Hi guys, I appreciate the the help you have given. The 7 cell is in fact a motor battery. I use it in my Slow Stick. The pack is not very old and I do have good soldering skills. I thought that if I inserted voltmeter probes on each end of a cell that was soldered together in a pack, the reading would be an indication of the entire pack rather than the individual cell. It seems that if I want to check the cells individually, then they should not be wired in a pack. Thanks
Steve