battery desoldering advice

[Paul Koning]

>>>>> "C" == C Fernandez <C> writes:

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

I'm not sure I'd want to solder a battery.

However... a tip for soldering things with a lot of metal in them
(i.e., that suck up heat) when you don't want to overheat stuff.
Somewhat counterintuitively, you should use the *heaviest* iron you
can find.  That will heat up the object quickly, giving the least time
for the heat to spread.

For example, my plain old Weller will solder PL-259 connectors, but
something heavier will do it better *and* with less damage to the
coax.

	paul