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Old How to: Pandora's Battery - High Res Pics 12-13-2007, 08:29 AM   #32 (permalink)
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Default How to: Pandora's Battery - High Res Pics

I've desoldered and resoldered my pin at least 5 times. I like having my backup battery when I am out and the main goes dead, but I need the pandora sometimes. I'll be adding a switch to it sometime when I have the free time.

In any case, if you bend the pin more than three times total it will break off. (off, on, off) To keep from doing this, the second time I had to remove it I simply spaced the pin off the circuit board only 1mm. This allows it to not make connection, but a spot of solder can bridge up to 3mm of space quite easily so I just touch it with solder to put it back together (not physically, the solder makes the bridge) plus it is much easier to take back off. Once the solder gets hot you can just slide a razor blade under it and it the solder bridge comes off with the cold razor since it pulls the melted solder off and cools it back hard at the same time onto the blade.

I use a small strip of clear packing tape in a thin band around the battery, which is perfect to hold it together until I need to get back in it. The clear tape used to wrap X-mas presents works excellent also.
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