Replaced the battery on my wireless headset this evening
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Finally got around to replacing the battery in my Razer Nari headset, after years of it only lasting <1 hour on battery power. Couldn't get the soldering with my old iron after over an hour of fucking with it, got frustrated and went to home depot at 8:30 at night to get an iron that isn't older than I am and one of those little clip holder things. Took less than 10 minutes to put the last 2 wires on with a functional tool. Got a new multimeter too. Forgot to take pictures of the completed job though, my bad.
It's turning off during charging occasionally which i think means the first 2 connections might be fucked up, so i might go back and fix those and install the USB-C port I bought for it this weekend.
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Hell yeah man, there's just something so rewarding about fixing shit yourself. A good soldering iron is absolutely worth it if you have the skills to wield it.
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Drown it in flux for best results. Use an aggressive flux too, the no-clean flux for surface mount devices is only good for contacts unmolested by a soldering iron.
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Well done! I did some exploratory surgery on my Fenix 6 recently as the vibration motor had stopped working properly. Easy to take a part and probably easy to repair - just have to find a spare part somewhere.
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Repairs FTW !
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The bigger the blob the better the job! (jk of course, but some friends of mine always say this when talking about soldering shit)
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Thank you for reminding me: I have an electric shaver that is perfectly good except the batteries do not hold a charge.
Being able to do this kind of repair will save you money in the long run, as well as keeping stuff out of the waste stream.
