battery desoldering advice

[C Fernandez]

Jay,

If your quick about it, soldering shouldn't hurt a battery.  I've kept a 
wet cloth handy while doing it, so I can keep the battery cool.  We've 
actually been talking about replacing nvram batteries in another 
thread.... those all get soldered.

Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA

Jay West wrote:

> I need to replace the battery in an item I have. It's the 
> quartersized/style one. The way it is attached to the board, is via a 
> clip arrangement that you'd swear makes the battery removable. However, 
> it is in fact soldered or spot welded into the clip somehow. As a 
> result, I'd rather not just cut the clip arms to replace the battery as 
> I'd have trouble getting the new one in.
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> 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?
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> Jay West
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