Garmin Edge 130 Battery replacement

[The Ouzo]

20 hours ago, The Ouzo said:

Just got an email stating they have stock again, placed an order. Shipping was much more than the actual battery, but still relatively cheap. 
hopefully I get it in time to install and test properly before CTCT

Ordered yesterday afternoon, received 5 minutes ago.

will make time to attempt the install this weekend

[The Ouzo]

Battery installed. 
device powers on and seems to work. 
just waiting for the glue to dry before I charge to full. 
decided to use Shoe Glue. 
 

oh and had to buy a set of tools in order to get a T5 torx driver. 
 

Will test how long the battery last this week. 

[Thomo]

19 minutes ago, The Ouzo said:

... and had to buy a set of tools in order to get a T5 torx driver. 

Sounds familiar... and haven't used it again since. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[DieselnDust]

It’s that the same size as what comes in the Garmin watch strap kit or BOA fastener kits?

[The Ouzo]

59 minutes ago, Thomo said:

Sounds familiar... and haven't used it again since. 🤦🏻‍♂️

I’ll have uses for the other bits, I’m always taking things apart and having to make a plan because I never have the correct tool

[The Ouzo]

53 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

It’s that the same size as what comes in the Garmin watch strap kit or BOA fastener kits?

Don’t know, don’t own either of those. Although I suspect the BOA has a bigger torx

[The Ouzo]

I broke it. 
 

stays on wait for gps, doesn’t seem to be picking up signal. 
opened it up again but can’t see anything obvious. 
 

eish!!!!

 

edit.

its working. 
it seems to be that the aerial for the gps runs around the casing of the garmin, these connect with little connectors to the pc board. But when I put the board back the wires from the battery prevented the board going down all the way, this means the aerial was not connecting. 
 

as soon as I rerouted the wires and fastened the board all the way down it picked up signal. 

Edited February 18 by The Ouzo

[gerriemtb]

23 minutes ago, The Ouzo said:

I broke it. 
 

stays on wait for gps, doesn’t seem to be picking up signal. 
opened it up again but can’t see anything obvious. 
 

eish!!!!

Oh man, that isn't good news.

Maybe try to hard reset it?

[The Ouzo]

1 minute ago, gerriemtb said:

Oh man, that isn't good news.

Maybe try to hard reset it?

Check the edit, sorted. 

[DieselnDust]

34 minutes ago, The Ouzo said:

I broke it. 
 

stays on wait for gps, doesn’t seem to be picking up signal. 
opened it up again but can’t see anything obvious. 
 

eish!!!!

 

edit.

its working. 
it seems to be that the aerial for the gps runs around the casing of the garmin, these connect with little connectors to the pc board. But when I put the board back the wires from the battery prevented the board going down all the way, this means the aerial was not connecting. 
 

as soon as I rerouted the wires and fastened the board all the way down it picked up signal. 

Ouzo Pro Garmin repair service for the win!!👌

[The Ouzo]

2 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

Ouzo Pro Garmin repair service for the win!!👌

Hahaha, not so certain. 
The bottom of the screen now has some discoloration, but I can live with that. 

[DieselnDust]

5 minutes ago, The Ouzo said:

Hahaha, not so certain. 
The bottom of the screen now has some discoloration, but I can live with that. 

 

I'll bet there are plenty of people who will rather get some life extension from their Garmin unit than pay in a warranty upgrade fee....

[The Ouzo]

first test this morning, 1h27m run time.

Everything appeared to work as it should, and only 10% battery drop as opposed to the 50-60% drop I was getting out of the battery that I took out.

So far so good.

[DieselnDust]

40 minutes ago, The Ouzo said:

first test this morning, 1h27m run time.

Everything appeared to work as it should, and only 10% battery drop as opposed to the 50-60% drop I was getting out of the battery that I took out.

So far so good.

Let us know if the screen issue clears up or not. Do you think it’s just due to handing it too much or could it be a sector not getting the right voltage?

[The Ouzo]

3 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

Let us know if the screen issue clears up or not. Do you think it’s just due to handing it too much or could it be a sector not getting the right voltage?

I think its how I lifted the screen off the casing, I may have partly separated the electronics from the LCD. Because when it was apart, if you push on that area the discoloration shifts.

In the dark, with the back light on, it made that corner hard to see, but once there was sunlight around it was not an issue.

[Jensie]

Nice