Thread: Help - fix Bushnell trailcam - rust from old batteries

Originally Posted by Northkiwi

I've got a soldering iron somewhere.... I'm wary of breaking it due to frankenstein attempts.....

Wonder if I soak in vinegar or citric acid and then solder onto the cleanish metal that might result?

Those bottom two metal plates that are corroded, they just slide into the slot in the plastic. It's as simple as pulling them out and sliding some new ones in from something else like an old remote or anything that takes the same battery type. Worst case situation you just bridge the batteries with a bit of copper wire.