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Re: Toshiba battery connector(s)

 From Rick Jones
> 
> --- Doug Sutherland <> wrote:
> > That works too, I did that earlier, but if you open the
> > battery pack you can solder right onto the pcb.  Those
> > contacts are attached to the pcb.
> 
> Wouldn't soldering to the pcb be the same as soldering
> to the contacts on the outside?  I thought soldering
> to battery terminals was a bad idea?

to explain to others why soldering is a bad idea...

Most if not all batteries have safety valves to allow gassified
electrolyte to vent outside the battery during high temperature charging.
If not allowed to vent, you have a small pressure cooker bomb on your
hands.

This is why it's a good idea to charge your batteries when they're cool
(and why most good battery packs have temperature sensors in them)
because the less electrolyte you vent, the longer your battery life.
You can't open the batteries up and add some water, like you do with
(unsealed) car batteries.

   - Kevin

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