Lee, Frank, John, Garth, Lars, Gary, Shawn, et al,
Yesterday, I replaced the NiMh batteries in my M15V NiCd Control Pack 2
with two Yellow, 9 Volt, EVEREADY Nickel Cadmium batteries (No. CH22 7.2
Volts).
I found that the NiMh cells had leaked and were corroded where I had been a
little overzealous with the soldering iron.
I had to remove the yellow plastic exterior with my Swiss Army Knife and found
that
in the bottom there was a piece of styrofoam which when removed gave me some
extra space to fit the cells. I wanted to minimize the application of heat to
the
cells
so I used a 25 watt soldering iron, left the connector tops of the batteries
intact,
and
used 9 volt battery connectors that I purchased at Radio Shack. I did have to
split
one battery into two pieces to fit it around the tripod mounting socket. This
time
I
carefully tore out a piece of the spot welded tin to make a little nubbin and
corresponding
hole to solder some light braided pre-tinned wire. This I hope will have
minimized
heat dammage to any of the cells.
It appears to be working well !
Hank
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