5 Dec
2019
5 Dec
'19
6:18 a.m.
With the solder tabs you are not soldering directly to the case, you are soldering to the
tab.
If you try to solder to the case, the electrolyte will evaporate causing excess pressure
in the case. This will burst the seal. For a lithium coin cell this can mean a fire.
As was mentioned, the solder tabs are usually spot welded to the case. The heat is
momentary and little pressure is created in the cell.
Dwight
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Subject: Re: DECpc 425SE
Yep. I?d never try and fasten tabs to batteries, they?re flash welded rather than
soldered. Someone on hackaday reckoned they had a procedure to do it but fitting holders
instead is so much easier.
Many years ago
I removed the soldered coin cell from the control board of the Compaq 7000 series and
replaced it with a 2032 coin cell holder, worked nicely so I can?t see why it wouldn?t
work in this DECivetti monstrosity.
Well I suppose removing it means unsoldering the two tabs from the motherboard rather
than unsoldering the tabs from the cell, so maybe I'll give that a go. Then I could
work out what the battery is, get a suitable holder and solder that in. It would, however, be much more useful if a manual
turned up and I could just perform a system reset and get past the password that way!
I wish I could help. I only ever worked on those when they were new.
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