View single post by Robert

Posted: Mon Jan 8th, 2018 16:08

Joined:	Mon Apr 2nd, 2012
Location:	South Lakeland, UK
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This evening as the Christmas hubbub fades away I got back to my task of re-celling the only dubious battery I have, a genuine Nikon EN-EL4 D3 battery which was on 'life 4' according to the camera battery meter. It was very quick to recharge which made me suspicious about it's capacity.

I removed the PCB from the original cells by cutting the links close to the cells to give myself something to work with to re-solder them to the cells I salvaged from my D1 battery. I have partly re-connected the 'new' cells to the PCB but it's a somewhat floppy assembly and not wanting to get a short circuit or other silliness I have applied some "Gorilla Glue" to the areas where the cells touch. That should make it a more stable assembly so I can complete the second set of soldered connections on the other side of the battery. That should only take a few minutes in the morning.

The most difficult bit was linking the two cells under the PCB, it might have been better to have linked them at the non PCB end, there isn't as much room, but it might have been easier, next time...

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Robert.