8 Apr
2005
8 Apr
'05
10:05 p.m.
Jay,
If your quick about it, soldering shouldn't hurt a battery. I've kept a
wet cloth handy while doing it, so I can keep the battery cool. We've
actually been talking about replacing nvram batteries in another
thread.... those all get soldered.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Jay West wrote:
I need to replace the battery in an item I have.
It's the
quartersized/style one. The way it is attached to the board, is via a
clip arrangement that you'd swear makes the battery removable. However,
it is in fact soldered or spot welded into the clip somehow. As a
result, I'd rather not just cut the clip arms to replace the battery as
I'd have trouble getting the new one in.
The only possibility I see is unsoldering the clip from the battery, but
it strikes me as a rather bad idea to put a soldering iron to a battery.
Suggestions?
Jay West