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Open spbnick opened 8 years ago

spbnick commented 8 years ago

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tabourider commented 8 years ago

A very helpful no-nonsense tutorial - practical, well illustrated and mercifully free from nerdy self advertisement unlike most utube vids - thank you. I look forward to getting my new batteries!

spbnick commented 8 years ago

Thanks for the kind feedback, @tabourider. Good luck with your repair! Please write if you find any problem with my instructions.

tabourider commented 8 years ago

Hi Nikolai

Very kind of you to respond! I probably bought my Cruzer about the same time as you got yours as it's down to three shaves if I'm quick. Your mention of the security tabs breaking made me wonder where from exactly? Do they shake out easily so that they don't foul any of the mechanicals?

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spbnick commented 8 years ago

Well, I haven't found any. I also didn't hear them rattling about. Perhaps they are small and are left hanging on a piece of bent plastic.

tabourider commented 8 years ago

Thanks for your quick reply and reassurance, Nikolai. Have a great day!

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Well, I haven't found any. I also didn't hear them rattling about. Perhaps they are small and are left hanging on a piece of bent plastic.

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usolomer commented 8 years ago

Thanks for the tutorial. Seems this is the time when the batteries for that model die. Just replaced mine with the help of your tutorial. Didn't expect to find a tutorial at all.

Some note thought: I hadn't realized that the device switches itself off internally as soon as you remove the battery case. So even if you reassemble everything immediatly after, without replacing anything, you can't switch it on again. Only after you placed the device into the loading craddle for a few seconds it will turn itself on again and work as usual. Bear that in mind, when replacing your batteries.

spbnick commented 8 years ago

@usolomer Yeah, that's what I tried to describe at the end. I was puzzled at first too. Glad to hear my instructions helped!

maschibl commented 5 years ago

thanks for the nice description! just successfully replaced my batteries.

spbnick commented 5 years ago

Hey, @maschibl, glad to hear it worked for you and we saved another device from the landfill :).

gpipito commented 5 years ago

Hi @spbnick , many thanks for your precious tutorial. Since I'm not good at soldering but want to try out your procedure anyway, did you use any soldering wire for the copper parts?

spbnick commented 5 years ago

@gpipito, you have to use solder for soldering, and normally it comes as soldering wire. Soldering is not hard. Make sure you get rosin-core soldering wire, not more than maybe 1mm thick, watch a couple tutorials on youtube, practice a bit, and you should be good to go!

warren-livingstone commented 4 years ago

These instructions are excellent. I have the Braun CruZer5, but it is pretty much the same shaver. I did find that you can purchase the correct batteries from a site in the US....http://www.electricshaverstore.com/m/4/braun_2.htm. the batteries are $7.95 USD each, so it would save the soldering steps in these instructions. I have ordered the batteries and will finish putting it back together then. Thanks for the help.

warren-livingstone commented 4 years ago

...part 2; batteries arrived and were identical to the dead ones. Glad you had the comment about it not working until you plug it in and disconnect...I was concerned :). Thanks again for the great tutorial.

spbnick commented 4 years ago

@warren-livingstone, glad to hear you found the article useful, and it's great that you could find the batteries! I'm sure others will find it easier to use them rather than mess around with soldering.

wolfiex commented 4 years ago

Great article - In my case, I had not used the device for 6 months and had left it on empty. Removing the batteries, and putting them into a battery charger (with the aid of a couple of magnets) and then replacing them overrode the charging circuitry and made them usable once again. I just had to make sure they were the correct orientation, for which the photos helped!

orborde commented 3 months ago

  1. In mine, the batteries were soldered to the contacts. I was able to get them out by holding the soldering iron to the contact, melting the solder, and simultaneously having a friend gently pull the battery out using pliers.

  2. Instead of soldering in contact points like you did, I bought special replacement batteries that had the pins already built-in. I bought these: https://shaveroutlet.com/braun-aaa-nimh-replacement-battery-with-snap-in-pins.html . They seem to work so far!