Hi,

I am trying to replace a couple of sub-c nicads. Something that should
be so simple is not going smoothly!

Is there a trick to soldering the tags of two cells together? It has
taken me ages and the result looks untidy. What trick am I missing?

I now find that the remaining tags are too wide for the spade
terminals, so I was going to change the terminals for wider ones. I've
not crimped before so I am unsure what size spade terminals to buy.

In tool station they describe them as 1.5, 2.5, and 6mm. I presume
this means they take 1.5mm^2, 2.5mm^2, 6mm^2 cable rather than being
the actual size of the terminal?

In cpc they list the spades as being IIRC 2.8mm and 4mm. I think the
ones I have are 3mm (2.8?) and the ones I need are 4mm. So far so
good, but they then say something about being 0.8mm. Is this the
thickness? Why don't they mention the length or are all spade
terminals a standard length?

TIA