battery desoldering advice

C> Jay, If your quick about it, soldering shouldn't hurt a battery. C> I've kept a wet cloth handy while doing it, so I can keep the C> battery cool. We've actually been talking about replacing nvram C> batteries in another thread.... those all get soldered. I'm not sure I'd want to solder a battery. However... a tip for soldering things with a lot of metal in them (i.e., that suck up heat) when you don't want to overheat stuff. Somewhat counterintuitively, you should use the *heaviest* iron you can find. That will heat up the object quickly, giving the least time for the heat to spread. For example, my plain old Weller will solder PL-259 connectors, but something heavier will do it better *and* with less damage to the coax. paul