I salvage the holders from old computer mother boards. Saves risking explosion of the coin cell
73 John -- John D Young WA8KNE ETC USN retired On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Ken Alexander <[email protected]>wrote: > > Hi John, > > If the leads on the existing cells are thin metal strips then they probably > won't come off with a soldering iron. They're usually welded on during the > manufacturing process. > > You might try Mouser or Digi-Key to see if you can find a battery holder it > would slip into. The holder would have leads that are easy to connect to. > > 73, > > Ken Alexander > VE3HLS > > > --- On Sat, 12/19/09, John Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: John Ferguson <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Elecraft] OT: soldering leads to coin cell batteries > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Saturday, December 19, 2009, 2:35 PM > > Does anyone here have experience > > soldering leads to coin cell batteries? > > My Compaq Armada M300 needs a new cmos battery. the > > present one is a 2032 with 2 leads and a molex plug. > > > > my scheme is to put the needle point on my trusty WTCP, > > remove the leads from the old battery, sand them and tin > > them and using the flux I used for the smt project, quickly > > as in QUICKLY touch the point to the leads. > > > > Why not? > > > > AI4TO John Ferguson m/v arcadian > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
