Soldering batteries and finishing Q.

[Cemetric]

The soldering of the batteries is ok ...
No problems with that ...
But when they are soldered I want to put some adhesive between the batteries (before putting the shrinkwrap on)so they stay well together and can take the shocks..
This to prevent the soldering breaking under stress.

Can I use silicons for this or is there something better ..
I've read somewhere that "shoe goo" or something is very well for this , but my LHS does not carry something like this ..ordering this in the USA takes 2 months before it reaches me (customs:mad: :rolleyes: ).

Any help is appreciated

D.

[therapy]

You can buy shoe goo at athletic shoe stores, as well as at Target, Wal-Mart, etc. It's made to repair shoe soles, but ends up working quite well for other things as well.

[-=ADA$=-]

to make my pack i first made a kind of bracket so it would fit the box, then filled space between batts with kind of house all purpouse glue, and then soldered it together, and shrinkwraped, it works, though i didnt try it when driving!!

[baih]

you want to put the single cell shrink wrap on first. this way if you have a cell go bad you will be able to take the pack apart. i use to use thick ca glue. a small drop on both sides. i don't glue them anymore.

[Cemetric]

Ok ..thanks for the info guys ...

I might not glue them in the end like baih says ...
The shrink wrap should hold the batteries together as well and can take the abuse also.

[highroller]

Don't use hot melt glue unless you want a big mess, I made that mistake. I use to use CA but then if the shrink wrap breaks you have to disassemble the whole pack, reshrink it and use all new bars etc.
What I do is buy single cell wrap in package of 100 (trinity), Deans bars 2.0 or 3.0 in pkg of 100 and Sho Goo. Each cell is lightly sanded, apply shrink wrapping, then glue each cell (for rigidty). The bars are soldered and pack cycled to be sure solder joints are solid and get baseline info on pack voltage info (MAH & Peak Voltage & runtime).