Keystone 1043p - too large for battery to make contact?

[cghildreth]

Hey y'all. I got some 1043p Keystone battery holders for a mod I'm building. This is my first one, so I apologize if this question has been asked and answered. I stuck an AW 18650 battery into the holder to test, and found that the battery is about 1/8 of an inch too short to make contact. Is this a known issue? Any suggestions for a fix? Did I order the wrong damn battery holders?

Thanks!

 

[SteamWhistle]

Flat top battery where there should be a button top?

 

[Visus]

Both holders are 68.8mm total length the 1042-43

The aw fit the 1042 fine, bend both clips out a bit.

The Aw imr's are 65mm yep ya need some lite bending. The 1042's are ~64mm clip to clip just measured mine.

 

[cghildreth]

Ok - on mine, because I ordered the 1043p, it doesn't have the bendable clips on both end. On one side its got a dimple to make contact. I'm re-ordering and going to get the non-polarized ones that have the spring clips on both ends. I can get the battery to make contact in the ones I've got, but the bend on the spring clip end is pretty extreme. Note to self. Order the non-polarized versions.

 

[Visus]

Or buy longer batts

Yeah the picture at digi's looks like it's clipped same as 1042 then ya go to drawing and see its not.

Yup cant do, I wouldn't either, thats a long stretchums bend..

 

[cghildreth]

Update - I got a total of 4 battery holders. I used a small hammer and punch and tapped out the dimpled positive side on all four, and the spring clip on two of the holders. Then I re-assembled two of the battery holders with spring clips on both ends. Presto. Fits an AW 18650 and other relatively standard length 18650s perfectly. I have two holders that are useless now, but I really only needed two holders for my current project and bought the extra holders as spares as a just in case. Glad I did.

 

[gandsr]

I ordered the same thing by mistake. I epoxied a small magnet to the positive end of the batteries. Works great.