had a terminal peek
through the tape) and was thinking about something like a battery terminal
connector but made of insulating material like nylon (probably of some
cheaper plastic).

Does such a thing exist? I did web searches, but maybe my terminology isn't
spot-on...

Ideas?
Click to expand...

Small 4 mil ziplock bags. Put the batteries in them with the
terminals towards the zipper. Put the dead ones back in, in the other
direction so you can tell them apart.


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DaveC wrote:
I want to keep some NiMH rechargeable 9v batteries in my tool bag (well, my
meter bag, actually). I am currently running a double loop of electrical tape
around the entire battery to insulate the terminals.

I'd like to use something more durable (one battery has had a terminal peek
through the tape) and was thinking about something like a battery terminal
connector but made of insulating material like nylon (probably of some
cheaper plastic).

Does such a thing exist? I did web searches, but maybe my terminology isn't
spot-on...

Ideas?
Click to expand...

<http://www.keyelco.com/products/prod37.asp?SubCategoryID=24>


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"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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DaveC wrote:

I want to keep some NiMH rechargeable 9v batteries in my tool bag (well,
my
meter bag, actually). I am currently running a double loop of electrical
tape
around the entire battery to insulate the terminals.

I'd like to use something more durable (one battery has had a terminal
peek
through the tape) and was thinking about something like a battery
terminal
connector but made of insulating material like nylon (probably of some
cheaper plastic).

Does such a thing exist? I did web searches, but maybe my terminology
isn't
spot-on...

Ideas?


http://www.keyelco.com/products/prod37.asp?SubCategoryID=24
Click to expand...
Congratulations, Michael! You're the winner!

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DaveC wrote:
I want to keep some NiMH rechargeable 9v batteries in my tool bag (well, my
meter bag, actually). I am currently running a double loop of electrical tape
around the entire battery to insulate the terminals.

I'd like to use something more durable (one battery has had a terminal peek
through the tape) and was thinking about something like a battery terminal
connector but made of insulating material like nylon (probably of some
cheaper plastic).

Does such a thing exist? I did web searches, but maybe my terminology isn't
spot-on...

Ideas?
Click to expand...
Mouser has the keystone part in stock:

<http://www.mouser.com/search/ProductDetail.aspx?qs=pkhVRPZ8ecCfeeQeYtldRQ%3d%3d>

1: $0.22
100: $0.11
500: $0.10
1,000: $0.08
5,000: $0.07
10,000: $0.06


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In article <sbCdnY71IMlvcNrUnZ2dnUVZ_hSdnZ2d@web-ster.com>,
Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> wrote:
Start harvesting the snap-on battery cords from dead electronics. Cut
the wires off short (preferably inside the vinyl housing a bit). Snap
them on -- there you are!
Click to expand...
Most of those break after a few operations.

You could take a dead battery apart and use the connector block from that
after insulating. Usually far stronger than the wire ended connectors.

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On 16 Dec, 19:05, Tim Wescott <t...@seemywebsite.com> wrote:
DaveC wrote:
I want to keep some NiMH rechargeable 9v batteries in my tool bag (well, my
meter bag, actually). I am currently running a double loop of electrical tape
around the entire battery to insulate the terminals.

I'd like to use something more durable (one battery has had a terminal peek
through the tape) and was thinking about something like a battery terminal
connector but made of insulating material like nylon (probably of some
cheaper plastic).

Does such a thing exist? I did web searches, but maybe my terminology isn't
spot-on...

Start harvesting the snap-on battery cords from dead electronics.  Cut
the wires off short (preferably inside the vinyl housing a bit).  Snap
them on -- there you are!
Click to expand...
You can buy such cords, but the cheapest/fastest solution is to take
apart a dead battery and tape up the back side, with a bit of plastic
behind to prevent rubbing through -- the battery may have this anyway.

In my impoverished schooldays, no battery was ever thrown away without
salvaging the connectors.

Chris
 
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"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:gPydnWCmjt8XbNrUnZ2dnUVZ_hmdnZ2d@earthlink.com...

DaveC wrote:

I want to keep some NiMH rechargeable 9v batteries in my tool bag (well,
my
meter bag, actually). I am currently running a double loop of electrical
tape
around the entire battery to insulate the terminals.

I'd like to use something more durable (one battery has had a terminal
peek
through the tape) and was thinking about something like a battery
terminal
connector but made of insulating material like nylon (probably of some
cheaper plastic).

Does such a thing exist? I did web searches, but maybe my terminology
isn't
spot-on...

Ideas?


http://www.keyelco.com/products/prod37.asp?SubCategoryID=24



Congratulations, Michael! You're the winner!
Click to expand...

Thanks. Keystone has always had odd, but useful niche products. They
came through lots of times, when no one else came close. They also have
the best 9 volt battery connectors I've ever used. I used to repair VHF
walkie talkies and used their part number 83 for the replacement battery
packs I built, and the OEM packs that were built with the five cent
chinese parts.

<http://www.keyelco.com/products/specs/spec54.asp> (In the third column)
they are available with different length leads. I used the six inch and
ran the extra wire between the two columns of cells. That brought the
wires out the other end, for good strain relief. I used old business
cards over each end before shrinking the thin white heat shrink. I also
wrote the date & customer's name with an ultra fine line sharpie before
applying the heat. That melted the information into the heatshrink so it
couldn't rub off, or be removed. It stopped them from trying to claim a
new battery was bad. I no longer had to cut the heat shrink off to show
the date codes. :)


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The crazy, and the insane.
The first sign of insanity is denying that you're crazy.
 
"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in
news:gPydnWCmjt8XbNrUnZ2dnUVZ_hmdnZ2d@earthlink.com:

http://www.keyelco.com/products/prod37.asp?SubCategoryID=24
Click to expand...
"Available in Non-conductive Material"
Highly amusing. I was wondering what other kind they had in mind. >:)
 
"DaveC" <me@bogusdomain.net> wrote in message
news:0001HW.C56D202C00696672B01AD9AF@news.sf.sbcglobal.net
I want to keep some NiMH rechargeable 9v batteries in my tool bag
(well, my meter bag, actually). I am currently running a double loop
of electrical tape around the entire battery to insulate the
terminals.

I'd like to use something more durable (one battery has had a
terminal peek through the tape) and was thinking about something like
a battery terminal connector but made of insulating material like
nylon (probably of some cheaper plastic).

Does such a thing exist? I did web searches, but maybe my terminology
isn't spot-on...
Click to expand...
http://www.stockcap.com/rubber-caps.html

Ooh, free samples and small quantities.

And they have square ones too.


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"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote in message
news:500eb37072dave@davenoise.co.uk...
In article <sbCdnY71IMlvcNrUnZ2dnUVZ_hSdnZ2d@web-ster.com>,
Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com> wrote:
Start harvesting the snap-on battery cords from dead electronics. Cut
the wires off short (preferably inside the vinyl housing a bit). Snap
them on -- there you are!

Most of those break after a few operations.

You could take a dead battery apart and use the connector block from that
after insulating. Usually far stronger than the wire ended connectors.
Click to expand...
That would be my suggestion, you could insulate the terminal rivets with
blobs of epoxy glue or with some makes of battery the blank plastic insert
from the bottom could be superglued on for insulation.
 
On Dec 16, 9:06 am, DaveC <m...@bogusdomain.net> wrote:
I want to keep some NiMH rechargeable 9v batteries in my tool bag (well, my
meter bag, actually). I am currently running a double loop of electrical tape
around the entire battery to insulate the terminals.

I'd like to use something more durable
Click to expand...
I just use some stiff paper, wrap one end of the battery
like an Xmas present, and tape the paper. This makes
a paper friction-fit cap, which has never failed me.

Strapping tape is permanent enough, but some kinds of
book-repair (urethane?) tape are better. Kapton is overkill,
but... the problem gets dead, it stays dead... that works.
 
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:52:16 -0500, the renowned "Michael A. Terrell"
<mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:

BobW wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:gPydnWCmjt8XbNrUnZ2dnUVZ_hmdnZ2d@earthlink.com...

DaveC wrote:

I want to keep some NiMH rechargeable 9v batteries in my tool bag (well,
my
meter bag, actually). I am currently running a double loop of electrical
tape
around the entire battery to insulate the terminals.

I'd like to use something more durable (one battery has had a terminal
peek
through the tape) and was thinking about something like a battery
terminal
connector but made of insulating material like nylon (probably of some
cheaper plastic).

Does such a thing exist? I did web searches, but maybe my terminology
isn't
spot-on...

Ideas?


http://www.keyelco.com/products/prod37.asp?SubCategoryID=24



Congratulations, Michael! You're the winner!


Thanks. Keystone has always had odd, but useful niche products. They
came through lots of times, when no one else came close. They also have
the best 9 volt battery connectors I've ever used. I used to repair VHF
walkie talkies and used their part number 83 for the replacement battery
packs I built, and the OEM packs that were built with the five cent
chinese parts.
Click to expand...
FIVE CENTS!!??!! Solid gold were they?


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Spehro Pefhany wrote:
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:52:16 -0500, the renowned "Michael A. Terrell"
mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:


BobW wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:gPydnWCmjt8XbNrUnZ2dnUVZ_hmdnZ2d@earthlink.com...

DaveC wrote:

I want to keep some NiMH rechargeable 9v batteries in my tool bag (well,
my
meter bag, actually). I am currently running a double loop of electrical
tape
around the entire battery to insulate the terminals.

I'd like to use something more durable (one battery has had a terminal
peek
through the tape) and was thinking about something like a battery
terminal
connector but made of insulating material like nylon (probably of some
cheaper plastic).

Does such a thing exist? I did web searches, but maybe my terminology
isn't
spot-on...

Ideas?


http://www.keyelco.com/products/prod37.asp?SubCategoryID=24



Congratulations, Michael! You're the winner!


Thanks. Keystone has always had odd, but useful niche products. They
came through lots of times, when no one else came close. They also have
the best 9 volt battery connectors I've ever used. I used to repair VHF
walkie talkies and used their part number 83 for the replacement battery
packs I built, and the OEM packs that were built with the five cent
chinese parts.

FIVE CENTS!!??!! Solid gold were they?
Click to expand...

With their poor quality they were only worth five cents, by the
hundred. :(


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The first sign of insanity is denying that you're crazy.
 
DaveC wrote:
I want to keep some NiMH rechargeable 9v batteries in my tool bag (well, my
meter bag, actually). I am currently running a double loop of electrical tape
around the entire battery to insulate the terminals.

I'd like to use something more durable (one battery has had a terminal peek
through the tape) and was thinking about something like a battery terminal
connector but made of insulating material like nylon (probably of some
cheaper plastic).

Does such a thing exist? I did web searches, but maybe my terminology isn't
spot-on...

Ideas?

Thanks,
Heat shrink tubing would do fine.
Click to expand...
 
DaveC wrote:
I want to keep some NiMH rechargeable 9v batteries in my tool bag (well, my
meter bag, actually). I am currently running a double loop of electrical tape
around the entire battery to insulate the terminals.

I'd like to use something more durable (one battery has had a terminal peek
through the tape) and was thinking about something like a battery terminal
connector but made of insulating material like nylon (probably of some
cheaper plastic).

Does such a thing exist? I did web searches, but maybe my terminology isn't
spot-on...

Ideas?

Thanks,
Click to expand...
As Michael pointed out, the same caps that Duracells ship with are
available in aftermarket. Personally, I just use a piece of gaffers
(duct) tape, line the cells up--terminals down, adhesive side up--then
fold the tape down over the sides. That's enough to keep them from
shorting together. Put in a drawer or box, they won't short to anything
else.

YMMV...the goo from the tape is sometimes an issue.

jak
 
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