Re: 515 Cache Battery - Source and replacement

Looking in my brothers 'big drawer of vice grips' (former auto-body guy) I saw one in there that might be the perfect tool. It has flat plates welded to the points for clamping sheet metal. If one were to bend one of those flat plates to an "L" shape for the side that presses against that clip, I bet I could sell that tool to CE's across the world for battery replacements!

- DrF

On 4/6/2010 8:29 AM, Vern Hamberg wrote:

Hey Larry

Glad to hear I'm not the only one who found that clip to be such a pain.
The last one I did, I think I used the straight blade on my Swiss Army
knife to pry it on and off. Used a Channel Lock, too, once, I think!
Blue handle, of course.

Vern

DrFranken wrote:

Just an additional hint for getting those nuclear war secured batteries
off the cards.

I have found that a channel lock type of pliers (a vise-grip type can
also work) that opens wide and a small square or hex bar such as the
standoff used to hold the motherboard of a PC are very handy. Place the
metal piece directly over the portion of the plastic clip that needs to
be pressed to remove the battery. Now grip the entire plastic clip
across all three batteries making sure the metal bit takes the pressure
on that side. This forces the clip back and the battery can 'Easily' be
extracted. Reverse the procedure to re-attach the battery.

Why that clip is such unbelievably stiff plastic escapes me, but as they
say, 'It is what it is'.

- DrFranken