+
+## Removing the Protection Board ##
+
+At this point, the wire connections and circuit board are exposed. There are
+two options at this point. One is to leave the circuit board installed, but
+move the wires to the circuit board pads that connect to the battery, which
+effectively takes the board out of circuit. In some cases, this may be easier
+than removing the board entirely... but leaving the board behind doesn't
+really help anything, so we'll take the other option which is to remove it
+entirely. To do this, just warm up a soldering iron and use tweezers or small
+needle-nose pliers to pull the wires and tabs away from the board while using
+the soldering iron to melt the solder on each of the 4 joints. Once the
+board is removed, the battery should look something like this: