Ken Muldrew wrote in message
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"Paul Gilbert" wrote:

The last time I tried to solder batteries together it didn't work.
Anyone
know how to cut the straps and solder the batteries back together?

You can solder wires onto the straps but if you try to solder directly
to the batteries you will dump too much heat and ruin them. You need a
spot welder to attach straps to batteries.

Ken Muldrew

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You can freeze the cells and use a soldering gun- I use a 140 watt gun and
do it easily. BTW - I hope you have better luck with the harbor freight
cells than I did. They had an unreal self discharge rate. Lost about 50% of
their charge in one day! I ended up buying some out of date battery packs
and soldering replacement pack to keep the old 9.6 makita stick batteries
and a old black and decker 9.6 alive. Not to mention that if you use ther
harbor freight cells, you might fry them in the standard charger for the
dewalt batteries. There are certain types of nicads that are meant for high
charge rates. Not saying it won't work- just that it might be an interesting
experiment.