Schumacher 6 pack cells.... URGENT!!

[Blandy]

Hi guys, My name is Richard Bland and I work for Schuie... I have a problem and forgot to ask the guys at work today and I need an answer asap!!!


With these cheap £35 cells, it says on teh instructions not to solder directly onto the cell, welll that sounds a bit stupid to me and so I tried anyway.... However whilst I am sitting here trying, the damm solder just wont stick to these cells!!! I have a meeting tomorrow and need these cells to solder together... does anyone have any suggestions....


PLEASE HELP ME ASAP!!!

[gatesy]

Hey blandy, Best to PM Doomanic, he should be able to give you the answer.

[Paul_U]

Best way is to get a knife and scratch the surface you are going to solder too (criss-cross) and make sure you have a very good soldering iron.,

Paul

[jason]

No problem soldering to cells. BUT you must clean the terminals up with a little wet & drt to give abit of a key for the solder. Also you need a hot iron with a big tip so that the solder melts straight away and you don't get the cells hot.

Jason

[DA_cookie_monstA]

Like others have said, key the surface first, then tin your soldering iron (bit of solder on the end). Put soldering iron tip on the cell, wait 1/2 a sec till you see solder beging to run, then add a little more solder from the side. That should work if you got a hot enough iron (at least 50W with a big tip).

[colin_jackson]

Hi guys, My name is Richard Bland and I work for Schuie... I have a problem and forgot to ask the guys at work today and I need an answer asap!!!


With these cheap £35 cells, it says on teh instructions not to solder directly onto the cell, welll that sounds a bit stupid to me and so I tried anyway.... However whilst I am sitting here trying, the damm solder just wont stick to these cells!!! I have a meeting tomorrow and need these cells to solder together... does anyone have any suggestions....


PLEASE HELP ME ASAP!!!


lol, bet chris laugths at you tomorrow if he sees this.................... ;)

[Marcos Man]

Hmmm,
Perhaps you should apply for a Job at Maplins...or PC World ;D

[Blandy]

Ok, ok, another stupid question by me! :-[

Enough said. ;D

[mickb]

Most important point here methinks is the power of the iron - you need the battery surface to get hot, locally, quickly - a low wattage iron might be fine for soldering wires, deans plugs etc but yeah 40-50W is where you wanna be ... if u use a weak iron the cell just soaks up the heat and is likely to damage the cell. Oh and the tip re roughing the surface is spot on too...

Cheers
Mick