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Long term solution to Roomba not charging? (self.roomba)

submitted 1 year ago by BrianTheeBiscuiteer to c/roomba

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I've seen FAQs and troubleshooting pages that say clean the contacts with alcohol, and that works, but I seriously have to do that every time I run it. The only other thing that will work is jamming something under the Roomba to lean it onto the charging contacts. Is it a crappy base? Are there any diy tricks to give the base better contact?

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[–] quaddo 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From my own experience: it might be the battery. Depending on the age of the battery, of course.

Some years ago when I looked into this myself, I managed to find a resource (blog? YT video?) where the person was able to identify the problematic cell in the battery cluster, remove it, and replace it with a good one. In order to save spending money on a new one, just to be clear.

I don't think this is the video I saw at the time, but there are similarities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFAsFV_7rAk

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer 1 points 1 year ago

Shouldn't be the battery. Putting a wedge under the Roomba let's it charge and it has decent runtime. Problem is that the wedge keeps it from moving so it can't start or recharge without manual help.