Protecting and labelling batteries

[mikea]

The batteries I've bought for the 801 and 510 do not have protective caps of any sort. Not that I expect I'll be doing anything to damage the threads. But 'stuff' happens. It wouldn't be a bad idea to have the threads protected either with a cap that screws onto them or that can be pressure-fitted.

At the same time, if there were colored caps of some kind, they could be used to label batteries in a convenient way. batteries don't have indicator LEDs to show you what the remaining charge is -- and they all look alike. If there were, say, blue, green, and red caps: you could label not-yet-used batteries with a blue one; batteries with a full charge with a green one; batteries needing recharging with a red one. And you'd just swap the caps around on the batteries as the situation changes.

Can anyone 'round here think of some kind of plastic cap that would work for this purpose?

Failing that -- some kind of removable colored band that could be used to mark particular batteries with particular colors?

I don't have a thread gauge or the like here. Does anyone know what the 801 and 510 thread sizes are?

 

[ZambucaLu]

Moved out of newbs forum.

Lu

 

[tvujec]

Can anyone 'round here think of some kind of plastic cap that would work for this purpose?

KR808D cartomizers come protected with such caps. Since I have the device, I'll try using some of those caps for my extra batteries.

 

[harmony gardens]

That's a great idea,,, maybe someone will come up with such a cap. If you have some caps, you could use colored Sharpies to color them.

In the mean time, go to your local hardware store and buy a package of different colored electrical tape.

 

[happily]

home depot should sell rubber caps for opened caulking tubes that would work great......and colored

 

[mikea]

That's a great idea,,, maybe someone will come up with such a cap. If you have some caps, you could use colored Sharpies to color them.

In the mean time, go to your local hardware store and buy a package of different colored electrical tape.

The tape would be a bit of a nuisance to put on and off, but I see that participant 'happily' has suggested some caps that can be obtained from Home Depot. That'd be cool. Thanks, happily!

Also another of the forum participants has suggested elsewhere that 99-cent stores, and the like, carry very small colored elastic bands that are used for tying little girls' hair into pigtails...or whatever the ladies do with those mysterious hair-gizmos that men Just Don't Understand, Do We? . Those might also work. Worth a try. Now I just have to work up the courage to be the lone male, seen poking around in the 'hair and other girl-stuff' section of the local discount store.

 

[happily]

The tape would be a bit of a nuisance to put on and off, but I see that participant 'happily' has suggested some caps that can be obtained from Home Depot. That'd be cool. Thanks, happily!

Also another of the forum participants has suggested elsewhere that 99-cent stores, and the like, carry very small colored elastic bands that are used for tying little girls' hair into pigtails...or whatever the ladies do with those mysterious hair-gizmos that men Just Don't Understand, Do We? . Those might also work. Worth a try. Now I just have to work up the courage to be the lone male, seen poking around in the 'hair and other girl-stuff' section of the local discount store.

anywhere but seattle, you might like out of place.......something tells me you won't be alone there

 

[mikea]

anywhere but seattle, you might like out of place.......something tells me you won't be alone there

Ok, point taken. Plus there might be a bunch of vape types furtively looking through the aisles, occasionally taking hits off the PV and hoping nobody's looking.

"Hey, you can't smoke in this store!"
"But it isn't smoking!"
"Guard! Shoot that man at once!"
"No, wait! It's the P.R.S.* and I'm a guy looking for some of those hair clip/ribbon/tie-back/ whatever-they-are thingees! I have my rights!"
"Ok . . . let him go . . ."

All right, maybe it wouldn't go down quite that way...


* People's Republic of Seattle

 

[Wolf]

The state attorney general says that e-cigs don't violate the smoking ban and there are single fathers that are always buying that stuff for their kids hair.

 

[Rhetoric Camel]

I don't know if duracell or any of them do this anymore, but they used to have a package the batteries would come in and you could test the strength of the battery on it, the cap should have some set up where it automatically tells you the battery strength, although I don't know if those things drain batteries over time.

 

[Tom09]

You can place the rubber cap from a 510 cartridge or the plastic cap of a 901 cartridge on a 510 battery. Perfect fit, perfect protection cap. Sticky tape or marker will help you to tell the batteries apart.

 

[mikea]

The state attorney general says that e-cigs don't violate the smoking ban and there are single fathers that are always buying that stuff for their kids hair.

Let's hope that the latest creepy little restraint of trade (meaning the WA tobacco-related law taking effect on July 25 or so) doesn't also affect e-cigs. That law might well do some downright miserable things to some retailers in this state.

 

[mikea]

You can place the rubber cap from a 510 cartridge or the plastic cap of a 901 cartridge on a 510 battery. Perfect fit, perfect protection cap. Sticky tape or marker will help you to tell the batteries apart.

For now I found a super-low-tech solution: found some colored "pencil grips" in the kids'-school-supplies section of a local drugstore. They're each about 2" long and are made out of something that feels like neoprene. I cut them into 1/4" wide "rings". They'll do for now. They're slightly smaller in diameter than the batteries, but only slightly, so it's no big deal to push them over the end.

 

[SmokinScott]

How about those "cart comdoms" that new carts come in?
Or even the plastic cover for new carts?

 

[Antebellum]

Not protecting the threads, but related. I have a Brother P-touch labeler, and I print the in-service date on new batteries on a wrap band. If a battery fails within the warranty period, it goes back for a new one. Looks sort of geeky in public, I'll admit, but heck, I'm sucking on a toy cigarette anyway.

 

[framitz]

At home I just use a shallow metal can (from the Johnson's Creek Sampler). I have lined it with Sham Wow material (that's all it's good for anyway), then folded a piece in a double S shape and use it to create 3 or 4 separated areas, then I just put e-cigs, some juice, attys, and batteries in the separate areas to keep them organized.

It's all neatly in one place and I know what is what without bothering with any other labeling.