cheap battery needs help

[mateba]

during the past spring i bought a three part battery in preparation to operation iron justice but the connections between the wires and cell groups broke from just handling it. I know I should have rapped it up but I know that now. So, what can I do? will soldering damage the cell or can I glue it? Anyone had any experience with this sort of thing?

looks kind of like this except its actually a triangular circuit
........break
(CELL) ^ _(CELL)_(CELL)_
|____________________|

thanks,

[mongoman]

should be no problem to solder it.

We will also have a vendor Airsoft Revolution, on site.

Mongo

[prometheus]

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airsoft shops have these guys build inferior packs with crap cells and wire so that the airsoft shop can resell for a large profit. so get your batterys from the source. they use the freshest and latest cells. like the 4500mah elite, yea, 4500 mah, I use the 3600 mah elite in both of my AEGs, have shot off, more than 10,000 rounds from the saw in one day on one charge. 2 weeks after Ill wind, my CQB was still ready to fire on the 3.5 dozen Lite beer bottles mattO and I shot up.

[The Shootist]

When you say "wrap" what do you mean? There's some danger in wrapping certain cells in electrical tape, for instance...

[prometheus]

shrink wrap I am sure

[mateba]

no, i used electrical tape. why shouldn't I? What should I have wrapped them in?

[The Shootist]

Electrical Tape doesn't seem to allow heat to bleed off, so the batteries can melt. It's bad. There is very specific stuff that battery packs are supposed to be "wrapped" with. However, if you bring the battery with you, and get to the site a bit early; we should be able to fix it.

[mateba]

will do! Let me be more specific. I only wrapped the ends to keep the wires still but Im guessing that is no good either. the connections from cell groups to the wire leads are flimsy and have broken off due to bending from picking it up . Im using a 9.6v crane style battery and I'm going to have to finish modding out my buttstock before i arrive. What should i bring to help?

[The Shootist]

Everything? Yeah, everything should help. Yeah.

[mateba]

I tried using a soldering gun but it wont do anything in 5 seconds. Assuming that what i've read is correct and i'm not doing something wrong, the gun i'm using is insufficient. what do i need to get the connectors soldered? i've already spent $35 on the 9.6 3600 battery and it fell apart from gentle handling. What should I do? Is their a service that pro repairs bats?

word of advice. don't purchase batteries from batteryspace.com.

[Tripps]

www.onlybatterypacks.com/

Onlybatterypacks.com, best damn battery site every!

[The Shootist]

Not sure if there's a pro bat repair place. but this is a good chance for you to use your Google-fu. Remember, targetted, specific searches and get more general each time, till you find what you need.

Good Luck.