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Right, i got to wire 5 AA batteries in series to make a battery pack and couldn't find tabbed batteries, so i simply got a length of cable and stripped it at interval to make contact with the batteries tips.

Now, knowledge tells me this is ok, my brain tells me this is fine, but i have this feeling that it's not and that i'm about to ruin 30 quid worth of batteries.

Can anyone with electrical knowledge confirm i'm being a wuss and an idiot and that i should just get on with it?

The setup is like so http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd137/senorlopez13/DSC_0195_zps9c76c35a....

In reply to Mr Lopez:
That's parallel, not series......

Igonre that, you have them inverted, cant really see properly, where is the other wire ?

What is your end goal ?

In reply to Mr Lopez:

Actually, I think it's neither parallel nor series, but (depending what you do at the other end) nothing at all or a bunch of short circuits. So you might be about to ruin them :-S

Also, I don't know how you are planning to connect the wire to the batteries. Soldering might not be a good idea, if that is your plan.

In reply to Jack B:

Depends what's going on on the other end of them !!

OP, read up here before you spit alkaline shards over your kitchen......

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/serial_and_parallel_battery_conf...

In reply to Jack B:

To my eye that looks almost certainly wrong. Buy a battery holder off of ebay!

In reply to Mr Lopez:
That is wronger than a very wrong thing. You want to take that apart quick.

5 batteries in series will get you 5 x 1.5V = 7.5V with Alkaline cells. If you draw a battery as (- +) it should go
(- +) link (- +) link ( - +) link (- +) link (- +) so each of the links in the middle touches only two batteries.

In reply to Dark-Cloud:

Uh, oh. Nail nearly on the head. I had them stacked up/down but was going to wire them in a parallel fashion! Thanks

In reply to Mr Lopez:

Parallel just like connect all - and + presume you are going to longer burn time at 1.5V ?

In reply to Mr Lopez:

Ha. loads of replies in the time it took me to write that. Cheers guys, my 6th sense and your replies saved the day.

Lesson learnt, don't DIY after 2 beers...

In reply to Dark-Cloud:

No, i need them in series to get 18v out of 5x3.6v

In reply to Dark-Cloud:

Damn, and you edited your post, so now it looks like i'm talking nonsense

In reply to Mr Lopez:

Can't tell until we see the other end but it looks like a few short circuits.

Why don't you buy a 6 cell pack and solder up one of them. That way you don't ruin 30 quid worth of batteries.

http://uk.farnell.com/multicomp/bt00837/battery-holder-6xaa/dp/3829571

In reply to Mr Lopez:
18v out of 5x3.6v? You would need 12 x 1.5v AA batteries in series. If you're using 1.8v AA batteries (do they exist) then 10 in series.

Ah you must be using some fancy lithium batteries or something. Yeh, get a battery holder. Job done for about £1.50

In reply to itsThere:

Because that won't fit in the casing the batteries go in. Not too worry, everything under control now. Just had a brain fart when stripping the little bits of wire to do it the 'normal' way and somehow thought it'd be easier to use a single length, completely missing the fact that they don't actually go the full stack.

Cheers though

In reply to Mr Lopez:

Had a look on Amazon after cpc and rs. For 1.14 I would give it a try.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SODIAL-1-5V-Battery-Holder-Black/dp/B00L316FNQ/ref=...

In reply to itsThere:

All sorted. No explosions. fires, or lost appendages just yet http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd137/senorlopez13/DSC_0197_zps83987cb1....