Altec Lansing Mini Lifejacket 2 Battery Replacement

Written By: Stephen Albrecht
  • Comments: 17
Altec Lansing Mini Lifejacket 2 Battery Replacement

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

10

Time Required

8 minutes

Introduction

If the battery in your Altec Lansing Mini Lifejacket 2 isn't holding a charge or is showing signs of failure, use this guide to replace it.

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    • Use the spudger to remove the eight black pins from the front and back of the wire screens.

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    • Detach the eight secondary pins from the front and back of the wire mesh plates with a spudger.

    • Removing the secondary pins from the rubber casing is optional.

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    • Remove both black and orange layers from the speaker body.

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    • Remove the single 7.8mm Phillips #2 screw from the mounting plate located under the device.

    • Slide the mounting plate out to remove it.

    mine does not have a phillips screw at the post area

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    • Pry off the wire mesh on both sides using a metal spudger.

    • Be gentle to avoid bending the mesh.

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    • Using tweezers, remove the four rubber stoppers in each corner of the rear panel.

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    • Remove the four 13.7mm Phillips #1 screws located underneath the rubber stoppers.

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    • Pull the case apart to access the interior components.

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    • To remove the back panel, gently pull out its wire harness.

    What does doing all of this accomplish?

    Is there an end result here? Now what?

    Lynn Bits -

    What does all of accomplish? Now what? How does it fix the fact the device won’t charge at the charging port?

    Lynn Bits -

    conclusion????? what i do now????

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    • Disconnect the battery from the motherboard.

    • The battery is not secured within the case and can be removed after detaching its wiring from the circuit board.

    so where do i purchase the replacement parts from? i can not find anything on altec lansing site for replacement parts…

    mkwurm -

    Look at the blue shrink wrap it says 18650 you can find those in any vape shop - amazon rip open a tesla pack worth 10k and steal one. Worth usually 5$ to 25$ depending on branding MAH comapacity and discharge rate - 2200 mah sounds like a rather $@$*!& 18650 but i don’t know a ton about them - If it were me i’d just solder the wires onto the terminals (careful this can cause bad things to happen like boom bad) probably would be smarter get a fancy abs holder for the battery leave it in case or could even use longer wires and have the battery hot swappable.

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Conclusion

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

Author

Stephen Albrecht

Member since: 14/02/18

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11 comments

Where can you get the batteries? Altec Lansing doesn’t carry them.

alanp5 -

Search for MCR18650 battery. They are available.

F Hickisch -

Hickisch, I appreciate your guide on replacing this battery, but I beg to differ that replacement batteries are “available.” I keep getting sent batteries with 3-wire connectors instead of 2-wire. Plz send me a link, plz. Gracias.

rudy.ch.garcia -

Sounds like you need to find another source instead of aliexpress or ebay. Digikey has them with the correct 2 wire connection. It's just a standard 18650 battery with the wires spot welded to the positive and negative terminals. Anything with a 3rd wire is likely meant as a charge sensing wire for a batter that has on board circuitry.

rchuncleskeleton -

for the mini life jacket 3, the motherboard is upside down so you need to remove it to unplug the battery.

Edgar Corral (Tramarius) -

For the mini life jacket 3 can you send what link you had for the battery?

Malena Reyes -

Does anyone know where to purchase these batteries from< I am only able to find MCR 18650 with 3 wires, not 2

Eric Peterson -

I believe I found it. It is an ICR18650 not MCR. Just ordered it so we will see. Looks like the one in the photos above though.

3.7V 3000mAh ICR18650 Rechargeable Battery Pack with SM 2P Plug https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081X15FQJ/ref...

jess1ca -

Update, battery was not correct and neither was connection. Battery was too big and was 2 put together. My husband does electrical work though and separated them and spliced the old connector onto it and my speaker is now working. Not sure how long it will hold a charge though as I am now only at 1500mah using only one battery.

jess1ca -

Mine did not have rubber stoppers and after I removed screws, it will not pull apart

Amber byrd -