Ge 7 4836B Alarm Clock Am Fm Radio Battery Wires Replacement Repair Guide

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Difficult

Steps

11

Time Required

                          15 - 30 minutes            

Sections

2

• Outer Case
• 5 steps
• Battery Wires
• 6 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery Compartment Cover               

• Find the battery compartment on the bottom of the clock radio.
• Using your thumb, push the compartment cover latch toward the battery.
• With the latch pushed in, pull the compartment cover upward to remove it..

Find the battery compartment on the bottom of the clock radio.

Using your thumb, push the compartment cover latch toward the battery.

With the latch pushed in, pull the compartment cover upward to remove it..

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Step 2

              Battery               

• Lift the battery from the compartment.
• Pull the battery up and gently disconnect it from the battery connector.

Lift the battery from the compartment.

Pull the battery up and gently disconnect it from the battery connector.

Step 3

              Screws               

• Using a Phillips #00 Screwdriver, unscrew the six 12mm screws from around the bottom of the clock radio.

Using a Phillips #00 Screwdriver, unscrew the six 12mm screws from around the bottom of the clock radio.

Step 4

              LCD Cover               

• Gently pull the liquid crystal display (LCD) cover off.

Gently pull the liquid crystal display (LCD) cover off.

Step 5

              Clock Radio               

• Lift the top off. Two gray, plastic internal pieces will fall out when you do this; set them aside.

Lift the top off. Two gray, plastic internal pieces will fall out when you do this; set them aside.

Step 6

              Battery Wires Wire Tie               

• Using the wire cutters, carefully cut the plastic wire tie.

Using the wire cutters, carefully cut the plastic wire tie.

Step 7

              Hot Melt Glue               

• Follow the wires to find where they connect to the printed circuit board (PCB). At the area of connect, two spots will be marked “DC+ and “DC-.”
• Apply the rubbing alcohol to the cotton swab end. Rub the end on the hot melt glue and wait for 30 seconds, then apply the alcohol to the hot melt glue again.
• Use the tweezers to grab the softened hot melt glue. Pull the hot melt glue off of the clock radio.

Follow the wires to find where they connect to the printed circuit board (PCB). At the area of connect, two spots will be marked “DC+ and “DC-.”

Apply the rubbing alcohol to the cotton swab end. Rub the end on the hot melt glue and wait for 30 seconds, then apply the alcohol to the hot melt glue again.

Use the tweezers to grab the softened hot melt glue. Pull the hot melt glue off of the clock radio.

Step 8

              Speaker               

• Grip the speaker.
• Lift the speaker from the holder.

Grip the speaker.

Lift the speaker from the holder.

Step 9

              Two Screws               

• Locate the two 6mm screws on the PCB.
• Using a Phillips #0 Screwdriver, unscrew the two 6 mm screws from the PCB.

Locate the two 6mm screws on the PCB.

Using a Phillips #0 Screwdriver, unscrew the two 6 mm screws from the PCB.

Step 10

              Battery Wire Solder               

• Raise the PCB.
• With a ruler, measure 1.8 inches from the edge of the PCB. This solder is for the DC- battery wire connection.
• Using a ruler, measure 9 mm from the edge of the PCB. This solder is for the DC+ battery wire connection.

Raise the PCB.

With a ruler, measure 1.8 inches from the edge of the PCB. This solder is for the DC- battery wire connection.

Using a ruler, measure 9 mm from the edge of the PCB. This solder is for the DC+ battery wire connection.

Step 11

              Battery Wires               

• Apply the tip of the heated soldering iron to the DC- solder.
• Pull the wire from the backside of the PCB DC-.
• Apply the tip of the heated soldering iron to the DC+ solder.
• Pull the wire from the backside of the PCB DC+.

Apply the tip of the heated soldering iron to the DC- solder.

Pull the wire from the backside of the PCB DC-.

Apply the tip of the heated soldering iron to the DC+ solder.

Pull the wire from the backside of the PCB DC+.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Khurshid Ahmad - Aug 25, 2017

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fuse resistence for mains supply for SL427 FM Radio and the same fuse resistence gets demaged frequently …..why?