A2Aviator wrote:
I've twisted them on many many times.. with no ill effects. Cut the current battery out leaving the longest leads, and bend them 90 degrees the other way, the same place they are bent now. Set the 'new' battery in there, and use needle nose to twist it, do the positive first, then ground.
You have been very lucky, the current that is drawn will cause the un soldered connection to oxidize, it may take a while, but it will. I have had people tell me that making several wraps or a tight twist will work, but in time it becomes loose, even connectors become loose unless there is something added to prevent it. Over the years I have found that even wire wrap connections come loose unless they are just wrapped one and never removed. It is a very simple chemical reaction.
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