Two AA Battery Pack With Two-Direction Cover 3D Printer Model

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Summary

A simple two AA battery pack, with a slide-on optional lid, and two countersunk mounting holes. It uses those little generic square contact tags found on eBay, Amazon, etc, where you get 10 sets for about two pounds.

The cover on this version can be slid on and off from either end. For those who require a lid that will only slide in one direction see my other design: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5320716

The main body takes about two hours to print. The cover (which you will need to rotate in your slicer) takes about an hour.

Printing isn't complicated, but the body will require some buildplate support in the areas where the solder contacts are found.

The battery contacts press into the print with the flat edge of a screwdriver, and lock in place by themselves. All you have to do is solder the tags at one end, and solder your power feeds to the tags on the other end.

I've attached the Sketchup file for anyone who wants to play about.

26/3/2022: V2 file has a slight improvement to the solder contact recesses by eradicating the small "step" visible in the original version.

AA_Battery_Holder_and_Lid_Double_Ended.skp 319.0KB
AA_Battery_Holder_Body_DE_V2.stl 53.0KB
AA_Battery_Holder_DE_Lid.stl 10.8KB