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Soldering a battery lead to a battery? - 5/13/2002 1:11:55 AM   
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Status: offline 		Last night I accidentally created a short on my battery, and it was on long enough to melt the connector. I will need to solder a new lead onto it so I have a few questions:
1) What is a good site that has step by step instructions on how to do this?
2) If my cycler shows the battery to be in good condition does that mean that I didn't damage it?
3) Would splicing a new wire onto the old wire work as well as just soldering a whole new lead onto the battery? I would like it to work as well as it did before.
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Soldering a battery lead to a battery? - 5/13/2002 2:05:17 AM   
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Status: offline 		Is this a receiver or transmitter pack or one for electric flight? Is the original wire soldered directly to the cell or to a solder tab?

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RX Pack - 5/13/2002 10:22:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		It's a Futaba 4 cell RX pack. The wire seems to be soldered to a tab. Above that tab, running across the entire top of the pack is a white strip.
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Soldering a battery lead to a battery? - 5/13/2002 4:49:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		Then unsolder from the tabs (both at the plus and minus) and resolder a new lead/connector.

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Soldering a battery lead to a battery? - 5/14/2002 11:32:46 AM   
Matt.B


 

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Status: offline 		Thanks for the response! Is there anything extra I should know about soldering leads to the tab before I do it? And how can I tell if I damaged my battery? The wires were shorted together long enough to melt away most of the connector( a few seconds ).
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Soldering a battery lead to a battery? - 5/14/2002 3:47:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		Cycle the pack a few times to see if you get near rated capacity.

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Soldering a battery lead to a battery? - 5/15/2002 5:17:51 AM   
Matt.B


 

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Status: offline 		My local hobby store only has servo leads with the extra white wire on it. Will these work just as well?
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Soldering a battery lead to a battery? - 5/15/2002 5:44:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		No problem with the extra lead--either clip it off to avoid confusion, or leave it on and ignore it. It has no electrical effect until it's hooked up to something at both ends.

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Soldering a battery lead to a battery? - 5/16/2002 10:16:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		I bought the servo lead and soldered it onto the battery. One thing that I noticed was that the wires on the new lead are smaller than the ones on the old lead. Could this possibly cause a problem?
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