In message <022c01c540da$d2fa89d0$e7bdf682@space.rl.ac.uk>
          "Alan B. Pearce" <A.B.Pearce@rl.ac.uk> wrote:

> Either way, you need to make electrical contact to both sides of the weld,
> and I am wondering how you plan to do that with the batteries already made.
> I assumed that batteries supplied with the tabs had them welded on before
> assembly of the battery internals.

You put the tab on top of the battery terminal plate, then put both
electrodes on the same side. The current runs through the electrodes, into
the tab, then through the battery's terminal plate and back to the other
electrode. No messy disassembly required.

Later.
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