If you've been following the BIYF thread, you'd see that my Elemnt has died on me a couple times.
Bought it new from @FitmanNJ - i think it was a warranty replacement ?? That was a bunch of years back.
Battery wouldn't last an hour in the cold with a full charge - so i fired up the goog and found that wahoo no
longer offered a replacement battery - but they'd give me 20% off a new computer.
Unacceptable.
The goog also found a fellow cyclist that upgraded the battery with a reasonable alternative
$10 on ebay -
Here we go - put this, inside there.
The cover is held on with 8 T-6 screws. They have very shallow caps, so make sure the tool is aligned. each screw has a rubber washer.
Some came out, some stayed in. Easy enough to pick out with pointy tweezers.
The two black blocks on the end of the ribbon cables are connectors, just pop them off with a spudger.
Then use the tool to remove (carefully) the longer ribbon cable from the battery wrap, and pry the battery out of the case.
They used a little bit of glue, but it comes out easy enough.
You can see the new battery is smaller than the old one - yet has a higher capacity.
The two lead wires are not going to do us any good.
Finish unwrapping the old battery, and remove the frame. There is tape, and a plastic cover.
The black bar at the top is the battery protection circuit - it has the ribbon cable attached to it. we are going to unfold it and cut it off.
Keep it, we are going to need to attach it to the new battery.
Carefully remove the protection circuit board from the old battery -
Open the new battery, again more tape, but it will unfold and then go ahead and cut or peel off the leads.
You should end up with something like this.
TBC
Bought it new from @FitmanNJ - i think it was a warranty replacement ?? That was a bunch of years back.
Battery wouldn't last an hour in the cold with a full charge - so i fired up the goog and found that wahoo no
longer offered a replacement battery - but they'd give me 20% off a new computer.
Unacceptable.
The goog also found a fellow cyclist that upgraded the battery with a reasonable alternative
$10 on ebay -
3.7V 1800mAh 604050 LiPo Polymer Rechargeable Battery For Camera DVD GPS PAD | eBay
Features: 1> Brand new and high quality 2> It can be recharged repeatedly 3> Built-in protection circuit PCM for prevent over charging or over discharging Specifications: 1> Rated Capacity: 1800mAh 2> Size: 6mm(H) x 40mm(W) x 50mm(L) 3> Operating Voltage: 3.7V 4> Charging voltage limit: 4.20V...
www.ebay.com
Here we go - put this, inside there.
The cover is held on with 8 T-6 screws. They have very shallow caps, so make sure the tool is aligned. each screw has a rubber washer.
Some came out, some stayed in. Easy enough to pick out with pointy tweezers.
The two black blocks on the end of the ribbon cables are connectors, just pop them off with a spudger.
Then use the tool to remove (carefully) the longer ribbon cable from the battery wrap, and pry the battery out of the case.
They used a little bit of glue, but it comes out easy enough.
You can see the new battery is smaller than the old one - yet has a higher capacity.
The two lead wires are not going to do us any good.
Finish unwrapping the old battery, and remove the frame. There is tape, and a plastic cover.
The black bar at the top is the battery protection circuit - it has the ribbon cable attached to it. we are going to unfold it and cut it off.
Keep it, we are going to need to attach it to the new battery.
Carefully remove the protection circuit board from the old battery -
Open the new battery, again more tape, but it will unfold and then go ahead and cut or peel off the leads.
You should end up with something like this.
TBC
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