Braven BRV-HD Battery Replacement

Geschrieben von: Courtney Van Buren
  • Kommentare: 15
Braven BRV-HD Battery Replacement

Schwierigkeitsgrad

Moderate

Schritte

13

Zeitaufwand

45 Minuten

Einleitung

The following step-by-step guide will show how the battery can be located and replaced.

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    • Placing the device on its back with the BRV-HD logo facing up, remove the eight 5mm hexagon 2.0 screws on the front panel.

    • Make sure the device is turned off before starting.

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    • Lift the front panel off of the speaker using a plastic opening tool.

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    • Placing the device with the back panel facing up, remove the eight 5mm hexagon 2.0 screws from the back panel.

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    • Lift the back panel off of the device with a plastic opening tool.

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    • Turning the device on its side, unscrew the four 15mm hexagon 2.0 screws on the charging port panel.

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    • Remove the outer rubber flap and the plastic side port panel.

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    • Place the device on its front.

    • Loosen the four 12mm Phillips screws in the four corners with a J1 screwdriver.

    • Loosen the two 8mm Phillips screws in the center with a J1 screwdriver.

    • These screws are difficult to reach and will require a screwdriver extension piece.

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    • Pull off the rubber sleeve surrounding the speaker using your hands.

    • There is adhesive binding the sleeve to the speaker and force will be required to remove the sleeve.

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    • Lift the black covering off of the speaker using both hands.

    • Loose screws that you were unable to remove with the screwdriver will be removed when you lift off the black covering.

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    • Remove the four 12mm Phillips screws securing the two battery brackets with a J1 screwdriver.

    • Move any wires aside to have better access to the screws securing the battery.

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    • Remove the two brackets that hold down the battery using your hands.

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    • Use the plastic opening tool to lift up the battery.

    • Remove the battery using your hands.

    • The wires connecting the battery to the motherboard are still plugged in. Avoid pulling on the battery or these wires may break.

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    • Disconnect the wire attaching the battery to the motherboard.

    • There is green glue on the wire ports preventing the wires from falling out. Peel and remove this glue as necessary.

    • Be careful when pulling out the wires from their ports. The metal stems attached to the ports can break. A spudger or tweezers may help.

Abschluss

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

Tinte & Feder

Courtney Van Buren

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15 Kommentare

Where can i order battery replacement

frdy vala -

Found the battery on AliExpress and bought it Sept of 2018. Its an exact match! Label and all. Made by Hixon:

Hixon New 7.4V 4400mAh Replacement Battery for BRAVEN 850 Speaker-UL UN Certified

Price: US $36.99

Replacement for: BRAVEN 850, J177/ICR18650-22PM

It was shipped from SoCal too.

Rocko the fixit cat -

Hello could you please share the link to the battery?

I cannot find it

Thanks!

arthur_69_63 -

Also, to replace just the battery, you don’t need to take off the side port or front cover plate. And you don’t need to remove the whole rubber case cover. Just follow the instructions for the back side panel removal only. Peel the rubber case cover from around the edges of rear face plate so plate can be removed. Becarful with rubber case cover while pulling on it as if rubber is old, it may tear at the corners.

Reverse these steps for reassembly.

Note: my rubber case cover wasn’t glued on from the factory nor did I apply glue on reassembly, I don’t plan on dropping it in the water.

Rocko the fixit cat -

Thanks for confirming this. I was wondering this exact thing while looking at the guide.

Menelik Seth -

Here is link to battery on aliexpress.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hixon-Ne...

Roger -

Agreed that you don’t need to take off the side or front cover but it’s easy. Only tricky bit was getting out the deep phillips head screws.

Battery seems to be made from 4 18650 cells so you could probably save in more money by taking the pack apart and rebuilding it.

Roger -

Well detailed guide to replacing battery. Five stars. Andy

Andrew Knoll -

Worked perfectly. This was a lifesaver as it kept the trusty speaker to keep on going! Thank you!

briancullen -

Battery Replacement for Braven 850 J177 ICR18650-22PM on Amazon, $27 free shipping

Rocko the fixit cat -

Roger, yes, rebuilding your own pack is probably the way to go. That way you can choose thew quality/price of your batteries. I did see 4 pack 18650 already soldered together on eBay for $17, free shipping, just need to remove over-charge protector from old battery pack and install to new one. Thank you for the ideas!

Rocko the fixit cat -

Excellent tutorial. At first glance I thought “no way”….but bought the battery, followed the tutorial and “BAM” done…..old speaker working like new! Thank you!!

Phil W. -

Wow I followed your directions to the set instructions, hesitant at first I soldered on and I did it, thank you so much I would hate to think how much that would of cost me in the shop, again thank you all the way from New Zealand Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year.

Seve Ris -

Yellow wire of batt pack use for what ? Thanks

ft.nhatme -