Electronics, Lighting, & Gadgets - Heat Shrink tubing

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thaetviking
01-16-08, 12:18 PM
I am looking for some thick walled heat shrink tubing for my battery pack and was wondering if you guys had some suggestions on what worked well for you. The battery pack is a Nightrider that I had to rewire and is 6 AA by 5 AA. It had some good stuff on there and I would like to find something similar. Unfortuantally there is nothing like it where I live and looking on the web does not give you a good idea what it is like. I have been leaning towards some PVC or Polyolefin. Website links would be great.


JB01245
01-16-08, 01:12 PM
Here is some heavy duty stuff
http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=964

and some others
http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=306

I have never used any of these, just noticed them the other day

thaetviking
01-16-08, 02:54 PM
I bought some stuff from there and it is not quite what I needed but they had a link to the plasti dip which is exactly what I have been looking for. Thanks:)


geo8rge
01-17-08, 11:10 AM
Try radio shack, Home Depot or any place that electrical contractors shop. It is possible that if you heat electrical tape with a heat gun you will get what you want. BTW, 12v home lighting systems are often uninsulated so insulation might not even be needed in your case.

JPMacG
01-18-08, 09:06 PM
You can get shrink tubing and other stuff for building battery packs here: www.radicalrc.com They are good folks.