Re-wrapping batteries

Volition · December 28, 2016, 8:41pm

Hairdryer for children definitely! Torches only for adults, heat guns are best. If you own a heat gun, you know that.

Josephine_van_Rijn · December 28, 2016, 11:30pm

I just don’t like putting flames near my batteries

fidalgo_vapes · December 28, 2016, 11:32pm

i dont blame you one bitv

Sahyatt · January 2, 2017, 2:33am

Rewrapped my first set.

Steve-o_54 · July 21, 2017, 2:24am

excellent tutorial your method is exactly the way I do it only difference is use a little heat gun

Jayrell · July 21, 2017, 2:29am

Agreed this thread was great! Helped me go ahead and make the decision to rewrap a couple of my batteries… they were practically new but the wrap started to tare from going in and out of one of my mods… didn’t bite the bullet for a heat gun either I use my wife’s blow dryer lol

GalacticResidue · July 21, 2017, 5:00am

Nice thread thx for the tutorial! I have wrapped several in the past it’s pretty simple! About to do a few more. I like to use a bic lighter and just move it fast along the battery works well never had a failed attempt yet!

anon43988816 · July 21, 2017, 11:50am

I use a blow dryer for mine. If you don’t have one they can usually be found at a thrift store for a couple bucks.

Jayrell · July 23, 2017, 5:17pm

Had a couple scrapes in this set of batteries… sat them aside on my vape desk figured I would get around to re-wrapping them this weekend… started to pull the wrapper off of one and this is what I saw…

Yup not re-wrapping that one it’s going to get recycled

Steve-o_54 · July 23, 2017, 6:16pm

I used a hair dryer to for a while then I got this heat gun

Steve-o_54 · July 24, 2017, 1:36am

After my last post I did this re-wrap on 2 of my batteries using a clear wrapper I did the
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Steve-o_54 · July 24, 2017, 4:41am

That one is done

Jayrell · July 24, 2017, 1:19pm

Agreed… I usually only keep batteries for about 1 year to 15 months then it’s time for new ones

Steve-o_54 · July 26, 2017, 2:21am

I’m coming up on that 1 1/2 year mark on all of mine

Jayrell · July 26, 2017, 2:38am

Yup illumn is about to get more than a 100$ order from me in the next month or so lol

Steve-o_54 · August 8, 2017, 2:01am

Is that where you buy your 18650s Jayrell?

Jayrell · August 8, 2017, 3:25am

Yes sir only place I ever buy them anymore… I have mainly purchased these…
http://www.illumn.com/18650-lg-18650g2-3000mah-high-discharge-flat-top.html
I don’t own any mechs and my topical build ohms out around .4 I usually don’t go lower than .3 and don’t really vape over 80 watts most days I’m right around 55 to 65 watts so these batteries serve me well and very reliable

robin · March 14, 2021, 7:41am

Does everyone rewrap their batteries. I have a few , where the little white ring fell out. I wonder if i should throw them away or rewrap them. They are only six months old.

Ianc13 · March 14, 2021, 8:31am

You can get replacement insulator rings. I would re-wrap with new insulators if they are only 6 months old.

jinx_d · March 14, 2021, 12:39pm

go to FT and order a bunch of wraps and some insulators. they are pretty cheap for even the custom ones.

the insulator is ABSOLUTELY the “most important” part of the battery wrap and safety !!!

i have found that using a heat gun works the best, using a hair drier sucks and doesn’t work as well.