Help: the area around the weld turns black, with a ring of burn marks too. Is the gear too high, or was the nickel strip not pressed flat? 0.15 nickel-plated on the H1, I'm using gear 45.
It tears off when I give it a pull, so I don't feel good about putting it in a pack. Could any old hands point me in the right direction? Thanks!
How should I set it for 0.2 copper stacked with 0.12 nickel? My UF20B is at gear 80 and it still won't hold — not a single mark on the copper side. Do I need to add flux first?
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Maybe a dumb question: when welding nickel strip on the negative side of a cell, do you need to go two gears higher than on the positive side? I see the pros setting it that way in videos, but nobody says why.
7.4V battery for a small fan, two 18650s in series, but after welding it only reads 3.7V. Did I put the nickel strip in the wrong place? I'll add pics tomorrow, just asking first whether this is a common mistake... feeling a bit down.
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