Battery Clips for mini-banana type batteries

Eventually this will be a page describing how to make these battery clips with parts list and instructions. At least for now I am putting up some pictures. As with all my wearable stuff: this is what I use, it works for me. If it works for you too, great. If it doesn't, use something else.

These clips are made with mini banana jacks from digikey (and some day there will be a part number and url here), a trip to the hardware store (to get nuts that fit the back of the banana jacks), hobby store plastic, 18ga stranded wire and a hypertonics connector on the end (www.hypertronics.com) - you should put what ever you use to get power in to what ever it is you want to power to on the end of yours.

Here are some images, all are 640x480 jpegs, between 58k and 60k. Select the description to see the image.

• View of two batteries and two battery clips, one on, one off. You can see the added hot glue. It is probably overkill.
• Detail of one clip showing holes for strain relief that battery wire is run through.
• Putting the clip on the battery, 1 of 3
• Putting the clip on the battery, 2 of 3
• Putting the clip on the battery, 3 of 3
• The cardboard holder I keep the batteries in when in use.
• The cardboard holder, open showing orientation of batteries. Notice that exposed connectors from one battery cannot come in contact with the connectors from the other battery due to the orientation of the batteries. I have since applied some liquid electrical tape over the back of the banana plugs and nuts, you could also use hot glue.