Building and Repairing Inline Nicad Packs

If you have ever had to make your own pack or repair one from crash damage this page may make repairs easier faster.

	As you can see the 10 cell pack to the right was a victim of an experiment that went bad and resulted in a shot circuit.
	To rebuilt the pack the first thing I did was to remove the old shrink tubing and solder tabs. After the solder tabs are removed the end on the cells need to be tinned with solder.
	Note: Before the solder will stick to the cells you must ruff up the end of the cells with sandpaper or equivalent.
	Shown is a modified Weller 80 watt soldering iron. A 3/8" x 2" nickel plated bolt replaces the factory tip. . . . . . . .It works GREAT and it's cheap! Only 34 cents
	Simple fixture used to hold the cells in the soldering process.
	Shrink tubing used to repair packs.
	Five cell sticks with shrink tubing. Yellow shrink tubing used to hold the two sticks together. . . . . Looks just like new!