The first step is to drink a beer and make sure all minors are out of earshot. This was one of the more frustrating packs I have operated on.
My toolset was pliers, tin snips, pocket knife, and a lot of patience. You can probably get by with just pliers and a screwdriver. This the easiest entry point on this one was the connector base, cracked it with the pliers and went from there. Some of it peeled off like an orange, some was snipped off using the tin snips between the 2 rows of cells. It just takes persistence an attitude that saving money by doing this is actually fun!
Be very careful not to short anything. As soon as I can I snip the wires off the PCB so I don’t accidentally make any short circuits. Also with pliers there is a tendency to lever them against a battery while peeling off the casing and solder tabs. Try not to do this because you can tear the shrink wrapped lining.
Seriously though, leave the beer for afterwards. I’ve bloodied my hands many times in the excitement of pulling laptop cells. Be careful and be safe & you’ll be happy you picked these up. BTW, there are lots of thread on BLF on how to do this, check their good advice!
they shipped mine all in 1 package that should cost them some $$ in their shipping cost.
so i doubt it very much they make profits out of these sale… or maybe they haven’t anticipate about BLF community buying them like crazy in 1 day alone :bigsmile:
Holy wow…
This was like throwing an animal into a shark tank.
Part of me was quite amused at the resulting feeding frenzy, another part is feeling a bit of remorse for the vendor, especially seeing the new post sale price. I am curious to see the amount sold after the dust settles, it was 22 before I posted.
Enjoy your batteries everyone, but please be careful removing them from the packs. I’ll look forward to some stories and photos of the carnage!
Well I’ll be darned. Is the sale back on or am I having a problem with my browser cache? If it is back on on someone else’s computer let me know and I’ll remove the expired tag.
I wonder if I should contact him and let him know what is going on?