> 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.

One of my hobbies is building and flying RC airplanes which are
electric powered vs. gas or glow fuel. Keith Shaw, one of the "Top
Guns" of the electric RC community wrote an article on building
soldered NiCd battery packs a while back. A PDF version of the article
is available on the EFO website here...

http://members.aol.com/KMyersEFO/makepack.pdf

I've built a lot of packs both large and small that have been flying
for years in many cases. Soldered packs are definitely possible if you
follow Keith's advice. I believe the reason many sources advise
against it is that too much heat will kill the battery. It's important
to use the correct size iron and tips that will transfer the heat
quickly and efficiently. These same techniques work equally as well on
smaller NiMH cells used in little planes.

Tim

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