Battery Holder from Cable Channel

A few days ago i bought some battery holder from a radio shack.
I glued them to my device, soldered the Pins.
After very short time i realized the poor quality of the holders.
The batteries pop out easily and on one the spring had only unstable contact to soldering lug.

So i decided to make my own holders in future.
I looked on Instructables and found a good one made from PVC pipes.
But they have the big drawback that they are round and so not easy to use.

So i went to a near DIY store to get some inspiration and found some cable channels.
And here it is!
The battery holder made from cable channel.
It can hold AA and AAA batteries (of course you have to decide on design time).

Step 1 Preperations

Following things you need:
- 15x15 mm PVC cable channel (cost for 2m: 1EUR)
- some things to made the contacts from (see images for example)
- glue
- some batteries


Following Tools you need:
- saw or a bigger knife
- lighter
- scissor or a cutter knife
- pliers

Comments

[Dr. dB]

A clever and useful project but, where and how does one attach the cat?

[iProton]

Man, I have just thrown the left over channel away...

[geekone]

good work! :d I use cable channel to build various small cases and boxes for my works...

[rimar2000]

Well done!

I did this some moths ago, for a 3D photographic array. The photo is in http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/2582682030_4cd7de6543_m.jpg

The battery holder supports 4 AA batteries, with lid. The contacts are made in cupper from a tube.