Pila+18350=?Spacer?

[hildicat]

Hoping someone has a nice solution for charging the 18350 on the Pila. I'm sure I have seen pix using nuts and bolts, but if someone can take the guess work out of it for me I'd greatly appreciate it. Don't wanna have to make multiple trips to the hardware store...

 

[Mudflap]

I brought my Pila and battery to the hardware store and physically matched a few different bolts to the 18350 in the Pila's charging bay till I found the bolt with the thickness and length I wanted. Then I grabbed a lock nut for it so it sits in the charging bay evenly.

 

[karmakatie]

I brought my Pila and battery to the hardware store and physically matched a few different bolts to the 18350 in the Pila's charging bay till I found the bolt with the thickness and length I wanted. Then I grabbed a lock nut for it so it sits in the charging bay evenly.

Brilliant!!

 

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[hildicat]

Awesome, thanks!

 

[BuzzKilla]

you can use a long hex coupling nut, with a bolt to have an adjustable spacer.... makes it fool proof, if you ever get other sized batteries...

or if you want to dedicate yourself to a size, you can always take two copper pipe caps and affix them together with a short piece of copper tubing. I've seen it used in tube mods (with heat shrink, to prevent shorts.

wrapping the sides up in electrical tape insulates the spacers from foreign objects while charging.
Im not a fan of having that much metal exposed while charging on a dual charger. resting a tool or walking by with a tool in our hand can lead to an awakening shock... or having a stupid dog lick it

thats a possible 8.4V you can be touching. even though its no enough to kill you, it can be enough that a short can cause failure of charger or batteries, and we all know that is always a bad thing.