Completely stupid question but um what is the proper way to get your battery out of the reo...

[flexsr]

Seriously, iv owned a reo many years and i dont know:

Usually when battery goes i still have juice in the bottle so I'm afraid to lift up the juice too high as that "nipple thing a ma jig may snap off), if i was gonna reach underneath and push down on the spring and pull out. I usually and (dont cringe rob) would stick my reo door into the the tiny slot above battery and kinda push down and out. Thats been my way.

However, i think i ruined my flat top battery doing it that way (yes i know not suppose to use flat tops) as the battery is peeling now --- i just cant get my finger or fingernail into that slot above the battery to push straight down on the spring.

Ummm so what do you guys do ? im being serious at the risk of sounding like an idiot- cause i love my pieces and want them to last

And on yeah since there might be a few reo people who scan this post does anyone know the amp limit of the reo vv - i know its 15 watts for power but wanted to know amp limit.

Some reonaut has to be able to answer both

Pretty please

 

[GreatestUnKnown]

I have done the fuse mod waiting for the contact upgrade and have been gently removing the base of the bottle to allow me access to the bottom of the battery and at that point I will just gently pry out the base of the battery. When I was still using the spring I would treat my REO like a remote control, saying that I would just remove the door and in one quick motion face the REO's internals toward the open palm of my opposing hand and the battery would pop out quite easily.

I don't know if these are the correct ways but worked for me.

 

[Filthy-Beast]

Seriously, iv owned a reo many years and i dont know:

Usually when battery goes i still have juice in the bottle so I'm afraid to lift up the juice too high as that "nipple thing a ma jig may snap off), if i was gonna reach underneath and push down on the spring and pull out. I usually and (dont cringe rob) would stick my reo door into the the tiny slot above battery and kinda push down and out. Thats been my way.

However, i think i ruined my flat top battery doing it that way (yes i know not suppose to use flat tops) as the battery is peeling now --- i just cant get my finger or fingernail into that slot above the battery to push straight down on the spring.

Ummm so what do you guys do ? im being serious at the risk of sounding like an idiot- cause i love my pieces and want them to last

And on yeah since there might be a few reo people who scan this post does anyone know the amp limit of the reo vv - i know its 15 watts for power but wanted to know amp limit.

Some reonaut has to be able to answer both

Pretty please

for removal of the battery:

Remove door.
Cup hand not holding Reo.
With opening facing cupped hand hit reo into hand.
If the battery doesn't completely pop into my hand it has moved enough to get a finger on top.

 

[solace.discord]

I read somewhere someone put painter's tape around the battery and the ends coming together formed a tab so they could just pull it out.

me.. I use my thumbnail to push down and pop out.

 

[oplholik]

^^^ this^^^

 

[Papa_Lazarou]

^^^ yup

I put any old tape around the battery - long enough to form a tab that I can grab to remove the battery. The modfather himself showed me that in one of his videos (so I thought it was, like, a rule or something).

 

[NicLiq]

+1 on tape, I used to use electrical. Now I use my daughter's washi tape with designs on it. I should probably go back to electrical.

 

[DexO]

I put electrical tape around the battery to make a "Tab" to pull. It works great and keeps the door more secure. I just took this pic so it is easier to see.

 

[solace.discord]

electrical! not painter's.. it's a good way to number your batteries, too, to keep a good rotation.

I did it at first, but then said "screw it"

 

[JC Okie]

I use the electrical tape on some, and the upside down palm slap on others. Both ways work.

 

[patrao_n]

Easiest way for me. Slide the battery door down instead of up. The magnet will pull the battery enough to pull it out with your nail

Sent from my SM-N900T

 

[supertrunker]

i dig it out with the door! and Amps = Watts/Volts.

T

 

[InTheClouds]

I made a little loop of 1/8" ribbon that I slide on the battery before I put in in the Reo, my nails are so flimsy if I try to get it out with a finger nail it bends it back...OUCH!

 

[turbocad6]

ha, I pry mine out with the door too, and mine are tight. I don't use any spring gotta be careful of touching the door on the mod, shorting out the pos terminal to the body when doing it or I get sparks

 

[flexsr]

I got two friends !!!! Supertrunker and turbocat !!! Lol ----- It took courage lol to post this thread but im glad i did - some excellent ideas (ive done the tape thing a million times with other things i dont know why i didnt think of it with the reo on my own) . I like the back slap too! I have my first reo over 3 years and want another 3 years so thank you all for taking the time to help.

 

[Jhutt]

I just smack the back of dat ... and it pops out

 

[marsos52]

You guys and Gals, doesn't any one have fingernails?? there is a indent in the black plastic to the right of the Philips screw.
just above the positive end of the battery. index fingernail fits right in to remove the battery.

Stop biting your fingernails,

 

[flexsr]

Ha - no im not a woman and i dont play guitar - no way no chance can get a finger nail in there -

 

[Borescoped]

I do what Filthy Beast said, easiest way to do it, don't need tape.


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[MichelleOhio]

Palm slap here.