Help finding 18650 packs in the UK

[mattp94]

I've not been a member of the forum for very long but from what I can see it seems to be frequented by a very friendly and knowledgeable bunch of folks.

I recently purchased a 14.8V 6600 mAh Li Ion battery from All_Battery.com. Actually this one.

The price is very good especially with the current Dollar to Pound exchange rate but when you include the shipping charge plus UK duty and VAT (sales tax) it becomes far less of a bargain.

Does anyone know of any UK suppliers for these packs. I've been searching the net and can't seem to find anyone over here.

Here's hoping.
Thanks
Matt

 

[altis]

Look towards the bottom of this page:

http://www.eurobatteries.com/sitepages/nimh.asp

 

[mattp94]

Thanks but I can only see the individual 18650 cells. I had originally thought I could just buy 12 of these and connect them all up but after reading some of the threads here that doesn't sound like an easy proposition. Getting everything balanced and soldering without damaging any of the cell protection sounds like a tricky job.

 

[Jay R]

Pop into your local radio control model shop. Most of the electric flight planes use similar packs and if they look through their suppliers catalogue they may be able to match it.

 

[yellow]

search for Canon BP945 on E-Bay and get two of them.
desolder each cell and force them equal,
then solder to pack and install such a protection circuit: http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1247