And so "Wago" was born. A repeat of the last device, held together with Wagos so I can measure things...

 One I found today


Opened with pliars

These things are smaller than I thought - only 550mAh


Good old leaded solder



 

The trusty USB iron

What could possibly go wrong?

Building up










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