battery desoldering advice

[Mike Loewen]

On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Jay West wrote:

> The only possibility I see is unsoldering the clip from the battery, but it 
> strikes me as a rather bad idea to put a soldering iron to a battery. 
> Suggestions?

    I had a synthesizer with a battery like that.  I desoldered the battery 
clip itself from the board, and replaced it with a plastic battery holder 
that was designed for replaceable batteries.  Should be dirt chip at any 
electronic parts shop.


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