Replacing the Battery in a Tile Wallet Card - Quick Fix it Friday

[@GaryB1980]

Nice one kip

[@kiphakes]

Ahhh thanks dude 🙏🏼

[@gregthegrey]

I was considering purchasing this product, wondering if I could eventually replace the battery, so I found this production very informative. Thanks 🙂 BTW: Dham that Pop/Bang at 04:31, frightened the life out of me! I've had my fair share of, err... explosions, during my engineering career so my brain has become highly tuned to these particular sounds, and so my body elicits an over-reaction fight/flight response! 😂

[@stangsO9]

4 or 5 years!? Mine lasted a year….

[@kiphakes]

Yeah.. I’ve had all my tiles for at least 4 years. The other ones actually need replacing frequently, the wallet card, was fine though!

[@pimpinbpimpn]

Ya mine last about 3

[@jonasnicolaysen8019]

I'm on 6 now

[@FallNorth]

Numerous people have replaced this battery with 3V batteries like CR2032 (or you could do CR2016 as thinner or CR2016 x 2 in parallel (NOT SERIES!) for more capacity). ~3V at a low current is ~3V at a low current. The battery says 3.1V (when new) on it in the video, I mean it's only got 2 wires. I think I'm about to get one and Ill just do that when the battery dies. It works or it doesn't work, if it's dead and going in the bin if if it doesn't work it's not a high risk repair.

[@ScottMadeAThing]

1) I Don't know how I managed to miss a video of yours?! Stupid KZbin. 2) OMG that explosion scared the s*** out of me hahahaha :D

[@kiphakes]

Haha - damn KZbin Al Gore Rhythm!! And - I'm sorry (I'm not really!) :P

[@chris_hertford]

I've never activated the tile on my keyring deliberately in several years of ownership! But after daily accidental presses I finally 3d printed a shell for it!

[@DeconstructedWithJosh]

Thank you for the teardown. Battery seems to be available online at various places but minimum quantity is 200 pieces :(

[@kiphakes]

Wow! Yeah, I guess it’s not a commonly used battery

[@davidtwombly9400]

i replaced mine with some slight modification and a watch battery

[@carlospeyser8548]

I replaced by a cr2032 I can send the photos if you like. I works great, but it doesn’t look very good after opened

[@andersmmvfc.8376]

Good entertainment i hop for some good advise from your comments and a revisit! Thank you

[@kiphakes]

Fingers crossed!

[@1909nicko]

Could try and recharge the battery using a USB cable with split wires I would say 0.5amp should be done in 5 minutes

[@1909nicko]

I recharged a disposable ecig and refilled the canister problem with lithium is there is no protection on it so over charging it would be catastrophic you if you know the cells capacity and some clever maths you could probably do it safely

[@mikecass8306]

Why is there a rechargeable Li battery which has no charging point, all about money thanks Kip 😁

[@DeconstructedWithJosh]

It's a non-rechargeable battery. You can verify this by googling: ultralife cp114951 battery

[@TheOne-ofMany]

Is it rechargeable? You think it's lipo? Mine (3x) have not died yet, but they will soon. If I can charge these that would be the best option, since I can't find a source for such a thin battery.

[@kiphakes]

Apparently it’s not rechargable

[@bretthampton2050]

I wonder if it could be recharged????

[@kiphakes]

Interesting idea!

[@DeconstructedWithJosh]

Unfortunately it's non-rechargeable. The battery however is available online, but for a minimum quantity of 1000 :(

[@wicksta]

You made me jump you utter git! 🤣

[@kiphakes]

Hahahaha 😂

[@rcrick00]

Unsolder the tabs dude.

[@theleftyboater]

Nothing worse than a soggy wallet..

[@kiphakes]

👀

[@madmaxshadow7360]

Mine last 2 years. The 380mah is BS. The 2032 is 225mah. From what I can tell that trash battery covers more space then 4 2032. ~900mah If 380 lasts 2 years a fully functional battery pack that size should last ~5 years. Now where near close with 380mah. Sounds like shorting the

[@opentheozon3]

What a waste of money. Smh