 WarzauPremium
join:2000-10-26
Naperville, IL
kudos:1 | Dumbest how to... I have a rice cooker that has time delay, it is nearly 12 years old and the lithium battery finally died. So I was searching online how to replace the batteries. I thought I found one when google had a hit on it. »www.ehow.com/how_7288846_change-···s15.html
WOW how intuitive. What are some of the dumbest DIY how to that you found online. |
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 cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:7 | Ehow is generally the last place someone should look for how to do something. They are pretty much regarded by the search industry as a content mill, favoring quantity over quality. They are to content what spam is to email. |
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WarzauPremium
join:2000-10-26
Naperville, IL
kudos:1 | reply to Warzau
True, I was just clicking every link in the hopes I can get a simple answer as opposed to cracking open my rice cooker first. |
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 JonPremium
join:2001-01-20
Lisle, IL | reply to Warzau
said by Warzau:WOW how intuitive. What are some of the dumbest DIY how to that you found online.
Just about anything on Yahoo! Answers. |
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 DataDocMy avatar looks like me, if I was 2D.Premium
join:2000-05-14
Greenville, NC | reply to Warzau
If you want help, tell us the make and model. |
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WarzauPremium
join:2000-10-26
Naperville, IL
kudos:1 | Okay, how can I change the lithium battery on Zojirushi NS-KCC05
»www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004···_s00_i00 |
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 AVDRespice, Adspice, ProspicePremium
join:2003-02-06
Onion, NJ
kudos:1 | reply to Warzau
Why so dumb? Just mail it in. |
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WarzauPremium
join:2000-10-26
Naperville, IL
kudos:1 | Because the topic of the how to was how change the battery. Alluding to the fact it was a how to to actually step by step on how to replace it. Not a how to mail it in. What's next " how to clear a drain" 1. open yellow pages and call plumber. |
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 alkizmo
join:2007-06-25
Pierrefonds, QC
kudos:1 | reply to AVD
said by AVD:Why so dumb? Just mail it in.
Because eHow is supposed to be about how to do things yourself.
This guide is basically how to not do it yourself.
All that's missing is a eHow article on how to find a contractor in the yellowpages to do anything  |
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DataDocMy avatar looks like me, if I was 2D.Premium
join:2000-05-14
Greenville, NC Reviews:
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Re: Dumbest how to... The universal answer seems to be along the lines of "The unit's electronics are powered by a lithium battery which supposedly lasts about four years. When it dies, you have to bring the unit to a service center to get the battery replaced at your expense."
As for me, I'd open it up.
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WarzauPremium
join:2000-10-26
Naperville, IL
kudos:1 | Id prob do that of course, there is rice cooking in it now  |
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 Coma Thanks StevePremium
join:2001-12-30
NirvanaLand | reply to DataDoc
Re: Dumbest how to... said by DataDoc:As for me, I'd open it up.
I learned to use a screw driver when I was 3.
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robbinPremium,MVM
join:2000-09-21
Leander, TX
kudos:1
2 edits | reply to alkizmo
said by alkizmo:said by AVD:Why so dumb? Just mail it in.
Because eHow is supposed to be about how to do things yourself. This guide is basically how to not do it yourself. All that's missing is a eHow article on how to find a contractor in the yellowpages to do anything I think you are totally wrong. The article is clear -- "The battery is internal and can only be replaced by an authorized Zojirushi Service Center." With an item like this, there is a good chance you have to break a plastic part to open it up and then the battery is soldered in. And no contractor from the yellowpages can repair it either unless they are an authorized service center. This type of appliance is not made to be repaired. Perhaps you haven't noticed but the local small appliance repair business closed the doors back in the 80's because they aren't worth repairing anymore nor are the parts available. [edit] The saddest part of this is that the OP is posting instructions on repairing a breadmaker while they are evidently wanting to repair a rice cooker.  For the OP's benefit, I searched for parts for the correct appliance - a rice cooker -- and found a few parts available. Unfortunately the lithium ion battery is "not available for retail sale". However if they need a lid, carrying handle, latch, or measuring cup then they can be obtained here at ereplacementparts.com » www.ereplacementparts.com/zojiru···295.html |
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WarzauPremium
join:2000-10-26
Naperville, IL
kudos:1 | reply to Coma
True |
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 ropeguruPremium
join:2001-01-25
Mechanicsville, VA | reply to robbin
said by robbin:I think you are totally wrong. The article is clear -- "The battery is internal and can only be replaced by an authorized Zojirushi Service Center." With an item like this, there is a good chance you have to break a plastic part to open it up and then the battery is soldered in. And items like iPhones and other electronics have non-user replaceable batteries also but there are plenty of how-to videos and the parts available for end users to do it themselves.
So what's your point? |
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WarzauPremium
join:2000-10-26
Naperville, IL
kudos:1 | reply to Warzau
Thank you, if that's the case robbin is aiming at then why don't we close up the electronics forum and automotive forums and tell them to go to the dealer, in fact close this forum and say call a expert for every little thing. Places like digikey should be closed as well.
My whole point of the thread was the How to guide wasn't a how to guide at all. |
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 jack bGone FishingPremium,MVM
join:2000-09-08
Cape Cod
kudos:1 | reply to Coma
said by Coma:
I learned to use a screw driver when I was 3.
That was about the age where you also learned to improvise...  |
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| The battery is probably spot-welded onto a board.
If it is a commercial battery, the number should be visible.
If you are comfortable working with circuit boards it is no big deal.
I replaced a phone cr2025 by simply cutting off the welded tabs.
A quick touch of solder and wire to make a replacement lead works fine.
A repair shop would likely replace the whole board $$$. |
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