Thanks so much for the comments.
After viewing in-stock battery clips, did get the impression it was custom.
Interesting suggestions re: part from a broken one, foil /paperclip, and shape-your-own (not set up to re-plate).
Since it's summer here, do have a while to explore options before the next heating season.
PS For future reference, does this sort of exposed PCB trace (pad?) used for electrical connection take solder well?
Hello,
No formal training, but do like to repair devices at home (and keep vintage electronics and computers going).
Yet another alkaline battery has leaked prodigiously into a device (after only a few months). A wall-mounted thermostat.
Is the sort of clip pictured, which contacts an AA battery negative terminal at one end, and seemed to just clamp onto a conductive trace at the edge of PCB at the other, an easy-to-find standard form (for replacement) or a custom piece?
It is quite corroded and even peeling, and suspect replacing the clip would be better than devising a work-around.
Visually searching through product photos on supplier websites (like Digi--- and Mous-- here in the US) has not been effective.
Thanks for any comment.
Thanks for the self-help suggestion, and the product link (my search-terms must indeed have been inadequate)...