Need help soldering, please.

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So this is my unit, all of the wires became detached when trying to get the chip out of the silverhead (it was a pain) anyways. I attempted to position the wires where I believe they were once soldered. The red hits the "+" on the chip(left) and the long ground wire hits the bottom to the "-" on the chip (right)
The smaller black wire thats still on the chip was soldered to the botton of the silver piece. Correct me if I'm wrong so far please.
What I dont know is where the other end to the green goes. Nothing other than the pos and neg are labled on the chip, if someone knows I would be so happy. :3
 

whenwillitendx9

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The green goes to the firing pin aka center pin and the little black goes to the outer shell as ground. Honestly it is not worth saving this battery as for they are dangerous especially once a user takes them apart. I am the son of an electrical engineer and my sister is a EE student and I am a mechanical engineering student. I have confidence in my knowledge on soldering and electricity to do the work but I CANNOT suggest anyone else to do this without proper knowhow. Soldering directly onto the battery is dangerous, very dangerous. Do you just have a cheap soldering iron or do you have a temperature controlled station? If you have a cheap iron that just plugs into the mains/wall outlet then the temperature can't be controlled and damage the battery which can basically turns your device into a time bomb with no one knowing when it will blow. The medical bills will cost more than buying a new device. If you decide to head my warnings and try and fix it. Try and find a fine tip soldering iron. DO NOT apply the soldering iron for more than 2 seconds at a time to the battery. When soldering to the board be careful, adding too much solder and causing a short. Plug in your iron and let it heat up. while it is heating keep testing the temperature with a piece of solder. When the solder melts then solder to the battery that way the ion is just hot enough to melt the solder and not too hot.

I do not recommend fixing this device if you do you are doing it at your own risk.
 
The green goes to the firing pin aka center pin and the little black goes to the outer shell as ground. Honestly it is not worth saving this battery as for they are dangerous especially once a user takes them apart. I am the son of an electrical engineer and my sister is a EE student and I am a mechanical engineering student. I have confidence in my knowledge on soldering and electricity to do the work but I CANNOT suggest anyone else to do this without proper knowhow. Soldering directly onto the battery is dangerous, very dangerous. Do you just have a cheap soldering iron or do you have a temperature controlled station? If you have a cheap iron that just plugs into the mains/wall outlet then the temperature can't be controlled and damage the battery which can basically turns your device into a time bomb with no one knowing when it will blow. The medical bills will cost more than buying a new device. If you decide to head my warnings and try and fix it. Try and find a fine tip soldering iron. DO NOT apply the soldering iron for more than 2 seconds at a time to the battery. When soldering to the board be careful, adding too much solder and causing a short. Plug in your iron and let it heat up. while it is heating keep testing the temperature with a piece of solder. When the solder melts then solder to the battery that way the ion is just hot enough to melt the solder and not too hot.

I do not recommend fixing this device if you do you are doing it at your own risk.

Thank you for your help, Ive decided not to continue using this unit because of your advice. I did get it to work again and kind of got to know a side of electronic cigarettes I was curious about but I definitely recognize the risk in using it as I tend to vape heavily, its not worth it and it was a cheap unit anyway.
I have read about a battery blowing up in someones face and has always been in the back of my mind since lol. All this aside I DID have a new battery on the way as well as one as an xmas gift to my mother and they arrived today so I have a nice new unit :) Thanks again.
 
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