Road Angel 7000 Adventurer Battery

classic1952 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 27, 2009 Posts: 2

The battery in my Road Angel 7000 has failed yet again. Road Angel claim this is not user replaceable but it took less than a minute to remove it. Remove 4 screws & battery connector, then ease it off the double sided tape. Unfortunately there is no number on the battery and Road Angel are unhelpful! Does anyone know the battery type number, or alternatively the voltage and capacity of the battery? It seems strange that I can buy a battery for virtually any other device except a Road Angel! Thanks

alfie3 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 11, 2010 Posts: 2

classic1952 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 27, 2009 Posts: 2

Thanks for that. I will let you know if I have any luck!

alfie3 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 11, 2010 Posts: 2

www.satnavrepairservice.com quote £29.99 plus £6.95 return postage to replace the battery. Add another £6 or so to send the item & £43 seems a bit steep. If you live in London you could take it to Acton & save the postage.

CodeBreaker · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 19, 2012 Posts: 1

I have been using an Adventurer 7000 almost daily for a few years and I'm on my 3rd battery. The original battery was short lived and I changed it at little more than 12 months old (cost £3.80). Changing the battery is ever so easy, sourcing a battery is a tad more difficult but don't let it put you off. You can use ANY 3.7v LI battery that equals, or is less than the following dimensions:- 65X52X7mm. You may have to do a simple bit of terminating. The original battery has a third wire, green, snip it off, it doesn't do anything. Main problem is getting a high capacity battery within the physical dimension range. The original was 2600mAh, my 2nd battery was 1.8mAh. My current battery is 3000mAh (cost £12) but I had to remove the speaker to fit it into the unit, although this isn't a problem because I only need the unit for Memory Maps (I never liked the sat nav software). The speaker can always be re-fitted too. There appears to be some problem with Memory Map getting iPhone and Android apps up and running so I have decided to go Garmin Oregon and buy the UK maps again. Consequently I will have a perfectly working RA 7000 for sale on ebay along with all original accessories and bike mount. The full MM UK OS maps @ 1:50K might accidentally slip into the package when I post it to the buyer. I will have no further use for it.

snowman1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 25, 2007 Posts: 3

Does anyone know of a source for a suitable battery please? I have been searching for some time and only find correct size ones at Chinese Wholesalers who are not interested in supplying the odd battery.

Greybeard55 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 29, 2012 Posts: 1

Pev · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 27, 2005 Posts: 59

snowman1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 25, 2007 Posts: 3

I was also unable to find these batteries.
In the end I bought 2 5000mah external power packs (search on ebay for High Capacity 5000mAh Portable External Battery) .
These work very well and are much cheaper. I also use it only for walking and I find that they sit together very well in a small bag in my pocket using a short cable with angled ends to connect the RA and Battery together.

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