These new batteries I got rattle in the light if I don’t cover them in stickers. I’ve covered them in small white stickers to solve the problem but would like a cleaner solution. Ideally plastic easy-remove stickers that are sized correctly to cover a 18650 battery. Anyone know where I can get such things in the uk?
You could just wrap them in a clear PVC battery heat shrink sleeve?
HKJ posted a good guide on how to rewrap cells.
Heat shrinking sounds like effort. I was hoping for simple stickers.
Just added a link in my previous comment. It’s very quick and easy.
I just use insulating tape, wrap it around one end of the cell until it’s a snug fit,if you over do it just unwrap it a bit and snip it off, then re fit - then do the same the other end, leaving about 10mm at each end. Simple, works and is virtually free. Doesn’t affect charging.
can also be removed easily if in the future you want the cell in another light which isn’t so loose. A roll of tape is around 75p, it’s also much better than stickers.
BTW I don’t mean cover the whole cell in tape, just keep wrapping it around and around in 1 spot - actually looks quite neat.
It it ever bothered me so much that I’d be compelled to do such a thing, a simple layer of paper-towel would likely suffice.
Removable, too.
Insulation tape worked well, I came to the same conclusion earlier.