Lawrence Lile wrote:
>
> You'll get varying opionions about soldering to a battery, some good, some
> bad.  I'd avoid it. But you could also use conductive epoxy if this is a
> one-off.  I think you can get it from mouser or jameco, etc.  There may also
> be a clip that fits this battery.


Have done it for years, many TVs and appliances
have batteries soldered in, and it's just common
practice in that industry. Also one of our apprentices
was in the electric model aeroplane club and showed
me their tricks for soldering NiCd battery packs
from cells using solder wick braid to take the
100 amps(!) etc some of the planes take.

Just scrub the ends of the battery with fine
emery paper, use a good clean solder and they
will tin up in a second, the battery doesn't
even get warm if you do it right. Never seen a
battery fail from soldering if done right. :o)
-Roman

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