Shinco GM-350S-EU Battery Replacement

gary_y2k2002

Hi All,
hoping someone may be able to help.

The Story.
The battery inside my Shinco sat nav is expanding, so much as to press against the back of the screen and bow the casing.
Unscrewing the casing shows a 3.7V battery with the numbers '483748' beneath left of a bar code, and '742632230299' beneath right of this bar code.
The battery dimensions are, horizontal length 48mm, horizontal width 34mm and vertical height (expanded) 15mm.
The battery has one black and one red wire leading to a small white plug.
This plug locates into a small white socket fixed onto a circuit board.
I believe the battery to be Lithium Ion.

The Question.
Does anyone know whether replacement batteries, or a similar match, are to be found? I am happy to do some fine soldering if necessary.

With Thanks.
Kind Regards,
Gary.

Andy_P · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 12:06 am Post subject:

Have you tried scanning the barcode with a mobile phone app?
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M8TJT · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 9:13 am Post subject:

If your number of "483748" is correct, the battery should be 4.8 x 37 x 48 as the nomenclature for these batteries is thickness x width x length.
There's a load of them here
I bought a replacement for my satnav from China, no problem, about a week delivery. There are other suppliers, I just linked to the first one I found.

@Andy. If you Google the barcode, you get the OP's post in 'overclockers' where the best answer is to take the battery out and run it from the 'adapter'. If the battery has expanded from 4.8mm to 15mm, then I certainly would not use it (explosion/fire risk too high for me). But I suspect that the OP has his thickness wrong in either the part# or his post.

gary_y2k2002 · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 10:43 pm Post subject: Shinco Sat Nav Battery

Hi M8TJT,
grateful thanks for your spot-on reply.
The battery thicness quoted is utterly correct.
Measured with a metric ruler.
Now removed from casing.
Shinco runs aok from domestic 240v socket.
Collecting wife from Gatwick tomorrow (Monday).
So Shinco will, again, be pressed into service.
God knows why they disappeared, the sat nav is imho excellent.
Have found a battery of close approx dimensionally from supplier in Plymouth, UK.
Not yet '483748', which I now understand!
Will progress later this week.
Once again, huge thanks.
Kind Regards,
Gary. Very Happy

M8TJT · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 7:53 am Post subject:

Did you get a reply in overclockers?

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 2:52 pm Post subject:

Nice one, M8TJT Smile

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gary_y2k2002 · Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 3:47 pm Post subject:

Hi M8TJT,
the replies in Overclockers are indeed value adding and waste eliminating.
My problem is now solved.
Many thanks.
Gary.

M8TJT · Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 4:02 pm Post subject:

Presumably then you have bought and fitted a new battery. Good result! Very Happy

PS, my query about overclockers was a genuine one Very Happy

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