{"id":6038,"date":"2022-10-06T18:33:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T23:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/?p=6038"},"modified":"2022-10-06T18:33:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T23:33:32","slug":"sphero-2-0-battery-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/06\/sphero-2-0-battery-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Sphero 2.0 battery replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:102,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/amzn.to\\\/3MbgFNU&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/YDL-battery-Rechargeable-Lithium-Connector\\\/dp\\\/B07BTLN9SX?crid=XHDHI5X2IJEF&amp;keywords=702030+lipo+battery+2pcs&amp;qid=1665097555&amp;qu=eyJxc2MiOiIxLjk4IiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&amp;sprefix=702030+lipo+battery+2pcs,aps,101&amp;sr=8-2&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=burningorg-20&amp;linkId=9cb553d9267f924e715436f674ebc5fe&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:103,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/smRz2hogNPE?t=51&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?t=51&amp;v=smRz2hogNPE&amp;feature=youtu.be&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:104,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/amzn.to\\\/3ekvOQe&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/BAZIC-Products-0-10-Super-Glue\\\/dp\\\/B003BSF7ZG?crid=ML2SGSAUQKIL&amp;keywords=superglue+6&amp;qid=1665097632&amp;qu=eyJxc2MiOiIxLjc5IiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&amp;sprefix=superglue+6,aps,126&amp;sr=8-6&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=burningorg-20&amp;linkId=50149716b6fcdbf3c0ff246f677e246a&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>The original batteries in my (8-10 year old) Sphero 2.0 died.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/original-batteries.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6039\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/original-batteries-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"bloating lipo lithium batteries\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/original-batteries-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/original-batteries-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/original-batteries-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/original-batteries-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/original-batteries-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/original-batteries-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOnce I got the sphere open and removed them, it was clear that they had &#8220;bloated&#8221;.<br \/>\nThey are marked 702035 (7mm thick, 20mm wide, and 35mm long).\u00a0 However, I don&#8217;t recommend buying 702035 batteries to replace them, as the opening they need to go into is closer to 30 or 32mm in length. If I had to do it again, I&#8217;d order <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3MbgFNU\">these 702030<\/a> batteries instead.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/original-new-size-comparison-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6041\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/original-new-size-comparison-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"New battery is longer than the original battery\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/original-new-size-comparison-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/original-new-size-comparison-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/original-new-size-comparison-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/original-new-size-comparison-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/original-new-size-comparison-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/original-new-size-comparison-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I made it work, but it was very tight, and I had to use a rotary tool to grind down a small piece of plastic to make it fit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/batteries-replaced-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/batteries-replaced-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"two new batteries installed in a sphero 2.0 robot toy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/batteries-replaced-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/batteries-replaced-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/batteries-replaced-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/batteries-replaced-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/batteries-replaced-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/batteries-replaced-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The hardest part was opening the factory sealed, waterproof sphere that the robot spins around inside of. I tried the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/smRz2hogNPE?t=51\">&#8220;woodpecker&#8221; method<\/a> on my Sphero 2.0, but it did not crack open the shell (different type of plastic), so I had to cut it open along the seam.<\/p>\n<p>Before starting, I made a single black mark with a sharpie across the seam so that I could &#8220;register&#8221; and line it up again when gluing it back in place. I used a coping saw with a thin blade that fit easily into the existing gap, and made a relatively clean cut. (A hacksaw would probably also work well.)<\/p>\n<p>After cutting, I sanded the cut sides down a little to remove stray pieces of plastic.<\/p>\n<p>I used standard <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ekvOQe\">CA (Superglue)<\/a> to fix the two halves back together, and so far it is holding well. I had a clamp sized up and ready to hold the two halves together after I applied the glue to one side and used my black sharpie mark to align them.<\/p>\n<p>After clamping, I rotated the whole assembly a few times just in case any superglue had gotten inside, trying to make sure that the interior robot didn&#8217;t accidentally get glued to the inside of the sphere.<\/p>\n<p>The sphere is very slightly smaller now (due to the cut material) but the interior robot &#8220;spring arm&#8221; assembly had plenty of slack and it doesn&#8217;t appear to be having any problems in the slightly smaller sphere. But the gap between the two halves is much smaller now.<\/p>\n<p>Video of the procedure:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/qaGTjxIcHYI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The original batteries in my (8-10 year old) Sphero 2.0 died. Once I got the sphere open and removed them, it was clear that they had &#8220;bloated&#8221;. They are marked 702035 (7mm thick, 20mm wide, and 35mm long).\u00a0 However, I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/06\/sphero-2-0-battery-replacement\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6042,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6038\/revisions\/6042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}