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Offline stopgoTopic starter

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solder tabs
« on: March 09, 2008, 11:52:25 AM »
I just got a set of batteries with solder tabs, and now I'm wondering exactly how to solder them together.  I've read that I can damage the battery by applying heat to it, but if I don't solder the batteries directly to each other, what do I do?  I also don't have any means of doing 'spot-welding.'
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Re: solder tabs
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2008, 01:32:23 PM »
you can solder the tabs. just be sparse with heat.
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Re: solder tabs
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2008, 06:27:10 PM »
or just don't hold the iron on too long.
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Re: solder tabs
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2008, 06:50:44 PM »
OK, I'll try that.  Thanks!

Update: Looks good to me... no way to tell if I did 'long-term' damage with too much heat, but I tried to be as sparse as possible.  Anyway, working for the time being.
« Last Edit: March 09, 2008, 09:35:53 PM by stopgo »
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Re: solder tabs
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2008, 05:21:12 PM »
Just for future note:
You want the soldering iron as hot as possible
Kept on as short as possible
And you should clean off the battery leads with sandpaper first
And use soldering flux
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