Replacing the battery on Ecotech battery backup...

[FlyPenFly]

Anyone have luck putting in a LifePO4?

 

[ca1ore]

No, but regular replacement went just fine. I think I know why the old one stopped working.

 

[albano]

... I think I know why the old one stopped working.

Are you ‘positive’ ?

 

[ca1ore]

Ha ha ha …. yeah, all the times I speculated idly about why this or that died …. not much ambiguity here. I was a tad too aggressive in drilling out the rivets though, even machine screws won’t work now.

 

[ChicagoReef]

Thanks so much for the post. Super easy thanks to the learning above. Getting the rivets out correctly was the hardest part. My unit is like new now.

 

[Tahiti]

Just ordered mine from Amazon and will replace it finally. I’ve had mine since 2013 and it’s been dead for years! Crazy how they want over $200+ for a replacement.

 

[Tahiti]

Just replaced it and it was shockingly easy to drill the rivets out. Saved myself $170