Console bulkhead battery source

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Wed May 16 13:30:40 2001

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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>
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