Fly1981 Posted December 29, 2023 Share Replaced the battery on my garmin cadence sensor, and now the sensor is not working at all. Thought it might be a bad battery, so tried a second new one, cleaned contact points, still nothing. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertWhitehead Posted December 29, 2023 Share Try turning the battery around . Sorry, I just had to Zebra and Bichael Dewing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatross Posted December 29, 2023 Share Before inserting new battery, wait 30 seconds to allow module to fully discharge. Milosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smartie Posted December 29, 2023 Share I had the same issue recently. Took out battery, tried again etc. The Garmin head unit just did not want to pick it up. Checked all settings, etc. but nothing. However, when I switched on the head unit the next day it ‘found’ the cadence sensor and worked. Not sure why as I did nothing different. So all I can add is try again in a couple of hours ;-). Zebra 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brakepad Posted December 29, 2023 Share disconnect and reconnect the sensor from the head unit helped me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrob Posted December 29, 2023 Share If after trying the above and it’s still not working. I had a non functional cadence sensor where I picked at the battery contacts inside, very gently bend the contacts to ensure solid connection with the battery. Solved the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love2fly Posted December 30, 2023 Share Combination of above posts. APPARENTLY if you put the new battery in too quickly, the sensor can get an overcurrent or whatever passes for that in something so small. Rectified by putting battery in the wrong way around to reset and try again. Had a family member have Ant+ stop working on a Wattbike/Garmin strap (BlueTeeth were all present) only to find pairing as per instruction manual didn't work and had to use a method from Google..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milosh Posted December 30, 2023 Share On 12/29/2023 at 8:27 AM, Albatross said: Before inserting new battery, wait 30 seconds to allow module to fully discharge. This has worked for me previousy love2fly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaco Steyn Posted December 31, 2023 Share If it perhaps is a Duracell battery, it may be because of the bitter coating to discourage small children from swallowing it. Using Bitter Coating Lithium Coin Cell Batteries with Garmin Sensors | Garmin Support ChrisF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bichael Dewing Posted December 31, 2023 Share On 12/29/2023 at 8:25 AM, RobertWhitehead said: Try turning the battery around . Sorry, I just had to I came here to do this👆🏻🤣🤣🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasilvarsa Posted January 1 Share On 12/29/2023 at 8:22 AM, Fly1981 said: Replaced the battery on my garmin cadence sensor, and now the sensor is not working at all. Thought it might be a bad battery, so tried a second new one, cleaned contact points, still nothing. Any suggestions? Was it Working before the battery was replaced ? "Silly question !" The sensor is faulty ! Probably drank some Water. Edited January 1 by dasilvarsa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ouzo Posted January 1 Share Had similar issue this morning with my HR strap, changed the battery and all of a sardine it’s not working. Even putting the old battery back in didn’t help. had to remove and add it back to my edge to get it working. dasilvarsa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love2fly Posted January 1 Share 49 minutes ago, The Ouzo said: Had similar issue this morning with my HR strap, changed the battery and all of a sardine it’s not working. Even putting the old battery back in didn’t help. had to remove and add it back to my edge to get it working. As per above, did you try putting battery in upside down to reset? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ouzo Posted January 1 Share 43 minutes ago, love2fly said: As per above, did you try putting battery in upside down to reset? Yep, tried that first love2fly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taito Posted January 1 Share Try the following it works... Take a small piece of wire after you open the sensor....contact the wire with the silver contact in the middle of the module then at the same time with the contact on the side .. Then put in the new battery This works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasilvarsa Posted January 3 Share On 1/1/2024 at 6:09 PM, taito said: Try the following it works... Take a small piece of wire after you open the sensor....contact the wire with the silver contact in the middle of the module then at the same time with the contact on the side .. Then put in the new battery This works. Same as Putting in the Battery Upside Down. Shorts -ve and +ve Contacts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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