electric pump repair advice needed

[Xiongnu]

hi, all


my air bed's electric air pump doesn't hold a charge anymore - after
several times of usage.

i took the pump apart and looked inside, there's four cylindrical
rechargeable batteries attached with the innner case, it seems these
batteries can be switched out for replacement. the air pump is generic
one, comes with my air bed, anyone knows where can i get rechargeable
batteries for replacement?

 

[NSM]

hi, all


my air bed's electric air pump doesn't hold a charge anymore - after
several times of usage.

i took the pump apart and looked inside, there's four cylindrical
rechargeable batteries attached with the innner case, it seems these
batteries can be switched out for replacement. the air pump is generic
one, comes with my air bed, anyone knows where can i get rechargeable
batteries for replacement?

allelectronics.com

N

 

[Mikey]

hi, all

my air bed's electric air pump doesn't hold a charge anymore - after
several times of usage.

i took the pump apart and looked inside, there's four cylindrical
rechargeable batteries attached with the innner case, it seems these
batteries can be switched out for replacement. the air pump is generic
one, comes with my air bed, anyone knows where can i get rechargeable
batteries for replacement?

How old is the pump? How many times is "several times of use"? If you've
only used it a few times and it's not very old, it may be still under
warranty and you can get the pump or batteries replaced for free.

 

[Xiongnu]

the airbed/pump is a couple years old, and i used it for 3 times when i
went for camping trip. since i'm going for another camping trip next
week, i took it out and tried to get the gear ready. however i found
out it doesn't hold charge anymore even though i charged for a
significantly period of time.

i noticed inside the pump it has 5 white-colored batteries connected in
series, one of them marked with 'Propine 6V 1.6A 0201', i did a search
and found this online,
http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=160200&item=NCB-SC&type=store,
might be just what i need, only problem is it will cost $20+ to buy a
5-pack, i could buy a cheap pump at walmart for less than $15.

 

[James Sweet]

the airbed/pump is a couple years old, and i used it for 3 times when i
went for camping trip. since i'm going for another camping trip next
week, i took it out and tried to get the gear ready. however i found
out it doesn't hold charge anymore even though i charged for a
significantly period of time.

i noticed inside the pump it has 5 white-colored batteries connected in
series, one of them marked with 'Propine 6V 1.6A 0201', i did a search
and found this online,
http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=160200&item=NCB-SC&type=store,
might be just what i need, only problem is it will cost $20+ to buy a
5-pack, i could buy a cheap pump at walmart for less than $15.

Yes good batteries are expensive, just remember that a cheap pump from
walmart will probably fail in the same way in about the same amount of time.

 

[James Sweet]

the airbed/pump is a couple years old, and i used it for 3 times when i
went for camping trip. since i'm going for another camping trip next
week, i took it out and tried to get the gear ready. however i found
out it doesn't hold charge anymore even though i charged for a
significantly period of time.

i noticed inside the pump it has 5 white-colored batteries connected in
series, one of them marked with 'Propine 6V 1.6A 0201', i did a search
and found this online,
http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=160200&item=NCB-SC&type=store,
might be just what i need, only problem is it will cost $20+ to buy a
5-pack, i could buy a cheap pump at walmart for less than $15.

I should add that you could try a hobby store, 6 cell packs for R/C cars are
usually pretty cheap, you could take them apart to change the configuration
but your air pump would run fine on 7.2v.

 

[NSM]

only problem is it will cost $20+ to buy a
5-pack, i could buy a cheap pump at walmart for less than $15.

Wal-Mart. Why not?

N

 

[Xiongnu]

i think i have more fun to recycle stuff than just buying a brand new
one

actually i just got one from walmart, it uses 4 D-sized batteries, so
no more discharge problem. but it's more bulky and heavy than the one
i had before