Subj : Re: Win95 Notes
To   : Ed Vance
From : Holger Granholm
Date : Mon Aug 01 2016 09:33:00

In a message on Monday 07-30-16 Ed Vance said to Ben Ritchey:

GM Ed,

EV> As I was learning how to replace the BIOS/CMOS Battery in an old
EV> notebook I saw a video on Youtube that said YOU DON'T WANT TO
EV> SOLDER LEADS TO A LITHIUM BATTERY TO REPLACE .......

EV> The video showed the new battery EXPLODING when the soldering iron
EV> was being used to solder a wire to it.

It's doable. You just have to have a hot iron, and do the soldering
very fast. If you have to solder on both sides of the cell, let it
cool a bit between the operations.

I've done it to both litium and NiCad cells.
To be safe, wear protective glasses.


73 de Sam, OH0NC

aka Holger

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