16 May
2001
16 May
'01
6:30 a.m.
On Wed, 16 May 2001, Paul Thompson wrote:
Good idea.
With other battery packs I tried to use off the shelf batteries to make a
new pack but had very poor luck in getting the solder to stick to the
battery. It seemed like a spot weld was used to attach the wire rather
than normal solder.
Certainly a spot weld is the preferable means, but I have had pretty
good success with scratching up the surface, fluxing well, and using a
large enough iron to heat that area quickly.
- don
I assume that your idea uses the existing leads in the
battery pack to get
around this problem.
On Tue, 15 May 2001, Don Maslin wrote:
Get the four cell package, use your razor knife
to remove the fourth
battery, resolder the lead from the fourth to the third cell and
install.
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