And I suspect the batteries are at the end of life as it’s not charging anymore, comes on for a couple seconds then goes off. I also ripped off one of the SMT LED’s when opening the case.
Looking for someone that can acquire and replace the batteries and resolder the LED at the top. Most of my soldering gear is deep in storage and don’t have any experience with SMT.
I checked with Lee’s about batteries but they don’t have any in stock with the spot welded terminals and no eta either
Happy to pay in Cash, Beer etc to get this done if someone has the time/inclination.
@hjsvhsweb first step would be to locate replacements for those batteries. You’d need to make sure they’re the same size - they look like 18650 with inbuilt protection - they’re quite long from looking at the photo.
There are two places on Boundary near 1st worth trying
Polar of course. I’ve literally been shopping there for more than a decade but for much larger lead acid, AGM, etc batteries for alarms, cars and UPSes.
Will wonder down there today or tomorrow.
@KittyCat, yes they look just like AA batteries in size. Also what is boba?
Thanks and no joy. Haven’t got batteries yet, Polar didn’t have them either with or without the spot welded pins and suggested Vancouver Batteries (who i should have called first), doesn’t have any either but he suggested these which I’ll order.
That time might work. Found my Weller WLC-100 in storage and even on max it’s
not really melting either leaded or lead-free solder so it’s out of
commission
Looking up Boba, that’s bubble tea from what I can see but there are so many
kinds and flavours, what do you actually like? Or are you referring to the
actual tapioca pearls?
Let’s see what the weather brings tomorrow (and Wednesday). Marpole is fine, if road conditions permit. The last couple days on the road have been “interesting”…
Ebay replacement just arrived, looks beat-up but battery charges and it works fine, at some point will try to get my original “fixed” if I didn’t destroy the pcb with too much heat trying to remove the batteries…
Are you looking to replace batteries in your own unit?
