Soldering batteries.

[epicelite]

What if I had a couple rechargeable AA's I got at the store, can I solder them together and make a battery pack?

 

[eurddrue]

No, soldering to batteries is generally bad. You would probably have to make a spot welder to get the wire to stick (not a hard thing to do, but you need special parts). It would be better to just buy a battery holder from radio shack.

 

[eurddrue]

Actually, after asking a good buddy today, it is possible to solder to a battery.
Step one: Hold the battery firmly
Step two: grab the sand paper that you happen to have floating around your workstation.
Step three: lightly buff where you want to solder with your sand paper.
Step four: put the sand paper down
Step five: put some solder on the end of your soldering iron
Step six: find something (or someone) to hold the battery firmly
Step seven: get the wire ready
Step eight: put flux where you will solder your wire
Step nine: solder the wire on, but keep the heat on the battery as short as possible
Step 10: enjoy a battery with a wire on it.

 

[PalmerTech]

Or, do it the right way and use a home made spot welder. Do I need to add that to my list of tuts to make?

Tomorrow I have to go to church, but the rest of the day shall be tut making day!

 

[eurddrue]

Or, do it the right way and use a home made spot welder. Do I need to add that to my list of tuts to make?

Tomorrow I have to go to church, but the rest of the day shall be tut making day!

Nope, masterkirby beat you to it. All you need is 2 AA's and a photo capacitor. (I'm building one tomorrow and fixing shakespeare's pokemon red )

 

[PalmerTech]

Oh, I have one. And you actually need a charging circuit, too.

Does he have a guide? HE NEEDS TO BE HERE!

 

[grossaffe]

Or, do it the right way and use a home made spot welder. Do I need to add that to my list of tuts to make?

Tomorrow I have to go to church, but the rest of the day shall be tut making day!

Nope, masterkirby beat you to it. All you need is 2 AA's and a photo capacitor. (I'm building one tomorrow and fixing shakespeare's pokemon red )

bah, gameboy games only need electrical tape. THere's not enough room for the battery to go anywhere.

 

[themadhacker]

I only ever use tape in my gameboy games. Seems noobish, but with some sturdy duct tape, it'll hold up.

 

[eurddrue]

I only ever use tape in my gameboy games. Seems noobish, but with some sturdy duct tape, it'll hold up.

WHAAAAT!? So both of you guys just take the new battery and tape it it? What keeps it from sliding off of the contacts?

 

[themadhacker]

My noob method of replaing batteries.

step1 open up gameboy game.

step2 tear battery off metal tabs. make sure tabs are still attached to he game or you will need to resolder.

step3 get new battery.

step 4 bend tabs inward so they end up pushing against battery.

step5 wrap several layers of tape around the battery and tabs. Not too much tape or game's case will not fit.



Does that answer your question?

 

[eurddrue]

Excellent! Not noobish at all, it's rather handy!

 

[grossaffe]

pretty much. Also, I use a battery a little bit thicker than the original r2032, I believe, rather than the r2022 that it comes with. Helps it fit more tightly in the case plus I think it lasts longer.

 

[grossaffe]

Using tape may lose contact with the terminals after a while, yes?

have you see the amount of space there is in a gameboy cartridge? In any other application I'd have gone with something more professional such as a ghetto spot-welder, but the cart-case itself provides enough pressure to ensure nothings going anywhere. The battery would have to move quite a distance in order to get away from the tabs, and that just isn't gonna happen in that confined space.

 

[Basement_Modder]

I was surprised how tightly packed gameboy games were when I first saw the insides. I expected them to be only 1/2 full, like N64 carts.