Re: Spice series battery terminals Message #2 Posted by Ellis Easley on 19 Jan 2002, 7:11 p.m., in response to message #1 by Spice_Man
Katie's way is an actual re-manufacture, thanks for the dimensions and sources, I need to do this too. In the meantime, I found another way to get mine working. This discussion assumes the broken terminal was not very badly corroded - mine wasn't corroded too badly but broke at the bend. I soldered a short length of wire (I used #30 wire-wrap wire) from the back of the broken piece to the PCB trace under the negative terminal (which was the broken one on mine). There is not a similar trace under the positive terminal but you could solder to the remaining part of the old terminal or pass the wire through the rivet and solder it to a solder pad on the other side. After electrically joining the broken parts, I put a piece of double-sided dense foam tape under the terminal to hold it in place and provide some spring force.
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