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Garmin Nuvi 1205 Battery Installation Instructions

The following Garmin Nuvi 1205 Battery Replacement Instruction guide can be used for the following models:

1. To begin remove the Garmin Nuvi 1205 faceplate using the prytool. Slide the prytool in between the grey faceplate and the rest of the Garmin. It will snap off once the tool slides all the way around.

2. Remove the 4 screws around each corner of the Garmin.

3. Carefully open the device. Use your prytool to help separate the Garmin in one corner then use your fingers to carefully pull apart the Garmin. Disconnect the old battery and lift up the battery.

4. Now gently lift the screen of the Garmin using your prytool. Please note that the screen is connected by a ribbon cable. So do not separate or pull the screen too hard or too far away from the Garmin as you could destroy the cable. As you do gently lift the screen you will see the battery. You only need to lift the screen enough to see and remove the old battery.

5. Disconnect the old battery. Using the prytool here may be helpful lifting the old battery out. The old battery will be glued with a light adhesive so gentle strength may need to be applied.

6. Place your your new Garmin Nuvi 1205 Battery and connect it.

7. Close up the Garmin screen.

8. Gently snap the Garmin shut and replace the 4 screws you recently removed in step 2.

9. Snap back on the Garmin's faceplate.

10. Charge your new Garmin Nuvi 1205 Battery for 4 hours and then turn on.

PLEASE NOTE: Patience and care, along with moderate technical and hand tool ability, are required for the successful replacement of a battery. Excessive force may result in damage to your device. The instructions above come with no warranty or guarantee. By utilizing these instructions, you agree to hold Batteryship.com and BatteryEducation.com blameless and unaccountable for any and all damages, problems, or personal injuries that may or may not arise by your use of these instructions. Replacing your battery may void any warranty you have on your device. Please read all instructions BEFORE replacing the battery.

Garmin Nuvi 1200 Battery Installation Instructions

The following Garmin Nuvi 1200 Battery Replacement Instruction guide can be used for the following models:

Garmin Nuvi 1200 Battery

1. To begin remove the Garmin Nuvi 1200 faceplate using the prytool. Slide the prytool in between the grey faceplate and the rest of the Garmin. It will snap off once the tool slides all the way around.

2. Remove the 4 screws around each corner of the Garmin.

3. Carefully open the device. Use your prytool to help separate the Garmin in one corner then use your fingers to carefully pull apart the Garmin. Disconnect the old battery and lift up the battery.

5. Disconnect the old battery. Using the prytool here may be helpful lifting the old battery out. The old battery will be glued with a light adhesive so gentle strength may need to be applied.

6. Place your your new Garmin Nuvi 1200 Battery and connect it.

7. Close up the Garmin screen.

8. Gently snap the Garmin shut and replace the 4 screws you recently removed in step 2.

9. Snap back on the Garmin's faceplate.

10. Charge your new Garmin Nuvi 1200 Battery for 4 hours and then turn on.

Magellan Roadmate 2000T Installation Instructions

The following Magellan Roadmate 2000T Battery Replacement Instruction guide can be used for the following models:

Magellan Roadmate 2000T Battery

1. To begin turn your Magellan Roadmate 2000T over and remove the 6 screws on the back of your magellan.

2. Carefully open or sepearte the 2 halves of the Magellan to see the battery. Please be careful to not pull the 2 halves to far apart as cable are attached to to both sides.

3. Disconnect the old battery and lift up the battery.

4. Replace the original Magellan Roadmate 2000T Battery with one from BatteryShip.com and connect the new battery.

5. Refasten the 6 screws you removed in step 1.

6. Charge your new Magellan Roadmate 2000T Battery for 4 hours.

Magellan Roadmate 2000 Installation Instructions

The following Magellan Roadmate 2000 Battery Replacement Instruction guide can be used for the following models:

Magellan Roadmate 2000 Battery

1. To begin turn your Magellan Roadmate 2000 over and remove the 6 screws on the back of your magellan.

2. Carefully open or sepearte the 2 halves of the Magellan to see the battery. Please be careful to not pull the 2 halves to far apart as cable are attached to to both sides.

3. Disconnect the old battery and lift up the battery.

4. Replace the original Magellan Roadmate 2000 Battery with one from BatteryShip.com and connect the new battery.

5. Refasten the 6 screws you removed in step 1.

6. Charge your new Magellan Roadmate 2000 Battery for 4 hours.

How To Replace a Microsoft Zune Gen 1 30GB Battery

To install a Microsoft Zune Gen 1 30GB battery follow these installation instructions.

1. Be sure you have a Microsoft Zune Gen 1 30GB battery. If you do not you can order one at: http://www.batteryship.com/htmlos/htmlos.cgi/batteryship/catalog.html?item=ZUNE

2. Patience and care, along with moderate technical and hand tool ability, are required for the successful replacement of a Microsoft Zune Gen 1 30GB battery.

3. Read all instructions and back up your data BEFORE beginning.

4. Start by removing the bottom dock port spacer with your prytool. Make sure to insert on one of the long ends and not in the middle of the dock. This should pop off fairly easy.

5. After the Dock port spacer is removed you will have access to both screws. Remove these with the Phillips + driver.

6. Insert your prytool to open the case by inserting the tool in between the small gap. You will have to insert this fairly hard and work it up and down until the bottom of the shell is open. Make sure not to force the case open near the headphone jack or you will tear it off the board.

7. Now that the backing is off of the front panel we can remove the battery and hard drive panels. To do this remove the 4 screws holding the drive case on the board as well as the clip for the battery.

8. Now disconnect and remove the battery. There may be an adesive backing to the battery. Use your pry tool to gently lift the battery out.

9. Orient your new battery in the same manner as your old battery was on your zune and connect the new battery.

9. Now carefully close your Zune by reversing all the steps we just did.

10. FULLY CHARGE your new battery before use. Allow at least three hours before first use.

PLEASE NOTE: The tools at www.batteryship.com fit the majority of devices, however some devices may have specialized screws installed for various reasons. If our tools do not fit your device, you may have the appropriate tool in a tool kit you already own. You can also check your local hardware or electronics store if you do not have the right tool at home.

*****PLEASE NOTE: Patience and care, along with moderate technical and hand tool ability, are required for the successful replacement of a battery. Excessive force may result in damage to your device. The instructions above come with no warranty or guarantee. By utilizing these instructions, you agree to hold Batteryship.com and BatteryEducation.com blameless and unaccountable for any and all damages, problems, or personal injuries that may or may not arise by your use of these instructions. Replacing your battery may void any warranty you have on your device. Please read all instructions BEFORE replacing the battery.

Lithium – Who Uses It – and Lithium Uses

On June 16, 2011 Chemtell announced that there will be a 20% price increase for its lithium salts, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, lithium chloride, and increases on battery grade lithium metal. This price increase caused a concern for those buyers of lithium in terms of how the price increase will play out with their customers and ultimately their business. But who buys lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, lithium chloride, and battery grade lithium metal? To understand the market segment for lithium we need to understand where lithium comes from, where it is used and why it is used.

Lithium was first discovered through a chain of events and a number of scientists. Near the end of the 18th century the mineral petalite was discovered by the Brazilian scientist José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva. Then in 1817 Johan August Arfvedson, while conducting an analysis of petalite ore, Arfvedson discovered lithium in the minerals spodumene and lepidolite. Then C.G. Gmelin observed in 1818 that lithium salts produce flames that are bright red yet neither Gmelin nor Arfvedson were able to isolate the element itself from lithium salts. A few years later the lithium was isolated by W.T. Brande and Sir Humphrey Davy by the electrolysis of lithium oxide and then in 1855, Bunsen and Mattiessen isolated large quantities of the metal by the electrolysis of lithium chloride.

Lithium does not naturally occur as a free metal, and thankfully so, due to its high reactivity. Thus lithium being a compound of must be extracted and processed before it can be put into use. Lithium is naturally found in the universe, sun, meteorites, crustal rocks, sea water, streams, and humans (a 200 lb man has 0.0027% of lithium in his body). Large lithium deposits are known all around the world and are most notably found in spodumene, lepidolite, petalite, and amblygonite.

Lithium being a metal with the highest specific heat of any solid element is used frequently in heat transfer applications. Lithium is used in various nuclear applications, as a battery anode material (high electrochemical potential) and lithium compounds are used in dry cells and storage batteries. Lithium is also used in the manufacturing of high strength glasses and ceramics, and lithium carbonate is also used as drug to treat manic-depressive disorders. Lithium stearate is mixed with oils to make all-purpose and high-temperature lubricants. Lithium hydroxide is used to absorb carbon dioxide in space vehicles. Lithium is alloyed with aluminum, copper, manganese, and cadmium to make high performance alloys for aircraft. Lithium is used a component for railroad car bearings, and lithium is also used as part of a reagent compound.

In what type of applications is lithium being used today? When we look at the broad spectrum of how and where lithium is used we find that lithium compounds are used in the production, processing and manufacturing of:

glass, ceramics, and aluminum (in fact 50% of all lithium is used for this purpose);
batteries;
pharmaceuticals;
air treatment;
continuous casting;
lubricants and greases;
rubber and thermoplastics;
rocket propellants;
vitamin A synthesis;
underwater buoyancy devices;
to form strong, light-weight alloys (an alloy is a mixture of metals)
as medicine to treat gout (an inflammation of joints) and to treat serious mental illness (bi-polar and manic-depressive disorders );
railroad car bearings;
and as a reagent compound

This is just a sample of the uses lithium is sought after acquired for and when you factor in the wide variety of uses you will begin to see that many end users of lithium exist. Governments, corporations, scientists, and educational institutes use and require lithium.

Until next time, Dan Hagopian – www.batteryship.com

Cost of Battery Grade Lithium Increases 20%

In an article titled Battery Grade Lithium I highlighted the only US manufacturer of Lithium (Chemtell). It gives a backdrop to a very important metal that we all use in some form or another. Recently on 6-16-2011 Chemtell announced a 20% increase in prices (effective July 1, 2011) for its lithium salts, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, lithium chloride, and increases on battery grade lithium metal.

Battery grade lithium metal is the material that is used in batteries and over the past 7 years about 2.4 billion batteries have been in use and are utilizing approximately 35 million pounds of battery grade lithium.

Standard battery grade lithium is a lithium carbonate manufactured for solid ion conductors and monocrystals used in the electronics industry. Such carbonate is a source of a raw material for the production of cathode material used in lithium ion batteries (lithium cobalt oxide, lithium manganese oxide). In terms of its chemical composition standard battery grade lithium, or Lithium bis-(oxalato) borate – LiBOB. LiBOB is a conductive agent for the use in high performance lithium (Li) batteries and lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries and lithium polymer (Li-po) batteries.

Battery grade lithium metals are sold to a wide assortment of manufacturers by the kilogram as ingots. A lithium ingot is often times a cylindrical roll of lithium that weighs about 11 pounds on average. Special order ingots of course can be requested thereby changing the average weight. Lithium ingots are made from technical grade lithium carbonate which is a byproduct of lithium and a solution of lithium hydroxide. The conversion of lithium in the lithium hydroxide solution results in lithium carbonate as a fine white powder. This powder is placed into a billet container prior to being processed through the extrusion. The extruded billet may be solid or hollow in form, commonly cylindrical, used as the final length of material charged into the extrusion press cylinder. It is usually a cast product, but may be a wrought product or sintered from powder compact. This billet of lithium carbonate is the ingot.

Battery manufacturers take the typically shaped ingot and stretch it into a thin sheet of metal that is only 1/100th of an inch thick and 650 feet in length. A laminator furthers the process by stretching the 655 foot lithium roll to about 1.25 miles of lithium used to make 210 lithium batteries. The battery cell is then tested to measure 3.6V. Volts (volts are an electrical measure of energy potential – you can think of it as the pressure being exerted by all the electrons of a battery’s negative terminal as they try to move to the positive terminal)

In terms of pricing in 1998 the price of lithium was $43.33 per pound. In April of 2009 the average price per pound was $28.57. In May of 2010 the average price of lithium per pound was $28.24 and currently the average price per pound of lithium is increasing to around $35.86. As noted above a typical ingot weighs in at about 11 pounds (total metal value is about $394.46 per ingot – note this is not the complete costs that manufacturers pay for a single ingot).

Until next time, Dan Hagopian – www.batteryship.com

Garmin Edge 705 Battery Replacement Instructions

The following Garmin Edge 705 Battery Replacement Instruction guide can be used for the following models:

Garmin Edge 705 Battery and replacement kit

1. Begin by turning your Garmin face down and then remove the 6 screws on the back of your Garmin Edge 705. As you go through these instructions it might be helpful to see how an Edge 305 looks like inside. Take a look at http://blog.mtbguru.com/2008/11/06/surgery-on-the-garmin-edge-305/. The main differences between the 305 and the 705 is that on the 705 you get to unscrew 6 T6 torx screws to take apart the casing halves. Also the other difference is is that there is no soldering! That's a plus. But do take a look at that link to get an idea.

2. Next using the pry tool carefully pry apart your Garmin casing using the shim/pry tool provided (this may take running the pry tool around the seams a couple of times but it will separate).

3. As you open the 2 halves do not completely pull them apart as there will be connectors you will need to detach. One of the connectors is the battery connector. Once these connectors are detached you will be able to separate the 2 halves completely.

4. Now using the pry tool again remove the original battery (it is held down by an adhesive so pry with a gentle firmness)

5. Next place a piece of double sided tape in the battery compartment (this will hold down the battery so it does not move around on you)

6. Next place on the tape the new Garmin Edge 705 Battery Replacement from www.BatteryShip.com.

7. Reconnect the connectors from step 3.

8. Next place the 2 sides together and gently snap the device shut (snap all the way around).

9. Next Replace the 6 screws you took out.

10. Next charge your Garmin Edge 705 for 4 hours.

SkyGolf Batteries – How To Buy A SkyGolf Battery?

Buying SkyGolf batteries for your GPS devies takes some consideration if you are going to get the best value from your battery purchase. But what are the specific factors you should consider when buying your next battery? The factors to consider are the:

SkyGolf Battery Model and Part Numbers
SkyGolf Battery Voltage
SkyGolf Battery Capacity
SkyGolf Battery Retailer

SkyGolf Battery Part Number and Model

The number of SkyGolf GPS devices is extensive and being sure you get the right battery for your SkyGolf is essential. Be sure when you are reviewing a particular battery you match the battery part number on your old battery to the battery you are considering to buy. Another aspect to buying your next SkyGolf battery is to match the model of your GPS to the battery. An example of both of these would be at the SkyGolf 37-00025-001 Battery page.

On that page you will see both a compatible model list and a list of compatible part numbers. They both look like:

Compatible with and fits these models: SkyGolf SG4
Compatible Part Numbers: Compatible Part Numbers: 37-00025-001, 280504525TSLG, 980771-04, 980771-05, 980771-06, 37-LF032-001

SkyGolf Battery Voltage

When buying your SkyGolf batteries it is essential to buy the right voltage. An incorrect battery voltage will damage your battery, charger, power tool or all three. The voltage will be listed on your battery. The voltage typically is 3.7V but on occasion it can be 3.6V. To see examples of the voltages go to this page SkyGolf GPS Batteries and scroll down to see the various voltages. The voltage of the SkyGolf battery is an electrical measurement of energy potential. Mathematically voltage is commonly measured by V= I x R; where V=Voltage, I=Current, R=Resistance. Voltage can also be defined as Electrical Potential difference – a quantity in physics related to the amount of energy that would be required to move an object from one place to another against various types of force. In the fields of electronics the electrical potential difference is the amount of work per charge needed to move electric charge from the second point to the first, or equivalently, the amount of work that unit charge flowing from the first point to the second can perform. A battery contains four unique types of voltage measurements (float, nominal, charge, and discharge). Each voltage measurement type residing in a battery effects battery life.

SkyGolf Battery Capacity

The battery capacity of your SkyGolf battery is also a very important factor. In a nutshell the higher the capacity the longer the battery will last in between charges. For big jobs this longer runtime is critical and worth the extra money it will cost. To see an example go back to SkyGolf 37-00025-001 Battery page and you will see that this SkyGolf 37-00025-001 Battery has a capacity of 1300 mAh (this is the same as 1.3 Ah.

SkyGolf Battery Retailer

Finally when choosing your SkyGolf batteries, be sure to consider from whom you are buying. Factors to bear in mind when selecting the retailer is: price, ship costs, where they ship from, how long shipping takes, battery availability, customer service, return policy, warranty, and the testimonials about the retailer from previous customers. All these factors will help you come to a decision about where to buy your SkyGolf batteries.

TomTom Batteries – How To Buy A TomTom Battery?

Buying TomTom batteries for your GPS devices takes some consideration if you are going to get the best value from your battery purchase. But what are the specific factors you should consider when buying your next battery?

The factors to consider are the:

TomTom Battery Model and Part Numbers
TomTom Battery Voltage
TomTom Battery Capacity
TomTom Battery Retailer

TomTom Battery Part Number and Model

The number of TomTom GPS devices is extensive and being sure you get the right battery for your TomTom is essential. Be sure when you are reviewing a particular battery you match the battery part number on your old battery to the battery you are considering to buy. Another aspect to buying your next TomTom battery is to match the model of your GPS to the battery. An example of both of these would be at the TomTom Go 300 Battery page.

On that page you will see both a compatible model list and a list of compatible part numbers. They both look like:

Compatible with and fits these models: TomTom Go 300 TomTom Go 400 TomTom Go 500 TomTom Go 510 TomTom Go 600 TomTom Go 700 TomTom Go 710 TomTom Go 910 TomTom Rider Gen 1
Compatible Part Numbers: TOMTOMGO300

As you may discover, though, the compatible model list and a list of compatible part numbers are extensive they may not cover all of the available TomTom GPS devices. If your part number or model is not on the list be sure to ask the retailer. Chances are it probably fits and the retailer can cross reference your model with TomTom to confirm.

TomTom Battery Voltage

When buying your TomTom batteries it is essential to buy the right voltage. An incorrect battery voltage will damage your battery, charger, power tool or all three. The voltage will be listed on your battery. The voltage typically is 3.7V but on occasion it can be 3.6V. To see examples of the voltages go to this page TomTom GPS Batteries and scroll down to see the various voltages. The voltage of the TomTom battery is an electrical measurement of energy potential. Mathematically voltage is commonly measured by V= I x R; where V=Voltage, I=Current, R=Resistance. Voltage can also be defined as Electrical Potential difference – a quantity in physics related to the amount of energy that would be required to move an object from one place to another against various types of force. In the fields of electronics the electrical potential difference is the amount of work per charge needed to move electric charge from the second point to the first, or equivalently, the amount of work that unit charge flowing from the first point to the second can perform. A battery contains four unique types of voltage measurements (float, nominal, charge, and discharge). Each voltage measurement type residing in a battery effects battery life.

TomTom Battery Capacity

The battery capacity of your TomTom battery is also a very important factor. In a nutshell the higher the capacity the longer the battery will last in between charges. For big jobs this longer runtime is critical and worth the extra money it will cost. To see an example go back to the TomTom Go 300 Battery page and you will see that this TomTom Go 300 Battery has a capacity of 2300 mAh (this is the same as 2.3 Ah).

TomTom Battery Retailer

Finally when choosing your TomTom batteries, be sure to consider from whom you are buying. Factors to bear in mind when selecting the retailer is: price, ship costs, where they ship from, how long shipping takes, battery availability, customer service, return policy, warranty, and the testimonials about the retailer from previous customers. All these factors will help you come to a decision about where to buy your TomTom batteries.