Given I don't charge this stuff in the rain, would shrink wrap or electrical tape around it all not be enough protection? It's not like I'm going to be hanging this thing out from the dynamo full time, it only comes out when I need to charge. (yes I'm just trying to find a way to avoid messing with sticky chemicals)
Tape or shrink wrap wouldn't provide that much physical protection to the components, particularly the USB port and output cable. If you were very careful and delicate with it, and it never got wet, you wouldn't need to pot it in epoxy. However...
Given I don't charge this stuff in the rain, would shrink wrap or electrical tape around it all not be enough protection? It's not like I'm going to be hanging this thing out from the dynamo full time, it only comes out when I need to charge. (yes I'm just trying to find a way to avoid messing with sticky chemicals)