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Hello, I would like to ask how to change the battery on Philips hair clipper DIY QC5580
Please help
The screw driver image in the picture is wrong - I broke mine so you don’t have to. Two plastic tabs either side near the charge port and either side near the power button. Update (08/10/2021)
Here are the batteries.
Hi @hamadareda , You should be able to access the battery by simply removing the back cover from the clippers. Here’s the user manual for the clippers. There are a series of images showing how to use the clippers etc and Fig 32 & 33 show how to access the batteries. Here’s a zoomed in image (sorry about the poor quality) that shows what to do.
The type and value of the battery is usually marked on the battery so that you can get compatible replacements. Mostly these days they are NiMH batteries. Be sure to get replacement batteries with solder tabs (example only to show solder tabs on battery) because it is very difficult to solder wires directly onto batteries without them as you have to heat the battery too much to get the solder to flow and this could damage the battery Hopefully this is of some help.
Hello, I tried to disassemble my Philips Headgroom QC5570 : it is not easy to replace battery. You need a thin flat screwdriver to open device, and a micro torx screwdriver (T5 or T6 maybe) to open the waterproof container, in order to access to NiMh 700 mAh batteries. Batteries are spot welded : this is typically a throwable device, shame on Philips! Only experimented people with tools can replace those batteries…
Insert a thin flat screwdriver on edge of device and try to push on the 4 tabs to open cover : it’s difficult to open without breaking some plastic.Once opened (good luck !), remove the 2 torx screws with T5 or T6 Torx screwdriver (CR-VT8 doesn’t fit).Try to open carefully container with flat screwdriver (and without breaking plastic).Unsold or cut wires on the 2 AAA NiMh batteries.Find good NiMh batteries like Ikea LADDA AAA (or Sanyo Eneloop clones, Fujitsu…) and sold them as you can :-)A spot welder is better but too expensive, as long you don’t already have one…Test device before assembling.Try to close everything in the reverse way, and pray for that everything doesn’t fall apart… :-)
It is not difficult with the right tools but it took me a couple of hours or more. I followed the other people advices plus I added a battery box from a toy (I had to cut it to fit in there), to put the batteries (Eneloop) inside. I also soldered the end connections and charged it. Is working. Now, it can last forever 😂
