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Minirig
Type
replacement
Thing
Battery
Title
Minirig Battery Replacement
Introduction
As of writing this (July 2024) Minirigs have been around for about 11 years. I bought my first set in 2014 (2 Minirigs and a Minirig Sub). These were all the original generation- no Bluetooth, lots of wires. They've been through 10 summers of camping trips and always performed perfectly.
Around 2018 I found a crack in the sub's plastic, so sent it back to Minirig for repair (they offer a flat rate service- whatever needed replacing then was replaced. While they couldn't confirm that the battery had been replaced, it's still giving me passable battery life, so I assume that it was.
But I never had a problem with the 2 Minirigs themselves, until this year when the battery life seriously sloped off and I was only getting a few hours of use rather than the usual 2+ days.
Minirig no longer offer a repair service for the older devices (not sure where their cutoff is currently, but they definitely won't repair the non- Bluetooth ones like mine), but they will offer a small discount on new devices if you send them in your old ones.
As mine are still working fine other than the battery life, and I found enough info online to give me confidence that I could do the battery replacements myself, I figured I'd give it a go. Couldn't bear the thought of them being scrapped when all they need is a new battery.
They're now working perfectly with their new batteries. Here's how I did it.
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Conclusion
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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