Hi Travis, We took one like this to an electric forklift repair shop. They took care of it for us quite nicely.
Sincerely, Chris Worcester NABCEP Certified PV Installer Phone: 530-582-4503 Fax: 530-582-4603 www.solarwindworks.com ch...@solarwindworks.com "Proven Energy Solutions" -----Original Message----- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Travis Creswell Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 3:21 PM To: 'RE-wrenches' Subject: [RE-wrenches] Surrette Battery Terminal Repair Hello Wrenches, So I've got 4v x 1104 AH battery that took a beating whilst being moved to it's 4th home in 10 years. One of the soldered on L terminals got broke off. Battery itself still works "fine". I was able to vice grip the battery cable and lug on there and determined that it charges and discharges normally. I've got a replacement L-terminal from Surrette and am preparing to make repairs. I have to remove the remnants of the old L terminal and solder back on the new one. It's a pretty large assemble. It's approximately 6 inches long x 2 inches wide and weighs at least a few lbs. I familiar with sweating copper but have never soldered lead to lead. I'm sure someone has done this and can offer me some advice on what to be careful about. I only get one shot at this. I have to remove (unsolder) the old terminal from battery and solder the new one on. Do I flux it and what sort of flux? Does the new terminal just melt around the "nubs" on the battery or do I need to add material (lead?). Thanks, Travis Creswell Ozark Energy Services No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.25/1955 - Release Date: 2/16/2009 6:55 AM _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
