Cheap-ass battery holders

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Hi Everybody!

I’m looking for super cheap-ass battery (single AA) holders. Cheapest is
around £1, which is not cheapest enough for me.

I’m looking at trying to patch up a simple DIY solution using bog roll
tubes, tin foil and tape, but wondered if any of youse guys had come up
with anything smarter.

Cheese

Dave

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http://uk.farnell.com/pro-power/bh311-1a/holder-battery-1xaa-wire-leads/dp/1183113

£2 for 5 cheap enough?On 5 February 2013 15:37, Dave Mee davemee@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Everybody!

I’m looking for super cheap-ass battery (single AA) holders. Cheapest is
around £1, which is not cheapest enough for me.

I’m looking at trying to patch up a simple DIY solution using bog roll
tubes, tin foil and tape, but wondered if any of youse guys had come up
with anything smarter.

Cheese

Dave

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I’m looking for super cheap-ass battery (single AA) holders. Cheapest is
around £1, which is not cheapest enough for me.

Anything on thingiverse?

This looks possible: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:9805

Ian.
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How many batarees are we talking here. Tube of 2 or singal AA? If single
AA

These are less than a pound…but they fecking horrible:

http://uk.farnell.com/keystone/1028c/battery-holder-aa-pcb/dp/2027288On 5 February 2013 15:37, Dave Mee davemee@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Everybody!

I’m looking for super cheap-ass battery (single AA) holders. Cheapest is
around £1, which is not cheapest enough for me.

I’m looking at trying to patch up a simple DIY solution using bog roll
tubes, tin foil and tape, but wondered if any of youse guys had come up
with anything smarter.

Cheese

Dave

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Just one cheap-ass AA battery that will last less than an iPhone 4 doing turn-by-turn navigation.

Here’s my amazing plans, produced on FingerCAD Pro 2000

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When I say ‘cardboard tube’, I mean bog roll.On 5 Feb 2013, at 15:48, Alexander Lang alexanderlang1980@gmail.com wrote:

How many batarees are we talking here. Tube of 2 or singal AA? If single AA

These are less than a pound…but they fecking horrible:

http://uk.farnell.com/keystone/1028c/battery-holder-aa-pcb/dp/2027288

On 5 February 2013 15:37, Dave Mee davemee@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Everybody!

I’m looking for super cheap-ass battery (single AA) holders. Cheapest is around £1, which is not cheapest enough for me.

I’m looking at trying to patch up a simple DIY solution using bog roll tubes, tin foil and tape, but wondered if any of youse guys had come up with anything smarter.

Cheese

Dave

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Dave,

That page is private so nobody can see it.

Cheers

AlexOn 5 February 2013 15:58, Dave Mee davemee@gmail.com wrote:

Just one cheap-ass AA battery that will last less than an iPhone 4 doing
turn-by-turn navigation.

Here’s my amazing plans, produced on FingerCAD Pro 2000

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davemee/8448211422/in/photostream

When I say ‘cardboard tube’, I mean bog roll.

On 5 Feb 2013, at 15:48, Alexander Lang alexanderlang1980@gmail.com wrote:

How many batarees are we talking here. Tube of 2 or singal AA? If single
AA

These are less than a pound…but they fecking horrible:

http://uk.farnell.com/keystone/1028c/battery-holder-aa-pcb/dp/2027288

On 5 February 2013 15:37, Dave Mee davemee@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Everybody!

I’m looking for super cheap-ass battery (single AA) holders. Cheapest is
around £1, which is not cheapest enough for me.

I’m looking at trying to patch up a simple DIY solution using bog roll
tubes, tin foil and tape, but wondered if any of youse guys had come up
with anything smarter.

Cheese

Dave

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Dave,

That page is private so nobody can see it.

Cheers

Alex

Here’s my amazing plans, produced on FingerCAD Pro 2000

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davemee/8448211422/in/photostream

When I say ‘cardboard tube’, I mean bog roll.

Whoah. That’ll teach me to upload from OSX. At least it’s defaulted to
private and not plaster-everywhere-with-incorrect-copyright-metadata mode.
It’s public now. Kinda.

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Why bother with the cardboard? Just tape the wires to the battery contacts.On 5 February 2013 16:18, Dave Mee davemee@gmail.com wrote:

On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 4:02:54 PM UTC, Alexander Lang wrote:

Dave,

That page is private so nobody can see it.

Cheers

Alex

Here’s my amazing plans, produced on FingerCAD Pro 2000

http://www.flickr.com/photos/**davemee/8448211422/in/**photostreamhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/davemee/8448211422/in/photostream

When I say ‘cardboard tube’, I mean bog roll.

Whoah. That’ll teach me to upload from OSX. At least it’s defaulted to
private and not plaster-everywhere-with-incorrect-copyright-metadata mode.
It’s public now. Kinda.

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Why bother with the cardboard? Just tape the wires to the battery contacts.

BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT DUH

Just to make it easier to replace the battery. TBH taping wires to contacts has never really worked well for me - well, when dealing with 8 year old kids, anyway, who tend to join the battery contacts to the wires using as much glue as possible.> On 5 February 2013 16:18, Dave Mee davemee@gmail.com wrote:

On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 4:02:54 PM UTC, Alexander Lang wrote:
Dave,

That page is private so nobody can see it.

Cheers

Alex

Here’s my amazing plans, produced on FingerCAD Pro 2000

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davemee/8448211422/in/photostream

When I say ‘cardboard tube’, I mean bog roll.

Whoah. That’ll teach me to upload from OSX. At least it’s defaulted to private and not plaster-everywhere-with-incorrect-copyright-metadata mode. It’s public now. Kinda.

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How about a lump of wood with a trench milled in it and a drawing pin
pressed into each end ?On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Dave Mee davemee@gmail.com wrote:

On 5 Feb 2013, at 16:35, Bob Clough parag0n@ivixor.net wrote:

Why bother with the cardboard? Just tape the wires to the battery contacts.

BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT DUH

Just to make it easier to replace the battery. TBH taping wires to contacts
has never really worked well for me - well, when dealing with 8 year old
kids, anyway, who tend to join the battery contacts to the wires using as
much glue as possible.

On 5 February 2013 16:18, Dave Mee davemee@gmail.com wrote:

On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 4:02:54 PM UTC, Alexander Lang wrote:

Dave,

That page is private so nobody can see it.

Cheers

Alex

Here’s my amazing plans, produced on FingerCAD Pro 2000

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davemee/8448211422/in/photostream

When I say ‘cardboard tube’, I mean bog roll.

Whoah. That’ll teach me to upload from OSX. At least it’s defaulted to
private and not plaster-everywhere-with-incorrect-copyright-metadata mode.
It’s public now. Kinda.

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I mean, the nice thing with cardboard is you can tear and fold it with bare hands. In its defence.On 5 Feb 2013, at 16:59, Adrian Godwin artgodwin@gmail.com wrote:

How about a lump of wood with a trench milled in it and a drawing pin
pressed into each end ?

On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Dave Mee davemee@gmail.com wrote:

On 5 Feb 2013, at 16:35, Bob Clough parag0n@ivixor.net wrote:

Why bother with the cardboard? Just tape the wires to the battery contacts.

BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT DUH

Just to make it easier to replace the battery. TBH taping wires to contacts
has never really worked well for me - well, when dealing with 8 year old
kids, anyway, who tend to join the battery contacts to the wires using as
much glue as possible.

On 5 February 2013 16:18, Dave Mee davemee@gmail.com wrote:

On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 4:02:54 PM UTC, Alexander Lang wrote:

Dave,

That page is private so nobody can see it.

Cheers

Alex

Here’s my amazing plans, produced on FingerCAD Pro 2000

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davemee/8448211422/in/photostream

When I say ‘cardboard tube’, I mean bog roll.

Whoah. That’ll teach me to upload from OSX. At least it’s defaulted to
private and not plaster-everywhere-with-incorrect-copyright-metadata mode.
It’s public now. Kinda.

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