[Milsurplus] Battery Glue

[B. Smith]

I have had good luck  doing surgery on the batteries using a single edge 
razor blade. Often you can just open one side for access to the 
interior. A hot air gun is handy.
I reinforce the sides with thin card board or plywood. Elmer's glue is 
great for the
rebuild it dries all most invisible and is easy to clean and odorless.
Pictures etc at:
http://k4che.com/BA48/BA48pg1.htm




On 8/8/2013 9:11 PM, J. Forster wrote:
> Until they were discontinued in the last decade or so, "dry" batteries
> were a common source of a lot of voltages for portable gear.
>
> Generally, these were of two types: Stacks of pancake like cells of zinc,
> electrolyte, and carbon, or assemblies of AA or somilar cylindrical cells.
>
> Either type were loaded into cardboard boxes, sometimes waxed, with a
> cheap connector (socket) or flying leads of Fahnstock Clips or screw
> terminals. Sometimes they were potted in tar.
>
> The military used such a battery, the BA-2, composed of 15 ea AA cells. It
> was used in the BC-221 and TG-5, among other places.
>
> Anyway, I have some of these and would like to open the boxes up and fit 5
> AA holders of 3 batteries into each.
>
> Question: Does anyone know what kind of glue was used to assemble the
> boxes? I would like to be able to take the boxes apart without damage.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -John
>
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