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Conductive Epoxy

Conductive Epoxy Development 8 posts Feb 9, 2015 — Feb 11, 2015

#1 Mon, 9 Feb 2015 - 15:16

Any suggestions of which conductive epoxy to get - for two purposes: 1) connecting axial leads to a battery (just a thought); and 2) to connect a series of batteries to rebuild a PB 5300c battery pack.

Thanks

#2 Mon, 9 Feb 2015 - 17:01

I've been looking for a better method to replace batteries in cartridge based games for awhile now. This might be it. Subscribing to see what ideas you get.

#3 Mon, 9 Feb 2015 - 17:17

Is soldering batteries bad?

#4 Mon, 9 Feb 2015 - 19:11

I never had any problems doing it.

You supposed to use a piercing punch style welder to put tabs on a battery.

Batteries Plus does it.

#5 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 - 00:13

Conductive epoxy isn't all that conductive... It will probably add a few ohms of resistance, at least. In my experience... Perhaps I was doing it wrong.

#6 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 - 00:21

I suspect you're right. The impetus for this thread was that the only specs I could find involved resistance, which I didn't understand.

I'm still not very comfortable soldering them, although I do have holders on the way, so I could theoretically just tape them in sequence and put them into the holder that way. I'm not sure why someone had counterindicated that. It seems logical to me.

#7 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 - 00:48

olePigeon said:
Is soldering batteries bad?

I've heard if you screw up and apply heat for too long they can explode.

#8 Wed, 11 Feb 2015 - 09:04

Moved to Hacks & Development forum.