@rasterweb i remembered @sjpiper145 had to do something with glowstitch kits about this, and found this short writeup https://hackaday.io/project/186907-glowstitch-led-strips/log/210168-battery-holder-considerations
i dont know the details of each regions laws but its something
@SarraceniaWilds @rasterweb Thanks for passing this on! This was to meet the Australian coin cell battery requirements.
@sjpiper145 @SarraceniaWilds Cheers! Is that a captive screw or do the regulations in Australia not require one?
We've been kicking around designs that can be low cost but still compliant and it's definitely a hard nut to crack.
@rasterweb @SarraceniaWilds My latest designs just have an M3 size screw in a hole, which means that the battery can only be removed if you have a tool. Here's more recent before and after re-design pics for reference too:
@sjpiper145 @SarraceniaWilds Got it. I believe in the US the screw needs to be captive because it can also be ingested if it can be removed.
@rasterweb @SarraceniaWilds Interesting - Many products have screws, do you have a link to further reading on these requirements? Keen to hear if you find any solutions!
@sjpiper145 @SarraceniaWilds Here’s the Reese’s Law stuff for the US.
Using a screw like that was one of our ideas but we were advised it needs to be a captive screw.
@sjpiper145 @rasterweb @SarraceniaWilds same applies in .au - https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2020L01656/latest/text section 10
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Thanks for the extra info! My other soldering kit I swapped the coin cells out for AAA batteries. A simpler solution might just be to have bigger kits to accommodate.
@sjpiper145 @jpm @SarraceniaWilds Yeah, AAA battery option is one I can see many people moving to as does solve the issue. (We’ll do that for some items.)
@sjpiper145 @rasterweb @SarraceniaWilds yep AAA cells are the way to go unless you desperately need the size or weight