Any good advice on how to open a powerbank safely where you have to forcefully open the shell, without damaging the cells?
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Any good advice on how to open a powerbank safely where you have to forcefully open the shell, without damaging the cells?
My old Anker powerbank got a bad USB port, thinking about either replacing the port or just straight up the whole board to get higher throughput (I assume the Li-Ion cells to be more capable than the board). I'm scared opening it though given the force I'd have to apply so close to a buttload of electrochemical power. ._.
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funbaker #AssangeIsNotGuiltyreplied to Natasha Nox πΊπ¦π΅πΈ on last edited by
@Natanox Gibt da bestimmt was in der iFixIt Datenbank.
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Riley S. Faelanreplied to Natasha Nox πΊπ¦π΅πΈ on last edited by
@Natanox Anker powerbanks shaped like this are shaped like this because they contain cylindrical 18650 cells inside them. These are reasonably sturdy and take some effort to damage.
The rule of thumb, though, is to approach them from the closure, with something like the triangular seam-slider you find in a random iPhone DIY-fixing pack off Ali Express or Amazon. I don't know off the hand if this particular one would be glued together or just have some snaps hold the front panel in place, but you should be able to learn that from the seam-slider's behaviour.
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Riley S. Faelanreplied to Riley S. Faelan on last edited by
@Natanox Oh, and Anker is a pretty good brand as powerbanks go. One of the facet of this is, their voltage conversion subsystem is fairly high-efficiency, and you might want to keep that part when you hack on the electronics.
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Natasha Nox πΊπ¦π΅πΈreplied to CIMB4 on last edited by
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Karsten β’ DD5KRreplied to Natasha Nox πΊπ¦π΅πΈ on last edited by
@Natanox state of charge should be below 25% to reduce tge handling risk. I'd search for pictures or videos of a teardown.