Barry Klein
- Jan 25, 2015
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I and another guy have been looking at rebuilding bad battery packs for this metal detector. There is a video on youtube on replacing the cells and good to go. I did that on my old pack and it worked great. The problem is that perhaps there is a new circuit or something as rebuilds are not working as often. It seems the BQ part does not turn on one of the FETS. There is a weak connection to the pack output - the cells read about 7.4V but the pack 6.7V. We can force the FET on and the pack has correct output and the detector works with it. The BQ part is supposed to be programmed with factory optimized firmware. I suspect a new BQ part will not work because it won't be programmed. Anyone have any experience with this sort of thing? Should we just ditch the battery management board and get another from China? The pack uses 18650 cells in a 2P2S arrangement.