h4yn0nnym0u5e
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Not literally, I hope - waste electronics should be properly recycled 🙂 (we put ours in a box and take it on the next tip run, along with flat batteries etc; I always forget to take those to the supermarketI have now had to bin it.
). In which case……if you don’t want to do it, I’m happy at least to try to get the thing open and see what might be needed.Probably just needs a bit is dexterity with a knife, and eBay
Personal experience suggests this is true. After 3 years ours has maybe dropped 5-10% in capacity. Hard to tell, because the claimed range at 100% charge varies with recent driving style and weather. I don’t think we’re likely to need to claim on the warranty of 70% capacity after 8 years, anyway.they manage their battery health and charging system a lot better than most consumer devices.
It’s probably helped by the fact that the battery truly is a battery, not the single cell found in most devices. I’d guess that they can mitigate against the failure / degradation of individual cells out of the 192 in the pack, so one doesn’t experience the catastrophic failure that happens when the one cell in your microphone, phone etc. gives up the ghost.

And yes, I’d wing it if it were my kit and I couldn’t find an example