RE: Making my own battery
I'll look at the two I have, they have been in use for over two years now. I'm the only one I know that has done it and using the plastic box. The fellow that assembles the packs at my local Batteries Plus is really good with making them up. I have never asked to watch him do it but I souuld just to see how he does it. I just assume he was using a low wattage soldering iron but really don't know. I was making up my own packs until I fried a cell. Easy to catch something like that if you always cycle your new packs. I'm about due to replace all of my old packs anyway and I think I will use all Eneloope from now on. I have really been happy with them.
Thanks for the warning John. I'll look into it and see if I spot any problem.