Replacing an A2000 battery

[Peter C. Wallace]

On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, Dr. Ido wrote:

> >Also, did I read somewhere earlier that soldering to a battery is a VBT?
> >(Very Bad Thing) ;)
>
> I've also heard that, but I don't know the exact reason for it.  I have
> soldered leads directly to lithium coin type memory backup batteries before
> without any problems.  Usually I fit a battery holder, but sometimes when I
> don't have one on hand I've taken the lazy/easy option.
>


The reason is that when soldering on the wires tabs etc, the Lithium cell may
be heated enough to explode in your face = Very Bad Thing


Peter Wallace