RE: Sounds like an excuse to buy a spot welder!

Posted by tygersmoke (A) on May 4, 2024 at 21:19:10

In Reply to: Sounds like an excuse to buy a spot welder! posted by JDK on May 4, 2024 at 19:07:06:

The welder's a neat little thing actually. It was cheap and can adjust intensity and duration. Powered by a suitable low internal R car battery...I just used the one from my Kei truck which was just fine.

The battery pack has a BMS which is needed as these little critters are unprotected, and high current high discharge....as they need to be in a power tool. I assume the BMS and charger talk to each other.

Funnily enough, the OEM Panasonic cells are coveted, no longer available, and commonly copied as fakes. The market? Vapers! Hahaha! The DIYers of the vaping community have their own forums etc, just like audio. They were actually a valuable source of information as to what a good aftermarket 26650 battery was.

BTW, it's not uncommon for old digital watches to have two pads or a sprung tab that need to be shorted to 'reset' the watch after battery replacement, or the watch will display a nonsense screen. I couldn't see anything like that in your pic, so didn't comment on it at first.

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Topic - Electronical mysteries - JDK 03:04:10 05/04/24 (18)

RE: Electronical mysteries - tygersmoke 15:03:26 05/04/24 (7)

Sounds like an excuse to buy a spot welder! - JDK 19:07:06 05/04/24 (6)

RE: Sounds like an excuse to buy a spot welder! - tygersmoke 21:19:10 05/04/24 (5)

Good to see you keep yourself busy ;-) - JDK 15:10:28 05/05/24 (4)

RE: Good to see you keep yourself busy ;-) - tygersmoke 17:26:59 05/05/24 (3)

RE: Good to see you keep yourself busy ;-) - JDK 18:18:56 05/05/24 (2)

RE: Good to see you keep yourself busy ;-) - tygersmoke 22:41:54 05/05/24 (1)

RE: Good to see you keep yourself busy ;-) - JDK 00:20:11 05/06/24 (0)

doesn't everyone suffer from reboot anxiety? - Jim Pearce 06:32:35 05/04/24 (4)

I never really had reboot anxiety - JDK 22:18:01 05/17/24 (0)

I never really had reboot anxiety - JDK 10:30:07 05/04/24 (2)

too many functions eating power... - Jim Pearce 09:53:41 05/05/24 (1)

It never had a problem, except for long term screen deterioration - JDK 15:20:48 05/05/24 (0)

hope it survives, and wasn't just rallying before death! ;) - mhardy6647 06:24:12 05/04/24 (2)

RE: hope it survives, and wasn't just rallying before death! ;) - JDK 10:33:17 05/04/24 (0)

more on Einstein ;) - mhardy6647 06:32:57 05/04/24 (0)

You must have used the right combination of swear words. - ghost of olddude55 04:36:45 05/04/24 (1)

RE: You must have used the right combination of swear words. - JDK 05:22:11 05/04/24 (0)

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RE: Sounds like an excuse to buy a spot welder! - tygersmoke 21:19:10 05/04/24 (5)

Good to see you keep yourself busy ;-) - JDK 15:10:28 05/05/24 (4)

RE: Good to see you keep yourself busy ;-) - tygersmoke 17:26:59 05/05/24 (3)

RE: Good to see you keep yourself busy ;-) - JDK 18:18:56 05/05/24 (2)

RE: Good to see you keep yourself busy ;-) - tygersmoke 22:41:54 05/05/24 (1)

RE: Good to see you keep yourself busy ;-) - JDK 00:20:11 05/06/24 (0)

RE: Sounds like an excuse to buy a spot welder!

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