SNES Save battery replacement suggestions?

[wiggy]

What I had been doing was pulling the tabs from the original battery (while keeping them soldered to the board) and then soldering those tabs to the clip itself. All my drivers are at work right now, so I can't take one apart and show you until I'm there again, but it's not too tricky at all.

[SnesGuy]

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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...

Those are what I use, I order from DX myself, and that is actually my review talking about snes/genesis =P

[Kriegspire]

What I had been doing was pulling the tabs from the original battery (while keeping them soldered to the board) and then soldering those tabs to the clip itself. All my drivers are at work right now, so I can't take one apart and show you until I'm there again, but it's not too tricky at all.

That's pretty much what I figured. I can't seem to find the exact clip you used though.

Snesguy - Thanks. Looks like those will be the ones I'll use then. There's a pretty good guide on the interwebz on how to do those as well.

[Kriegspire]

Ordered 20 of the battery holders, so I can fix up some potential future purchases as well. Let's hope I don't destroy any of my carts

[wiggy]

Don't stress about it. Most any clip can be made to work with a little patience and a Dremel

[Wyndcrosser]

The easiest and Cheapest way I've found is it...

heat up an xacto knife and break the bond between the battery and the pins holding together. Once the bond is broken, I remove the battery and place a new one in place of the old one. I then either black electrical tape the battery in place or hot glue. I've seen bad things happen to trying to solder a battery and it's cheaper than paying $.50 to $2.00 for a battery holder.

[Kriegspire]

The easiest and Cheapest way I've found is it...

heat up an xacto knife and break the bond between the battery and the pins holding together. Once the bond is broken, I remove the battery and place a new one in place of the old one. I then either black electrical tape the battery in place or hot glue. I've seen bad things happen to trying to solder a battery and it's cheaper than paying $.50 to $2.00 for a battery holder.

Yes, that's also an option, but it's not the most reliable way. Getting a clip on a cart and you won't EVER have to do anything except remove old battery > insert new one in the future. 1 second to change battery, 100% success guaranteed that way. I realize there's a risk.

[wiggy]

I highly recommend AGAINST doing it that way.  NOT a permanent solution and is far more prone to failure.   Also, nobody should ever be trying to solder directly to a battery 

[Dreamcast99]

The easiest and Cheapest way I've found is it...

heat up an xacto knife and break the bond between the battery and the pins holding together. Once the bond is broken, I remove the battery and place a new one in place of the old one. I then either black electrical tape the battery in place or hot glue. I've seen bad things happen to trying to solder a battery and it's cheaper than paying $.50 to $2.00 for a battery holder.

This is how i imagine my face looked while reading this.

[Kriegspire]

I highly recommend AGAINST doing it that way.  NOT a permanent solution and is far more prone to failure.   Also, nobody should ever be trying to solder directly to a battery 

That's one of the only things I still remember about soldering back in school. Never solder anything onto a battery, as it might explode
Thankfully, I'm not a total r-tard. Yes, I prefer soldering the battery in, but not soldering THE battery

And yeah, using tape is not reliable, tape will lose it's strength over the years and so the battery WILL lose connection, unlike soldering, which is 'permanent'