ORIGINAL: Foxy
No, it just won't do anything except restrict the swelling a bit, the damage that causes the swelling is still occurring, just the tape is keeping the visual effect under control. In fact, it's arguably not a very smart thing to do as you may have a pack which without the tape would be like a football, but you think its fine, so you keep running it, then one day poof, sizzle, boom.
while your chargind it catching anything around it on fire
btw foxy why not just make that one basic electronic post a sticky already lol