SNES Save battery replacement suggestions?

[SnesGuy]

    Decided to do all the RPGS I bought recently and haven't played yet.
Well 4 out of 6 of the boards don't give me enough room for the style battery clip I'm using.

    Going to check radio shack but I don't have any hope for that.
Any suggestions on Style of clip?

[SnesGuy]

Went to radio shack and they didn't have a single coin battery holder. Not surprised.

[wiggy]

I use these





They can be added right to the board if you're crafty.  I'm writing up a little how-to and I'll toss it on my blog when it's done (it's really straightforward).

[SnesGuy]

I had thought about using those originally. Just wasnt sure how i would install them.  Mine are just a bit too thick if installed on the board. Might try taking a dremel to one and see if i can get it to fit. 


 Would really like to get em done before xmas. One of my family members is getting me a retro duo portable :p

[tbonesteak4dinner]

Here's a pic that I lifted off of google. I like "A" best personally, and they tend to have the best fit and look on the board - you can grab them off of eBay.  I've also seen pics of "B" and they work great as well if you don't mind the cream color. "C" is the one Wiggy showed you and that works great as well. Sucks that "D" is the most common and the only one that doesn't fit on the board.

[wiggy]

I really love C because a) they're dirt cheap, and b) they require ZERO desoldering

[ShoothimNow]

I really love C because a) they're dirt cheap, and b) they require ZERO desoldering

Now you are just going to confuse people with your Capital C's and lowercase a's and b's! 
A is dirt cheap?
B requires ZERO desoldering!
WHY DO YOU LIKE C THEN!?!?                   

I really love C because 1) they're dirt cheap, and 2) they require ZERO desoldering

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Looking on ebay, would these work?  They look similar to Wiggy's favorite, but I don't want to shell out $45 + shipping for BS-5 when I can pay $20 + shipping on something that will do the same thing.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-50pcs-CR2032-Vertical-Upright-Battery-Holder-S850-/130596063209?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e6821c7e9

[wiggy]

Damn, I did sorta make a mess of that LOL!

Yup, those are what I use. You can sometimes get em on DigiKey, but they're often out of stock, which I think is most likely due to the fact that they're like half the price of any other 2032 holder.

Go get em!

[ShoothimNow]

note the difference in the ones I found cheaper compared to yours

Yours


Mine


Mine seems to have both sides halfway covered, yours is open on one side.  Would it still in theory work?

[SnesGuy]

ended up ordering some of the A style clips from deal extreme (had to order some things for my brother anyway)

http://dx.com/p/battery-holder-for-cr2032-coin-cell-brown-5-pcs-156999

[Spoonman]

Hey so I need to replace the battery in my Super Mario World and possibly some other games..

Wiggy-did you ever get around to making that how-to? I don't see it on your blog.

[wiggy]

I totally didn't Don't have a whole lotta free time anymore, so I won't get to one any time soon either. This looks like a pretty decent writeup though

http://m.instructables.com/id/Replacing-a-CR2032-snes-cart-battery/

[SnesGuy]

I totally didn't Don't have a whole lotta free time anymore, so I won't get to one any time soon either. This looks like a pretty decent writeup though

http://m.instructables.com/id/Replacing-a-CR2032-snes-cart-battery/

Yep, that's pretty much it, except you COULD surface mount the A clips on most SNES games. I've done it without issue.
You can't surface mount on Sega carts though, and the boards are slightly thicker, making it a bit harder to solder
I only mention this because when you try to bend the contacts on the A clips they tend to fall apart.


Edit: also found some clips I'm going to be trying out on a few gameboy games.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/321177640297?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

Edit: Got a lot of cheap chinese CR2032 ($10 for 50)
        No idea what their life will be but they're surprisingly more consistent in their voltage than some energizers I have.
        I've been checking each one I use with a multimeter for obvious reasons. Tested some energizer for comparison.
        I got 2.7v - 3.4v on various energizers. The cheepos all read between 3.0v - 3.3v (probably tested 6 of each brand)

Edit 3: I keep doing edits because I don't really Feel like bumping an old post. Maybe I should just add this all to the original post.
         
             Anyway, Just did 20 or so battery clip installations. I have a bad habit of installing them for games I'm selling, but not my
             personal collection. Did 20 in less than 2 hours while watching youtube. :p

[Spoonman]

Thanks guys! Don't know when I'll have time to do this, but I'll let you know how it goes.

[Kriegspire]

Sorry for bringing back a dead topic, but I managed to replace the battery succesfully on my Super Mario All Stars cart.
I bought pretty expensive batteries with solding tabs on them, and made it work.

I don't ever want to do that again, so I think I'll add batteryholders for my rpgs instead.
I haven't seen the 'A' batteries in online shops here, but I think I've seen both B and C ones.

Wiggy: How do you make the C-ones fit? I'd really like a small explanation, I don't think I'll need an in-depth guide

/edit the distance between the solder points on a snes cart is 18mm right? Then some of the ones in the above picture wouldn't fit at all?

/edit 2
https://dx.com/p/battery-holder-for-cr2032-coin-cell-brown-5-pcs-156999 << those are still available and have free shipping to where I live... can anyone confirm these work?
someone in the comments says they do, but I want to make sure since it'll probably be like a month before they arrive in the mail...