On Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 5:41:25 PM UTC+1, Another Dave wrote:
On 03/04/18 15:33, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

How easy is it to use 18650 cells as replacements? Can you solder to them
easily without damage, or whatever?

I just wanted to salvage the OK cells in an expired netbook battery pack
as there is usually one cell letting the pack down. Getting the pack
container open proved impossible without wrecking it beyond re-use.

Soldering the cells is possible if you have a powerful soldering iron so
that you don't heat the cells for too long.

Frankly, it's not worth the effort.

Another Dave

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Inspired by this thread I just popped a zoostorm battery pack apart to reveal the batteries. It would go together again, and took me about as long to type this as the disassembly took.