Very simple, the nickel strips are welded in areas. When removing the nickel from one of those areas with pliers, you can never touch the nearby area. I assure you that you are going to get a good scare
I see you are very interested in the subject, I'm glad.
I will clarify several things. I have already discarded several shimano batteries, 430w and 504w bt-e8010 battery.
It may be that the photo, which I have placed, was one of the 430w batteries.
To calculate the total watts of a battery, it...
These are things I do not understand. Being 3500mah sony murata cells, they degrade very quickly. I have replaced the cells when the battery was at 90%. The new battery with Samsung cells, I cannot assess its condition, since I have not used the ebike much in the last year
the cells that I have used are original, purchased at nkon.nl
I do not recommend buying cells in China at all, as a general rule they are not original.
In nkon you also have restored cells, they are cells that have not passed the quality certificate, in terms of nickel welding.
But they are...
I can tell you that the battery before performing the cell restoration, on the handlebar display (in the Km BAT section) appeared 90%. Once the cells were changed, it appeared 100%.
Other tools like ST Unlocker I have not been able to use, because I do not have them.