Battery Safety With Sugru

We spotted some 12V gel-cell batteries at Northackon's Sugru build night. But only some had safety tags on the positive connectors. Aha, a job for Sugru!

This Instructable is very very simple.

• Take a small piece of Sugru (preferably Red) and roll it into a small blob.
• Place the blob around the battery terminal such that it will be able to slide out one side once set.
• Shape to make it look nice.

That done, it's time to clean up.

We found that Sugru sticks well... to your hands. After a lot of rubbing with paper towel it does come off, but it's more hard work than moulding the Sugru was in the first place.

Wait for the Sugru to set.

We were a little impatient so removed the first one too soon and it didn't come away cleanly. The second I left in the garage for a couple of days and forgot about. It was tight on, but came off reasonably cleanly. Quick cleanup of Sugru off the terminal and you've got a nice terminal cap to put on your battery.

We only did the positive ends, but with appropriate coloured Sugru it might be nice to do the negative too.