SOLDERING BATTERY PACKS

With the right tools and just a little practice, it is not difficult to make your own battery packs.

TOOLS:
1. A Weller SP40 soldering iron.
2. A "hammer head" soldering tip.
3. Solder - a 60/40 lead solder.
4. A "V" block/form to hold the batteries.
5. Some way to clean the battery terminals
6. Emery paper to keep the tips of the soldering iron clean.

HOW IT IS DONE

1. Clean the battery terminals with a wire brush, emery paper, or what ever will work for you.

2. Very lightly tin the battery terminals to be joined together. Lightly tinned means a small amount of solder applied to the terminal(s) with the hot soldering iron in a area about the size of the end of a pencil easer. Be careful, NO blobs of solder.

3. Place the batteries into a "V" block or some type of a cradle/holding devise.

4. Place one tip of the soldering iron against the + terminal and the - terminal against the other soldering iron tip. Count "1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi, 3 Mississippi" and maybe a "4 Mississippi", depending on the air temperature.

5. Pull the soldering iron up and away form the batteries and GENTLY press the batteries together. DO NOT press the batteries together too fast or too hard as the molten solder can splatter creating little balls of solder between the terminals.

All very simple and very easy!

Batteries can be separated while holding the batteries, one in each hand, with a quick, positive, strong snapping movement.

. . . and now for the commercial

I sell these hammer head soldering tip for $12 that includes S&H

I can only accept checks, cash, or you can use PayPal.

If you choose to use PayPal, I will mail your tip when I receive confirmation of payment from PayPal. This will save several days for your payment to arrive by USPS (snail) mail.

Charlie White

4420 Ladera Street

San Diego, CA 92107-4232

619-223-8903

charliewhite@cox.net