[Duo2400] Disassembling seemingly welded cells

[Thomas Ethen]

Cut the tabs just short of the weld!

on 2/25/03 11:22, Robert R. Daniel at rrdaniel2 at mac.com wrote:

> 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
> 
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