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8

Time Required

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery replacement
  • The most tricky part is to get the inner body out of the rubber shell.
  • I was supprised. The rubber can actually take some stretching
  • you end up with an egg shaped plastic body

The most tricky part is to get the inner body out of the rubber shell.

I was supprised. The rubber can actually take some stretching

you end up with an egg shaped plastic body

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Step 2

  • Now we need to remove the bottom cap.
  • carefully bend the two hoocks inwards (e.g. with a small screwdriver) ad remove it
  • Now you can split the the body into two

Now we need to remove the bottom cap.

carefully bend the two hoocks inwards (e.g. with a small screwdriver) ad remove it

Now you can split the the body into two

Step 3

  • you now can extract the battery pack.
  • on top you see the little switch to turn it on and off.
  • the LED are strapped with a cable tie around the battery
  • at the bottom lies the connector for recharging

you now can extract the battery pack.

on top you see the little switch to turn it on and off.

the LED are strapped with a cable tie around the battery

at the bottom lies the connector for recharging

Step 4

  • remove the cable tie
  • remove the warapping of the battery pack
  • desolder the two cables from the pack
  • now it should look like the pack on the right
  • glue the new batteries together. - keep in mind, to alter the ends.
  • at the end you should have a new pack with (+) (-) (+) at one end and (-) (+) (-) at the other

remove the cable tie

remove the warapping of the battery pack

desolder the two cables from the pack

now it should look like the pack on the right

glue the new batteries together. - keep in mind, to alter the ends.

at the end you should have a new pack with (+) (-) (+) at one end and (-) (+) (-) at the other

Step 5

  • this is the tricy part.
  • the new pack should be facing you with (+) (-) (+)
  • solder the right (+) to the (-) in the middle
  • Lolder the upper left (-) to the (+) in the middle
  • I used some old wire for it
  • Now solder the short black wire to the upper (-). It must be the only (-) with no connection yet
  • Solder the red long wire to the lower left (+). Also this must be the only (+) left without any connection
  • let it cool off

this is the tricy part.

the new pack should be facing you with (+) (-) (+)

solder the right (+) to the (-) in the middle

Lolder the upper left (-) to the (+) in the middle

I used some old wire for it

Now solder the short black wire to the upper (-). It must be the only (-) with no connection yet

Solder the red long wire to the lower left (+). Also this must be the only (+) left without any connection

let it cool off

Step 6

  • Use the cable tie to strap the LED back to the battery pack
  • isolate the open ends of the batterypack. It must not be able to create a short circuit. I used the hot glue. but also some thick rubber tape can do the job
  • put it back together in the shell
  • be aware to place the switch and the connector for recharging on the right places

Use the cable tie to strap the LED back to the battery pack

isolate the open ends of the batterypack. It must not be able to create a short circuit. I used the hot glue. but also some thick rubber tape can do the job

put it back together in the shell

be aware to place the switch and the connector for recharging on the right places

Step 7

  • Now its getting ugly again.
  • you have to put the shell back into the rubber
  • this could take a while
  • Be aware to put the connector on the right side, so you are able to recharge it again

Now its getting ugly again.

you have to put the shell back into the rubber

this could take a while

Be aware to put the connector on the right side, so you are able to recharge it again

Step 8

  • Switch it back on and enjoy the bright light
  • Please remember that you altered a electric device.
  • never let your new spöka charge unattended and keep a good eye on it for short circuits

Switch it back on and enjoy the bright light

Please remember that you altered a electric device.

never let your new spöka charge unattended and keep a good eye on it for short circuits

be aware that you altered an electric device!!!

If you do not know what you are doing… dont to it

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scootz - Feb 23, 2019

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ALSO - if you have the “fat Spoka” as I do, it uses 3 NiMH formed in a triangle (byd nimh battery h-aaa550X3) and those are IMPOSSIBLE to find so no retail option there — I probably will have to hot-glue the battery pack… :-)