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Art Todesco wrote:


Ya, I think that's true especially if
you use a large hot iron. With plenty
of solder iron mass, you should be able
to solder on a tab pretty fast without
building up too much heat in the cell.
If you sued a small iron, like the ones
for use on a PC board, it will take a
lot longer to heat up the metal on the
end of the cell and it will thus
transfer heat to the cell itself.

A typical electronic iron has plenty of mass for a dinky little solder
tab on a battery. It comes down more to the skill of the operator.