Broken Spring in Battery Well, and Battery Not Removable (Page 3): If the battery is not ejecting only because the spring fell out, not because of an overly tight fit due to swelling...

dustie Loc: Nose to the grindstone

gener202002 wrote:

Thanks everyone. br br The reason I think it is t... (show quote)

If the battery is not ejecting only because the spring fell out, not because of an overly tight fit due to swelling of the case, it does not seem it will require any great amount of force to remove it.

Sticky tape may possibly be able to hold on for extracting it, or with open battery compartment facing downward, a little tapping like a Marlboro Man tapping a cigarette out of a new pack may be successful.

dustie Loc: Nose to the grindstone

Longshadow wrote:

Umm..
Isn't the spring UNDER the battery?
If the spring came out, wouldn't the battery have to have been removed in order for it to come out?

Sounds logical !

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

dustie wrote:

If the battery is not ejecting only because the spring fell out, not because of an overly tight fit due to swelling of the case, it does not seem it will require any great amount of force to remove it.

Sticky tape may possibly be able to hold on for extracting it, or with open battery compartment facing downward, a little tapping like a Marlboro Man tapping a cigarette out of a new pack may be successful.

gener202002

User ID wrote:

I use a U-shaped strap thaz just a strip of thin polyethylene in the battery chamber of one of my cameras whose chamber is somehow tighter than its identical twin.

Using it means it takes a bit more time and care to load a battery, just enuf to make sure its not hindering the contacts.

BTW, is the spring that you found a sorta conical spiral ? Thaz whatz in my SL-1 which uses the same battery as the M-series.

I think it was, User ID. At the time I didn't know what to think of it, thought maybe it was something from outside that stuck to my shoes, and just threw it away.

Well, I don't know that you can reattach those anyway.

Thanks, Userid

dustie Loc: Nose to the grindstone

bdk wrote:

id start with duct tape get as much on the surface... (show quote)

Don't lithium-ion and lithium metal battery fires require that the lnternal shorting / overheating runaway condition of the battery be solved or removed, in order to assure it will not spontaneously re-ignite?

alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ

User ID wrote:

Same here but different result. I used a pile of 18 (EIGHTEEN !!!) neo super magnets on the batteries for EOS M-series. Testing at the end thaz exposed when you open the battery door, Canon brand apparently has ZERO ferrous material, and the ReFuel brand has so little that the battery was barely attracted to a pile of 18 neo magnets.

Thank you from: UserIDs_Useless_Test_Labs.org.

We are now returning you to your regularly scheduled clown car. Have a nice hour !

Well you got me there, as I didn't have a M series battery to test, only the ones I tested including my Canon 7DMKII, R6, 5D. It was just a suggestion

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

For all intents, the battery would be toast. But why fuss with it and risk damaging a good camera. I put my faith in Rick J Riggins. Just as a matter of thought, private message him at rjriggins11. He may wish to repair your camera and/or suggest a better alternative than you toasting a camera as well!

gener202002

Longshadow wrote:

Umm..
Isn't the spring UNDER the battery?
If the spring came out, wouldn't the battery have to have been removed in order for it to come out?

Yes, I am sure it came out the previous time that I removed the battery.

Stan Wieg Loc: Fair Oaks, CA

Jeffcs wrote:

One of two options
1) glue something on the bottom of the battery gently pull it out
2) drill a small hole in the battery screw a screw in gently pull the battery out
Chances are the battery has swelled up and the spring is not strong enough to push the battery out
Good luck

Don't drill into a lithium battery - if it has any charge left, it will be bad. Stick something on it instead!

dustie Loc: Nose to the grindstone

Stan Wieg wrote:

Don't drill into a lithium battery - if it has any charge left, it will be bad. Stick something on it instead!

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DBQ49er Loc: Dubuque, IA

Jeffcs wrote:

One of two options
1) glue something on the bottom of the battery gently pull it out
2) drill a small hole in the battery screw a screw in gently pull the battery out
Chances are the battery has swelled up and the spring is not strong enough to push the battery out
Good luck

I would attach a slide puller to the screw head to get leverage and keep pulling it out of the camera

User ID

Longshadow wrote:

Umm..
Isn't the spring UNDER the battery?
If the spring came out, wouldn't the battery have to have been removed in order for it to come out?

1. A battery charge expires.
2. OP removes expired battery.
3. Spring falls out, unseen.
4. OP instals fresh battery.
5. OP later finds "lost" spring.

A flaw in the above novelette is that the OP didnt notice the lack of push-back when he was latching a fresh battery into place. But maybe thaz just literary license.

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Sounds like a job for the repair tech.

Messing with it will likely cause further damage.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

E.L.. Shapiro wrote:

Sounds like a job for the repair tech.

Messing with it will likely cause further damage.

This is interesting. the text doesn't show in your post, but it shows up on Post Reply, with no link.
Puzzling.

Ahhh because you were editing it.....

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Maybe putting a "Pull Tab" of masking tape along one side of the battery with a little tail to grab would work?