Tools needed and Instructions:
You will need:
- a utility blade, knife or scissors to remove old wrap
- a lighter, hair dryer or heat gun to shrink the new wrap
Warning: Never place metal across the positive side of
your battery as it will short out. Remember the center of
the battery is the positive and the rest of the body is the
negative.
So with that said, carefully remove the old
wrap by scoring the wrapper with your utility
blade, knife or scissors. Start at the bottom
(negative side) of the battery and work your
way toward the middle. You should not have
to go far past the middle of the battery. At this
point the rest of the wrap should just pull off.
You should now have a naked battery, an old wrapper to discard
and VERY IMPORTANT, a small insulator ring that goes around
your positive post to keep the battery
from shorting out. This little "O" shaped
ring will be reused, don't toss it out.
These don't always come off but if
yours does please hang on to it. The
examples pictured on the left show a
black (left) and a white (right) insulator ring.
Next, open your new
PVC wrap and artwork
insert to carefully insert
battery body. Be aware
of the orientation so you
don't wrap it upside
down. Align the top and bottom edges of the image with the
top and bottom edges of the battery as shown on the right.
There should be some overhang to wrap around the positive
and negative side of the battery. This is important because it is
what holds the insulator on at the positive end of the
battery. Place your insulator over the positive end of the
battery and now we're ready to shrink the wrap.
Shrinking the wrap requires heat. We
recommend a heat gun for best results but
you can use a hair dryer or even a lighter. Please bear in mind
that too much heat will melt and ruin the wrap. Whichever heat
source you use be sure go use the lowest temp that will shrink the wrap. Go
low and slow keeping the heat source moving at all times. Each end should
wrap neatly around the top and bottom of the battery as shown on the right.
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