Battery Replacement in Electric Razor

[Vangard]

I have a cordless electric razor.  It's a Sears brand.  It says 6VAC
7VA on the rear.  I opened it and found a simple circuit board, and I
already know that's a rectifier circuit.  It gets charged from a black
box wall transformer.  Anyhow, in the razor itself, there is a large
rechargable battery.  It's round and long, about the same size as a C
Battery.  The razor belonged to a relative who passed away.  It sat in
a closet for at least 15 years.  It's nearly new, and works fine, but
the battery is weak.  This battery is just the type with solder on
metal straps on the ends, so it would be easy to change.  Knowing
Sears, they wont have parts anymore for it.  The battery is not
labelled.  From what I know, any single cell battery is about 1.5
volts.  OR is it possible to place several cells inside a round
battery.  In other words, how do I shop for a replacement?

Thanks

If you have a DC voltmeter place it across the battery and plug the
charger in. This will give you a ballpark idea of the number of cells
in the battery.

Van

 

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I have a cordless electric razor. It's a Sears brand. It says 6VAC
7VA on the rear. I opened it and found a simple circuit board, and I
already know that's a rectifier circuit. It gets charged from a black
box wall transformer. Anyhow, in the razor itself, there is a large
rechargable battery. It's round and long, about the same size as a C
Battery. The razor belonged to a relative who passed away. It sat in
a closet for at least 15 years. It's nearly new, and works fine, but
the battery is weak. This battery is just the type with solder on
metal straps on the ends, so it would be easy to change. Knowing
Sears, they wont have parts anymore for it. The battery is not
labelled. From what I know, any single cell battery is about 1.5
volts. OR is it possible to place several cells inside a round
battery. In other words, how do I shop for a replacement?

Thanks

 

[jakdedert]

I have a cordless electric razor. It's a Sears brand. It says 6VAC
7VA on the rear. I opened it and found a simple circuit board, and I
already know that's a rectifier circuit. It gets charged from a black
box wall transformer. Anyhow, in the razor itself, there is a large
rechargable battery. It's round and long, about the same size as a C
Battery. The razor belonged to a relative who passed away. It sat in
a closet for at least 15 years. It's nearly new, and works fine, but
the battery is weak. This battery is just the type with solder on
metal straps on the ends, so it would be easy to change. Knowing
Sears, they wont have parts anymore for it. The battery is not
labelled. From what I know, any single cell battery is about 1.5
volts. OR is it possible to place several cells inside a round
battery. In other words, how do I shop for a replacement?

Thanks

Did Sears change their policies? I've always had good luck getting
replacement parts for their appliances and power tools. I imagine this
razor is similar.

Failing that, pull the battery and take it to your local Batteries Plus
store (or reasonable facsimile). They should be able to kludge up
something to replace it in short order.

jak

 

[Allodoxaphobia]

Did Sears change their policies?

More than that, I think. Sears is K-Mart now, IIANM. Finding parts and
parts breakdown diagrams on their website for Sears stuff was Real Easy
4-5 years ago. In fact, they seemed to be way out in front of everyone
else with that service on the web - back then. It ain't so anymore, IMO.

To the OP: Measure your <quote>C battery</quote> carefully. Many
products from back in that era employed bastard-size "C-Cells" -- as I
found when I went to repair both a bathroom night light (that doubled as
a flashlight) and a Dustbuster(tm).

If you don't have access to local retail for an odd-ball battery size,
try the overstock/oversupply/excess inventory outlets such as:

The Electronic Goldmine
http://www.goldmine-elec.com/

Marlin P. Jones
http://www.mpja.com/

HTH,
Jonesy

 

[Dave Plowman (News)]

To the OP: Measure your <quote>C battery</quote> carefully. Many
products from back in that era employed bastard-size "C-Cells" -- as I
found when I went to repair both a bathroom night light (that doubled as
a flashlight) and a Dustbuster(tm).

If you don't have access to local retail for an odd-ball battery size,
try the overstock/oversupply/excess inventory outlets such as:

'Sub-C' is pretty well the standard size for all power tools, etc. Smaller
devices like razors can use anything - my Philips has one AA.

 

[jakdedert]

Allodoxaphobia wrote:

More than that, I think. Sears is K-Mart now, IIANM. Finding parts and
parts breakdown diagrams on their website for Sears stuff was Real Easy
4-5 years ago. In fact, they seemed to be way out in front of everyone
else with that service on the web - back then. It ain't so anymore, IMO.

Wow! I haven't been to my local Sears Outlet store in a while, but it's
been more recently than five years. If true, that would be a shame. I
remember going there 20 years ago looking for new brushes and bushings
for my Craftsman badged Dremel tool. It took a while, but they pulled
up an exploded diagram of the very unit, along with parts numbers. They
ordered the parts, which I got within a few days.

I've since used them for numerous Kenmore and other brand appliance
parts....

jak

 

[Sam Goldwasser]

If you have a DC voltmeter place it across the battery and plug the
charger in. This will give you a ballpark idea of the number of cells
in the battery.

Unless one or more is shorted.

It's almost certainly a NiCd. It should be possible to determine the
number of cells by inspection - remove any outer cardboard covering
if needed.

You can get replacements from electronics distrubutorts.

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Did Sears change their policies? I've always had good luck getting
replacement parts for their appliances and power tools. I imagine this
razor is similar.

Failing that, pull the battery and take it to your local Batteries Plus
store (or reasonable facsimile). They should be able to kludge up
something to replace it in short order.

jak

Sears has no reference to this razor at all. I tried to search by
model number, and nothing was found.

Thanks