My battery literally split down the middle & across the top! Will a new battery make the unit work if battery acid leaked all over?
387211
I guess it depends on how much acid damage there is to the unit and how much is your own piece of mind worth. I would be more concerned with the "why" the battery split. That's not normal to my knowledge. Not sure throwing a new battery into the unit will solve the root problem.
384396
In a regular lead acid bsttery you need a deep cycle, this one is lithium and I don't know , check with manufacturer, usually you would kill the battery
534090
Book says to clean the cell did you do that? Also says then check DC Cord.So I think you should inspect the cell, you actually need to get a kit to clean it which allows you to plug the two adjacent ports while filling with acid solution. I have tried at home depot with misc parts and also with tennis balls to get around ordering this kit, but they are custom size/thread plugs, so it leaks without the kit. I didn't submerge the whole thing in a bucket, didn't want the outside getting soaked with acid. Inspect it, also fiddle with the DC plug and make sure it is seated well.
1828206
Are you sure you have the terminals secured properly on the battery? As I recall you have to tighten up the terminals that connect to the battery. Take a pair of plyers and lightly squeeze down on the terminal connectors (attached to the UPS). Squeeze them flat side down. Not too much, but just enough to get a tight fit on the smaller blades attached to the battery terminals. My replacement worked perfect.
1147805
Yea, I noticed the same thing. I got a unit in September and a month later in October I had to replace the battery. I thought that perhaps the original unit sat on the shelf for a while and that the battery was bad. Unfortunately the weather turned for the worse since October so I have not used it since and I do not know how this next battery is going to hold up.
1305403
I hope you had better results than I did. The battery I ordered fit perfectly but didn't last. I ended up buying a new battery from Radio Shack. BTW It was not from Power Patrol.
295053
Mine did that and it was the battery. They do have a shelf life. I replaced it, and it works great now. I got mine at BatteryMart.com and it is this one: 12 Volt 5 Ah F2 Terminal Sealed Lead Acid Battery Part# SLA-HR-1221W-F2. Hope that helps, good luck.
1977865
The acid spilling is always a concern. However these batteries are very well packaged. If you took the battery with box and wrapped it well in packing material then boxed it up I would think you would not have any problems.
960400
The battery is enclosed in the unit.If it is even replaceable it would have to be done by someone else I would think and even then would probably just be cheaper to replace the unit.
1186032
Not without a lot of effort. There is a metal flap in the bottom that can be bent open and the battery taken out. Good luck finding a replacement of that size and voltage.
2051710
I doubt this POS is repairable. Mine cracked where the black tube joins the handle/battery compartment/switch section, and once you have lost the airtightness, it won't work no matter what you do with the switch. Check that area, because when mine quit working, I first suspected the switch too. When I found the tube cracked, an attempt to repair that just made it break further, so it's in the garbage pit now.
1828132
I don't know what happened with the battery.. I have read numerous post about the durability and how fast that they would recharge.. With a 3 year warranty, I figured it to be an excellent deal... Put it in my motorcycle and actually took the time to build my own spacers out of wood.. Drilled them full of hole, just in case heat would be a factor.. Took my bike on maiden voyage and had to have some other bikers help push my cruiser to get it started.. Brought it home and the battery actually blew apart.. Broke the top of my battery box..
1309313
It is "possible" to replace the battery. It would involve disassembly of the unit and plugging in the new pack. By the way, the unit is purported to be waterproof to 5 feet. I would not immerse the unit in fluid of ANY depth. It is not at all waterproof. Water will enter the unit through the microphone and set up corrosion that will destroy the innards very quickly. ( I had this happen to me)
109359
It's the battery bloating. Take the battery out and put it on a flat surface, if it rocks it's bloated. I've had 3 of these, all replacements do this after awhile. They need to do some better QC on their products. They said they are now doing a review of the QC on this, and can't send me another replacement, so they are going to just refund me.
2211997
I've had that problem too. There are three "tabs" that make contact with the battery in the tag, one that wraps around the top and two (from one piece of metal) that contact the sides. For whatever reason I had to make sure these were all bent in further than they were, making a much tighter fit, then put the battery back in, smooth side up, rounded side down and it began working again. Finicky, I guess.
346059
The battery that came with the unit is corroded and my husband has to look for one and has difficulty in finding the right size. He got one which was a little bit small and difficult to install. SBaker answer was right according to my husband but be careful in removing the screw.
2154268
I have had this ph for 3yrs. Yes the battery was fully charged. I also let the battery tun down so the ph shut off. Took battery out waited a few mins then fully charged battery. As i am typing this to u. My fully charged battery is losing charge. I deleted 8 messages an this email an u have lost part of charge already. Yesterday i had half battery left. When i finished a con conversation of about an hr. My battery was dwn 30% left an needed charged. Is this a brand new battery????