On Jul 18, 6:25*pm, Tony wrote:


*From what I have seen... if there is a tab on both ends, it's for
soldering to a PC board. *

Or to each other. Soldering is soldering.


I've rebuilt a couple battery packs, and if the batteries all had a tab
at each end, it would never look so neat and compact as the originals
because in battery packs the welded tabs go different directions. *That
would be difficult to weld them in the proper direction.

You'll never see the difference once you put it in the battery case
and put the top on.

There is a chance some may come with tabs on one end, then it's also for
spot welding together for a battery pack. *They can still rotate it so
the one tab is pointing the right direction and the other end gets
welded in what ever position is needed.

The tabs are of soft metal and can be easily folded to what ever angle
you need to meet the tab from the next battery. Squeeze the fold with
a pair of longnose pliers and it's nearly flat as the tab. True it's
not pretty, but once in the case no one will see it.


Look at some old, old mother boards and you will see a battery soldered
on the board. *That was before they went to the user replaceable flat
ones. *Actually the flat ones can also come with solder tabs also. *I've
replaced some of them also in equipment I've worked on.

My point exactly. Those batteries were soldered without destroying
them, contrary to some other's opinions.

Red