[Duo2400] Disassembling seemingly welded cells

[Tom & Lisa P]

>All the recent talk of duo batteries has gotten me motivated
>to rebuild a couple of mine.  But I have run into a problem.
>The 4/5 non-tabbed cells in the three type III batteries I have
>cracked open (and tried to take apart) seem to be welded
>rather than merely soldered.
>
>Or at any rate, if they are, it is a solder that will not melt or
>soften under my soldering iron.  I have actually torn the metal
>strip which conducts the electricity between cells when I tried
>to force it to separate from a cell.  And on closer inspection,
>the point at which it is attached looks more like a minute
>arc-welded joint than a soldered joint.
>
>How in the heck does one separate and remove the cells?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Robert

ChipQuik.  Melt a little and if the alloy is somethign like typical 
solder alloy, the resulting new alloy melts a low temp.

Yuo can get it from digikey.com

Mad Dog