SPÖKA IKEA Battery Replacement

ID: 23524

Description: How to open a SPÖKA light, how to replace the...

Steps:

  1. The most tricky part is to get the inner body out of the rubber shell.
  2. I was supprised. The rubber can actually take some stretching
  3. you end up with an egg shaped plastic body
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  4. Now we need to remove the bottom cap.
  5. carefully bend the two hoocks inwards (e.g. with a small screwdriver) ad remove it
  6. Now you can split the the body into two
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  7. you now can extract the battery pack.
  8. on top you see the little switch to turn it on and off.
  9. the LED are strapped with a cable tie around the battery
  10. at the bottom lies the connector for recharging
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  11. remove the cable tie
  12. remove the warapping of the battery pack
  13. desolder the two cables from the pack
  14. now it should look like the pack on the right
  15. glue the new batteries together. - keep in mind, to alter the ends.
  16. at the end you should have a new pack with (+) (-) (+) at one end and (-) (+) (-) at the other
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  17. this is the tricy part.
  18. the new pack should be facing you with (+) (-) (+)
  19. solder the right (+) to the (-) in the middle
  20. Lolder the upper left (-) to the (+) in the middle
  21. I used some old wire for it
  22. Now solder the short black wire to the upper (-). It must be the only (-) with no connection yet
  23. Solder the red long wire to the lower left (+). Also this must be the only (+) left without any connection
  24. let it cool off
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  25. Use the cable tie to strap the LED back to the battery pack
  26. isolate the open ends of the batterypack. It must not be able to create a short circuit. I used the hot glue. but also some thick rubber tape can do the job
  27. put it back together in the shell
  28. be aware to place the switch and the connector for recharging on the right places
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  29. Now its getting ugly again.
  30. you have to put the shell back into the rubber
  31. this could take a while
  32. Be aware to put the connector on the right side, so you are able to recharge it again
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  33. Switch it back on and enjoy the bright light
  34. Please remember that you altered a electric device.
  35. never let your new spöka charge unattended and keep a good eye on it for short circuits
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