I've been using modelling saws for the ultrasonic welded plastic cases. Olfa makes some really nice ones in various thicknesses. You can also pick them up rebranded by Tamiya. It takes a while to cut along the entire seam, but it leaves you with nice cut lines and you can easily reglue the parts with a good epoxi.
Another option is a jeweler's saw. I bought a nice one decades ago and the replacement blades are very inexpensive. They make short work of cutting welded seams and are handy for many general cutting tasks.
Hi Vince! I would have tapped it quite hard all the way around with a screwdriver handle. It usually cracks / weakens the welds and then you can usually pry it open quite easily afterwards. I've done it quite a few times with laptop power supplies etc. The charging chip will be the SOT23-5 chip next to the USB connector.... "I'll do anything for a tenner" 😂😂😂😂😂
Cheers Mick, this one felt more like the 32mm and 40mm waste pipe you get from B&Q and Wickes that you solvent weld together, had the same slightly rubbery softer feel than the plastic on laptop power supplies. Maybe a few hammer whacks would have helped though! Hope you are keeping well, is it lambing season again??? I seem to remember you had your hands full around this time last year.
Vince, It is Sonic welded, the two surface are fused used ultra sonic high frequency, it is a cheaper way of getting a a finished surface without using screws, we used make alot of products like this, my background is in plastic engineering braking systems, batteries on vehicles are the same when you need a vaccum seal, once broken apart these noway of re - entating, but i you said if you managed cut around the bead of the two meeting faces, you could seperate the then glue back afterwards, it lookig good!
I love watching your videos because you desperately try to satisfy our curiosity. It's a great feeling knowing for sure why something is broken and whether it can be fixed, even if it means buying 10 Nintendo 64 power adapters. Just charging up the soap dispenser without opening it would have been a better fix, but it wouldn't be a good video to watch.
I often place repairing items in the context of money saving, but truth be told it's more for the pleasure of analysing how something works and the dopamine hit that comes with a successful repair. So, your soap dispenser repair was fully worth it. Especially because we got to see what can happen to a battery that has been fully depleted for too long. As for removing the top, I tend to go with the frustration of using an exacto blade to slowly cut through the plastic weld.They get blunt pretty quickly and a slip leaves a stinging cut to the hand. Your idea of using a fine cutting disc on the dremel sounds good to me.
Vince. The next time you need to open one of these, You need some basic household ingredients such as one dark lemon type fruit, one orange mat, one sea creature with a moustache and the rest is easy. Then when the job is done, you can sing: For Hands that just wishes done by porcupine face, there's a lime green hairy lip squid.
Too funny Sir. You are doing the Advent count down. It is great but I am laughing how you sre just tearing things apart after spending hours and hours. Bless you Sir! Always a joy to learn from you!
With sonic welded joints I found that a few whacks with screwdruver handle usually cracks the weld, but this being a softer and more pliant plastic, I use an ethyl acetate based nail varnish rermover to get into the crack which softens the joint. As soon as it gives way spray water wherever the ethyl acetate is on the plastic to stop the chemical reaction. Quick tip, place some nail varnish remover, or isopropyl in a small non plastic container, add some Styrene/Styrofoam packing foam or packimg chips, stirr well with a lolly stick, adding the styrene until ot starts to thicken a little. Voila you have a good strong contact adhesive.
after many years of using bottles Vince, I decided to get myself a couple of soap dispensers, I filled one with 1/2 a pouch of soap as mine is a soap only dispenser, then I used the scraps from the last bottle that wouldn't squirt any soap out, and a tiny bit of soap from a refil bottle, and I was 2 months before my soap dispenser needed refilling just myself using it. but yeah saves a lot of wastage that you get from the bottles, and a lot easier to use than pushing the plunger, as for battery power I only charged mine when I got it, my parents have just charged theirs and that is 3-4 months of 3 of them using it with my occassional use, and as long as you keep your hand under until the soap stops, then saves on the mess around the soap dispenser as well, but in comparison I was using 1 squirty bottle in 2 weeks, but my new soap dispenser lasted about 6-7 weeks on the same amount of soap just having it on setting 1. with the mixture then it totally depends on the mixture as my father does it too "next week" meaning you barely get any soap even though a lot of squirted foam. so totally depends on the mixture, but with the soap being neat it uses less power as you don't need it squirting for as long would be the theory.
It was really interesting how they work, and I agree the battery was depleted and that was causing all the problems, very good series can’t wait for the next one, sonic welded plastic is always a struggle to break apart you did well to get it back the way you did 😊
My Mate " I'll do anything for a tenner" Vince haha. Good work mate. I would have tried to cut into the plastic with a dremel or saw as you point out, but thats with hindsight.
Vince, Your wife must be a Saint!!! with having to put up with all your successful repairs..lol.. . Well done & still enjoying your Brave repairs... Looking forward for your forthcoming Advent Christmas Repairs...
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So it could be viewed as a masterpiece. Or maybe not. For Christmas are we going to see the return of the switch killer.
Excellent video Vince! i think maybe using a dremel will allow you to glue it back easily. It looks fun to have but having to charge yet another thing hahha.. there are sooo many things to charge nowadays on the house, it's like a side job or something!
Hahaha, so true! I don't think there is ever a minute in my house where something isn't charging or in the case of all my attempted fixes self discharging!!!! 😂😂😂😂
I'm glad you took apart Vince. At the very least, it's nice to know that it's difficult or impossible to service without damaging the case. It wouldn't make a very interesting or helpful video to charge the battery 😂
Welding literally chemically bonds the plastic into a single piece, so there is no simple way to seperate it. That said, if a solvent was used to weld, then it creates a weaker bond that can often be broken by whacking the join line with the handle of a beefy screwdriver. Work your way around the joint whacking/tapping and you will hear it give. That works amazing well with wall wart style plug packs. If the plastic is a bit more "chewy" like that dispenser appears to be, 30 mins in the freezer can help by making the bond line more brittle. If the weld is ultrasonic, then tough luck as it is pretty damn hard to break along the bond line, you will generally destroy things getting them open. I will say though, welding in a battery in something like this is an environmental sin...
🤩❤️ Great video enjoyed this advents, agree with you future of repair have a lot of battery replacement, think why need keep basics products without batteries too, old spring push soap dispensers work fine overall … Would use utility knife for cutting the plastic weld slowly, not ideal stay dangerous, damaged …
I watched a similar video (big Clive I think) regarding these auto machines, the problem he found was that they were activating in the box, draining the cells beyond their limit, so when people were getting them new, they would never take a charge, so they were being returned.
Best to get one with a sealed mechanical switch at the back. The touch sensor probably gets accidentally activated when they're packing it. Got one from bernstein and has replaceable batteries that last about a year.
Good job mate! That clearly wasn't made to be opened again! If it's glued I'm not opening it , I've cut my fingers before so it's jus not worth it for me! Love your videos!
Yes, I came to the same conclusion when reassembling, but it was cut from the video. Somewhere to aim your hand towards, quite clever really. Cheers for commenting about it 👍
How to get in?? Just whack the top part of the soap dispenser from one side with a hammer to break the glue :) Nice video series anyway, Vince :) That is not glue anyway, it is ultrasonicly welded together. I use petrol on those. It worked fine for me on laptoo PSUs and laptop batteries. Just don't leave it on too long. And for the battery, if the tube has enough room for a 18650 cell from a laptop battery, then go for it, it will last longer than that tiny piece of garbage. Keep the BMS board from the old battery, though.
Its strange.. for english videos ( i am from germany but watch most english videos) it stays english... for videos in german from channels i watched before youtube automtacly uses his new technology for the video translation...
The top was not meant to be defeated Vince. Full stop. Having said that there's only one guy I know who'd even try. Good job. A 3D printer is what you need mate.
What if you put it in a vice with plastic jaws, maybe even ones made for tubes? Would the sonic weld give up? Also for the material type usually you can find a text stamp on the moulding, like PP or PA-CF. It would tell you at which temperature the plastic starts deforming.
I think to get into the soap dispenser you would need to experiment with solvents on the one you have already damaged. Apply solvents to the exposed remaining glue to see which dissolve it without affecting the plastic. Things to try are IPA, methylated spirit, label remover. Anything stronger I would suggest trying it outside or in a well ventilated space. There are various glue dissolving agents available if you search the web.
Brilliant =D Almost impossible to get into something like that - maybe cutting the top off would be easier, but the plastic melts and warps when you cut into it probably =/ I hate modern designs where things are aren't designed to be repaired.
I'm the famous in hindsight commenter here, hello. seeing as you took it apart so we can then judge you:-), I hazard the next one, take the lable off the top, put it device upside down in a saucer or something with a small amount of ipa so it can sit and eat the glue. Without seeing your video though, I too would have hacked away at it.
@27:14 - This tune in particular brings back strong memories of playing Battlefield: Bad Company on the XBOX360 back in the day. Maybe I should dig that out.
I believe the plastic is ABS (Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene). I agree with others here that a heated knife might have been the best way to get into the dispenser.
Kind of a crazy idea but I could imagine if you somehow were able to use a heated nichrome wire it would make a very nice cut through the plastic weld. Would be tricky though
No door? Just dremel one in from below. Chuck an 18650 in there and good to go. Make a new 'door' out of a butter tub lid. I am not sure, but it looked like the bottom plate past the screw plate snapped in with tabs. Use a 25mm wood chisel which is wider than your screwdriver for more leverage: Fran tip. And tell your wife, the decal strip was brilliant and nicer than stock, and I said so 🙂
In the interests of recycling I find reclaiming cells from old laptop batteries and discarded vapes found in the street is a very cheap source of very good cells.
Vince, Kenji's Plastic Models channel, he uses tiny Japanese style hand saws especially for cutting such things. Maybe get a pack of model makers plastic cutting saws? They keep a nice clean cut edge as well. Cleaner than with a Dremel 🧡
Great job Vince … and knowing some repairs are not worth it is part of the lesson. Ps - maybe treat your series to a little jingle … or perhaps some jingle bells?? 🔔🔔
Thanks, it all needs a bit of clean as we are currently doing a bit of decorating in that room. So it is various round tiles stuck onto a mesh and then you grout over the whole thing. I used some aluminum edging to try and finish it. The idea is you can use different colour grout for different looks. It is very similar to those 30cm by 30cm mosaic tiles on a mesh you see in the DIY stores 👍👍👍
When you said some people to use petrol they mean lighter fluid as their is hardly any smell. Also with the little nozzle you can put a little line of petrol along the join.
I wouldn’t have got into it non-destructively either. It was sealed to prevent water vapour from getting in, which had the effect of rendering it unfixable.
I reckon your Dremel idea was the way to go getting into this one. Petrol absolutely can ruin certain types of gloves. Unfortunately for you I don't remember what types it ruins, sorry. I think latex would be bad? Nitrile might be okay? Just guesses.
If a cell voltage drops immediately after taking some charge then the cell is effectively dead. If they are discharged below their cutoff voltage and left discharged then an irreversible chemical reaction takes place the lithium migrates across the electrolyte as a metal and can cause internal shorting. The best you can do with these cells is bin them and replace them with a good cell. They are not recoverable from this state. Normal cutoff voltage is between 2.5V and 3V. HTH Sometimes, though, cells can be recovered by charging @100mA until the voltage rises above the cutoff then at the normal charge current to 4.2V. They must use the CC/CV (constant current/constant voltage) charge method. If you do get the cell to hold charge then it's best to give it a couple of charge/discharge cycles to fully reform the chemistry.
Been waiting all evening for this! 😁😄Thank you as always for your videos Vince - I get to watch them for nothing yet always derive great value from them: it's an awesome deal. But if getting to 24 videos in this series causes you stress, lack of sleep or, particularly at Christmas, time away from your family, then put yourself first, and we'll take whatever you are able to give us and still be very satisfied. Good luck with the rest of them, though!
Awsome video, if you look for them you can get similar if you buy two refill you get the pump included with a brand name on it. How many recycling this by taking out that battery before they throw it away? This is better of not made in the first place. Take care of your self if this challenge gets to mutch it is better to be here for the long run. Hitting walls hurts❤❤❤ Brilliant content as always!
The logic with the battery change is not sound - a high quality, high capacity 18650 costs 3-4€/pound - if you put it in a device: You have a device with a high quality and capacity cell. If you buy a new dispenser, you again have a dispenser with a low quality, low capacity cell. So either way: Buy a 1€/Pound cell and have a low quality device, or go the 4€/pound way and have a device with much better quality.
I had someone ask me to look at their massage gun that had the exact same issue with the battery. It was not a "replaceable" battery type. After disassembling the entire thing, I found that a new battery was the price of a new gun on Amazon. What a shame, it wasn't worth replacing the battery. Yes, I did try "jump starting the battery" and it didn't work. I also tried the freezer trick and that didn't allow it to take a charge either.
if it was glued and very stubborn I may have tried freezing it for a little while then prying it cold to see if it snapped apart, other than that I'd be heating it like you Vince
Thanks Vince! Enjoy a new soap dispenser for you and your family. Happy Holidays from a long time viewer.
Nice one!!!!! Thank you sooooo much👍👍👍👍👍Happy Holidays to you too
I've been using modelling saws for the ultrasonic welded plastic cases. Olfa makes some really nice ones in various thicknesses. You can also pick them up rebranded by Tamiya. It takes a while to cut along the entire seam, but it leaves you with nice cut lines and you can easily reglue the parts with a good epoxi.
Thank you
Another option is a jeweler's saw. I bought a nice one decades ago and the replacement blades are very inexpensive. They make short work of cutting welded seams and are handy for many general cutting tasks.
Hi Vince! I would have tapped it quite hard all the way around with a screwdriver handle. It usually cracks / weakens the welds and then you can usually pry it open quite easily afterwards. I've done it quite a few times with laptop power supplies etc. The charging chip will be the SOT23-5 chip next to the USB connector.... "I'll do anything for a tenner" 😂😂😂😂😂
Cheers Mick, this one felt more like the 32mm and 40mm waste pipe you get from B&Q and Wickes that you solvent weld together, had the same slightly rubbery softer feel than the plastic on laptop power supplies. Maybe a few hammer whacks would have helped though! Hope you are keeping well, is it lambing season again??? I seem to remember you had your hands full around this time last year.
This video had some really clean edits, but I think it's time to wash my hands of this whole repair...
Vince, It is Sonic welded, the two surface are fused used ultra sonic high frequency, it is a cheaper way of getting a a finished surface without using screws, we used make alot of products like this, my background is in plastic engineering braking systems, batteries on vehicles are the same when you need a vaccum seal, once broken apart these noway of re - entating, but i you said if you managed cut around the bead of the two meeting faces, you could seperate the then glue back afterwards, it lookig good!
Vince: How would you do it?
Me: I would go on TH-cam, search for Vince and watch him do it.
Love this series Vince! Every day something else interesting! Really enjoying it! Happy holidays!!
I love watching your videos because you desperately try to satisfy our curiosity. It's a great feeling knowing for sure why something is broken and whether it can be fixed, even if it means buying 10 Nintendo 64 power adapters. Just charging up the soap dispenser without opening it would have been a better fix, but it wouldn't be a good video to watch.
Excellent, thank you 👍👍👍
I would suggest trying a thin metal dremel saw around the edge, would make a clean cut so you could reattach it easily and it wont look terrible.
Wow! A soap dispenser! You really cleaned up on this one. He he. Best wishes from Virginia.
I often place repairing items in the context of money saving, but truth be told it's more for the pleasure of analysing how something works and the dopamine hit that comes with a successful repair. So, your soap dispenser repair was fully worth it. Especially because we got to see what can happen to a battery that has been fully depleted for too long. As for removing the top, I tend to go with the frustration of using an exacto blade to slowly cut through the plastic weld.They get blunt pretty quickly and a slip leaves a stinging cut to the hand. Your idea of using a fine cutting disc on the dremel sounds good to me.
Vince. The next time you need to open one of these, You need some basic household ingredients such as one dark lemon type fruit, one orange mat, one sea creature with a moustache and the rest is easy. Then when the job is done, you can sing: For Hands that just wishes done by porcupine face, there's a lime green hairy lip squid.
I’ll have what you’re smoking, please!
😂😂😂😂😂😂👍
@@Mymatevince Only us of a certain age will remember the old fairy liquid adverts with the song at the end!
Too funny Sir. You are doing the Advent count down. It is great but I am laughing how you sre just tearing things apart after spending hours and hours. Bless you Sir! Always a joy to learn from you!
Yes, we wanted to see inside of it 😂
Thank you 😊
Fantastic show
I really thought there would be more accidental soap dispensing 😂 lol but it only happened once (that we saw anyway 😉) nice one Vince! Cheers
Really enjoying this series already, unique items getting repaired too which is nice. Keep it up, looking forward to be watching these each day.
With sonic welded joints I found that a few whacks with screwdruver handle usually cracks the weld, but this being a softer and more pliant plastic, I use an ethyl acetate based nail varnish rermover to get into the crack which softens the joint.
As soon as it gives way spray water wherever the ethyl acetate is on the plastic to stop the chemical reaction.
Quick tip, place some nail varnish remover, or isopropyl in a small non plastic container, add some Styrene/Styrofoam packing foam or packimg chips, stirr well with a lolly stick, adding the styrene until ot starts to thicken a little.
Voila you have a good strong contact adhesive.
after many years of using bottles Vince, I decided to get myself a couple of soap dispensers, I filled one with 1/2 a pouch of soap as mine is a soap only dispenser, then I used the scraps from the last bottle that wouldn't squirt any soap out, and a tiny bit of soap from a refil bottle, and I was 2 months before my soap dispenser needed refilling just myself using it. but yeah saves a lot of wastage that you get from the bottles, and a lot easier to use than pushing the plunger, as for battery power I only charged mine when I got it, my parents have just charged theirs and that is 3-4 months of 3 of them using it with my occassional use, and as long as you keep your hand under until the soap stops, then saves on the mess around the soap dispenser as well, but in comparison I was using 1 squirty bottle in 2 weeks, but my new soap dispenser lasted about 6-7 weeks on the same amount of soap just having it on setting 1. with the mixture then it totally depends on the mixture as my father does it too "next week" meaning you barely get any soap even though a lot of squirted foam. so totally depends on the mixture, but with the soap being neat it uses less power as you don't need it squirting for as long would be the theory.
It was really interesting how they work, and I agree the battery was depleted and that was causing all the problems, very good series can’t wait for the next one, sonic welded plastic is always a struggle to break apart you did well to get it back the way you did 😊
My Mate " I'll do anything for a tenner" Vince haha. Good work mate. I would have tried to cut into the plastic with a dremel or saw as you point out, but thats with hindsight.
Congrats Vince on your achievement of 900k subscribers, you deserve every one of them. 👍🎄
Thank you so much!!!!!
I think you got into that with the utmost style and grace Vince.
Vince, Your wife must be a Saint!!! with having to put up with all your successful repairs..lol.. . Well done & still enjoying your Brave repairs... Looking forward for your forthcoming Advent Christmas Repairs...
Lol it's a proper repair alright, and with the decoration it looks like brand new. Reminds me on rickshaw decorations in Bangladesh xD
Look what Santa brought you, Mrs Vince.
A slighty used automatic soap dispenser 😂
Loved the teardown btw
Really appreciate the effort, Vince. After all, how many of us who tinker and repair things haven’t done something like this before?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So it could be viewed as a masterpiece. Or maybe not. For Christmas are we going to see the return of the switch killer.
Excellent video Vince! i think maybe using a dremel will allow you to glue it back easily. It looks fun to have but having to charge yet another thing hahha.. there are sooo many things to charge nowadays on the house, it's like a side job or something!
Hahaha, so true! I don't think there is ever a minute in my house where something isn't charging or in the case of all my attempted fixes self discharging!!!! 😂😂😂😂
Wellard - the dog from Eastenders in the ‘90s? 😅
lol Vince it looks better than a soap bottle from a supermarket 😉
Excellent video again Vince.
Love all this stuff mate !!
Having a heat gun is nice and you put it back together good!
You should fix christmas themed items to make it more christmasy
Tattoo on repair item is another level of creativity 😂 it's got some Greece appearance
I am loving this series, can't wait for todays release, keep it up vince... on the third day of christmas! ....
Love the tattoo, really looks the part. Well done!
Appreciate all the effort you put into your videos ... and yes I wanted to see inside the soap dispenser 😊
Great work Vince. I think the tattoo finished it off well.
I'm glad you took apart Vince. At the very least, it's nice to know that it's difficult or impossible to service without damaging the case. It wouldn't make a very interesting or helpful video to charge the battery 😂
Welding literally chemically bonds the plastic into a single piece, so there is no simple way to seperate it. That said, if a solvent was used to weld, then it creates a weaker bond that can often be broken by whacking the join line with the handle of a beefy screwdriver. Work your way around the joint whacking/tapping and you will hear it give. That works amazing well with wall wart style plug packs. If the plastic is a bit more "chewy" like that dispenser appears to be, 30 mins in the freezer can help by making the bond line more brittle. If the weld is ultrasonic, then tough luck as it is pretty damn hard to break along the bond line, you will generally destroy things getting them open. I will say though, welding in a battery in something like this is an environmental sin...
You need to bring the Mrs. on for a Q&A session. I’ve always wondered how she reacts to some of your buys.
Just imagine someone shaking their head with disbelief 😂
@@Mymatevince
LOL
I would of used a jack hammer lol. Ty anyway I did want to see inside. Keep up the brilliant videos. Tony UK
🤩❤️ Great video enjoyed this advents, agree with you future of repair have a lot of battery replacement, think why need keep basics products without batteries too, old spring push soap dispensers work fine overall …
Would use utility knife for cutting the plastic weld slowly, not ideal stay dangerous, damaged …
looks like your getting one for xmas. i enjoyed it
I watched a similar video (big Clive I think) regarding these auto machines, the problem he found was that they were activating in the box, draining the cells beyond their limit, so when people were getting them new, they would never take a charge, so they were being returned.
Thanks James
Best to get one with a sealed mechanical switch at the back. The touch sensor probably gets accidentally activated when they're packing it. Got one from bernstein and has replaceable batteries that last about a year.
Good job mate! That clearly wasn't made to be opened again! If it's glued I'm not opening it , I've cut my fingers before so it's jus not worth it for me! Love your videos!
The second sensor window is because you cant see the real one when using it, so when you try to trigger the fake one you trigger the "hidden" one.
Yes, I came to the same conclusion when reassembling, but it was cut from the video. Somewhere to aim your hand towards, quite clever really. Cheers for commenting about it 👍
How to get in?? Just whack the top part of the soap dispenser from one side with a hammer to break the glue :)
Nice video series anyway, Vince :)
That is not glue anyway, it is ultrasonicly welded together. I use petrol on those. It worked fine for me on laptoo PSUs and laptop batteries. Just don't leave it on too long. And for the battery, if the tube has enough room for a 18650 cell from a laptop battery, then go for it, it will last longer than that tiny piece of garbage. Keep the BMS board from the old battery, though.
Have you become multi lingual overnight Vince? Every time I start the video you change nationality 🤣
Its strange.. for english videos ( i am from germany but watch most english videos) it stays english... for videos in german from channels i watched before youtube automtacly uses his new technology for the video translation...
I can get it in German, Italian and Spanish! 😂😂😂
To open that plastic I would use paint thinner, just a drop between the prying tool and the plastic, or I would use the dremel with the cutting disc.
The top was not meant to be defeated Vince. Full stop. Having said that there's only one guy I know who'd even try. Good job. A 3D printer is what you need mate.
What if you put it in a vice with plastic jaws, maybe even ones made for tubes? Would the sonic weld give up?
Also for the material type usually you can find a text stamp on the moulding, like PP or PA-CF. It would tell you at which temperature the plastic starts deforming.
2 for 2 Awesome! Thanks so much for this series
Congratulations for 900k subscribers vince!
Sometimes things like this can be opened by putting them in a vice and compress them gently all around. This is how I often open power adapters.
Hindsight is 20/20, but after seeing this I'd try to dremel it right along the seam.
I think the tattoo really brings the whole unit together! I can't think of any way to get into something like that without being destructive.
Great video series Vince. Congrats on 900k subscribers 🎉🎉🎈🎈
At least you know what to buy the missus for Xmas..
With a 3D Printer you could easy print a new cap.
I think to get into the soap dispenser you would need to experiment with solvents on the one you have already damaged. Apply solvents to the exposed remaining glue to see which dissolve it without affecting the plastic. Things to try are IPA, methylated spirit, label remover. Anything stronger I would suggest trying it outside or in a well ventilated space. There are various glue dissolving agents available if you search the web.
So finally was it glued or welded? Wouldn't ipa have helped if glued?
Brilliant =D Almost impossible to get into something like that - maybe cutting the top off would be easier, but the plastic melts and warps when you cut into it probably =/ I hate modern designs where things are aren't designed to be repaired.
I'm the famous in hindsight commenter here, hello.
seeing as you took it apart so we can then judge you:-), I hazard the next one, take the lable off the top, put it device upside down in a saucer or something with a small amount of ipa so it can sit and eat the glue.
Without seeing your video though, I too would have hacked away at it.
Dremel, or Big Clives Vice of Knowledge. Could try acetone but that might damage the rest of the case and not just the weld
No Vince! You did not just say, "I'll do anything for a tenner" on the internet 😂
@27:14 - This tune in particular brings back strong memories of playing Battlefield: Bad Company on the XBOX360 back in the day. Maybe I should dig that out.
You did a very good job there. Good fix.
I believe the plastic is ABS (Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene). I agree with others here that a heated knife might have been the best way to get into the dispenser.
Yeah, that might have gone through a treat 👍
Seems to be sorted now... English on my TV 👍👍👍 "that was interesting". 🤣😂
Kind of a crazy idea but I could imagine if you somehow were able to use a heated nichrome wire it would make a very nice cut through the plastic weld. Would be tricky though
No door? Just dremel one in from below. Chuck an 18650 in there and good to go. Make a new 'door' out of a butter tub lid. I am not sure, but it looked like the bottom plate past the screw plate snapped in with tabs. Use a 25mm wood chisel which is wider than your screwdriver for more leverage: Fran tip.
And tell your wife, the decal strip was brilliant and nicer than stock, and I said so 🙂
I liked the Brady Bunch style tattoo. If something is out of date, it doesn't mean it's bad.
I would use a vice to squeeze the sides but probably break it still. Its always rough when stuff has to be waterproof.
HI Vince, it seem you have to finaly pull the 3D printer from the box! 😀Imagine you could print a custom case with a replaceable battery.
Solvent weld 😅 that's one way of melting the plastic back together.
In the interests of recycling I find reclaiming cells from old laptop batteries and discarded vapes found in the street is a very cheap source of very good cells.
Shame about the soap dispenser battery. I reckon you could have spot welded some tinsel to the top, and got away with it 🤣
My Mate Vince goes full beast mode! ROARRr! 😂
Vince, Kenji's Plastic Models channel, he uses tiny Japanese style hand saws especially for cutting such things. Maybe get a pack of model makers plastic cutting saws? They keep a nice clean cut edge as well. Cleaner than with a Dremel 🧡
Thank you 👍
When you do the Christmas shopping for your family on Ebay's Spares & Repairs.🎄
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Great job Vince … and knowing some repairs are not worth it is part of the lesson.
Ps - maybe treat your series to a little jingle … or perhaps some jingle bells?? 🔔🔔
Love that tile behind your sink vince, is it a single tile or some kind of epoxy?
Thanks, it all needs a bit of clean as we are currently doing a bit of decorating in that room. So it is various round tiles stuck onto a mesh and then you grout over the whole thing. I used some aluminum edging to try and finish it. The idea is you can use different colour grout for different looks. It is very similar to those 30cm by 30cm mosaic tiles on a mesh you see in the DIY stores 👍👍👍
When you said some people to use petrol they mean lighter fluid as their is hardly any smell. Also with the little nozzle you can put a little line of petrol along the join.
1960s- "in the future they will have flying cars"....
That's one use of fake tattoos I haven't seen or thought of before. Bravo.
I wouldn’t have got into it non-destructively either. It was sealed to prevent water vapour from getting in, which had the effect of rendering it unfixable.
Loving the vids, I'm sure there's a heck of a lot of work to get these out every day. Any festive royalty free music to go with them?
I wonder, ...is Mrs V any good at throwing?
Merry Christmas mate 😂👍
I reckon your Dremel idea was the way to go getting into this one. Petrol absolutely can ruin certain types of gloves. Unfortunately for you I don't remember what types it ruins, sorry. I think latex would be bad? Nitrile might be okay? Just guesses.
Great series
If a cell voltage drops immediately after taking some charge then the cell is effectively dead. If they are discharged below their cutoff voltage and left discharged then an irreversible chemical reaction takes place the lithium migrates across the electrolyte as a metal and can cause internal shorting. The best you can do with these cells is bin them and replace them with a good cell. They are not recoverable from this state.
Normal cutoff voltage is between 2.5V and 3V.
HTH
Sometimes, though, cells can be recovered by charging @100mA until the voltage rises above the cutoff then at the normal charge current to 4.2V. They must use the CC/CV (constant current/constant voltage) charge method.
If you do get the cell to hold charge then it's best to give it a couple of charge/discharge cycles to fully reform the chemistry.
Loving these videos Vince
Been waiting all evening for this! 😁😄Thank you as always for your videos Vince - I get to watch them for nothing yet always derive great value from them: it's an awesome deal. But if getting to 24 videos in this series causes you stress, lack of sleep or, particularly at Christmas, time away from your family, then put yourself first, and we'll take whatever you are able to give us and still be very satisfied. Good luck with the rest of them, though!
Awsome video, if you look for them you can get similar if you buy two refill you get the pump included with a brand name on it.
How many recycling this by taking out that battery before they throw it away? This is better of not made in the first place.
Take care of your self if this challenge gets to mutch it is better to be here for the long run. Hitting walls hurts❤❤❤
Brilliant content as always!
The logic with the battery change is not sound - a high quality, high capacity 18650 costs 3-4€/pound - if you put it in a device: You have a device with a high quality and capacity cell. If you buy a new dispenser, you again have a dispenser with a low quality, low capacity cell.
So either way: Buy a 1€/Pound cell and have a low quality device, or go the 4€/pound way and have a device with much better quality.
You could always stick the lid in a frying pan to flatten it 😄
I had someone ask me to look at their massage gun that had the exact same issue with the battery. It was not a "replaceable" battery type. After disassembling the entire thing, I found that a new battery was the price of a new gun on Amazon. What a shame, it wasn't worth replacing the battery. Yes, I did try "jump starting the battery" and it didn't work. I also tried the freezer trick and that didn't allow it to take a charge either.
if it was glued and very stubborn I may have tried freezing it for a little while then prying it cold to see if it snapped apart, other than that I'd be heating it like you Vince