Sadly, I have no more Bernina pics in reserve - it appears I posted everything I had here. Anyone else have a pic to help Willie? If not, I might be able to crack mine open and pull it out to look at the L-board's backside. Oddly enough, I don't remember removing the L-board to do the solder work, but surely I did and it's frustrating I didn't take more pics.

@scouser58262, thanks for contributing this. Seems Cycliq wanted to boost the battery amperage by running the cells in parallel? Seems odd they didn't go with a single bigger battery?

In my opinion, Cycliq should have picked a battery system with an even greater amperage as I've noticed the light occasionally shuts off when the phone app connects to it via Bluetooth (and the light and camera simultaneously running). To avoid these shut-offs, I turn off video recording and the LED light if I expect to spend a longer time configuring the light/camera in settings while using Bluetooth. I expect my strategy will no longer work as the battery ages and the peak amperage it can provide declines.

@bobm85679, I'm sorry, but I don't know where to source a replacement battery. If the battery in my light requires replacement, I might try repurposing old vape batteries.

Are you sure your existing battery requires replacement? The battery should likely last between 500 and 1000 cycles. As discussed above, dielectric silicone compound makes and preserves a better connection between the battery and the light's PCB, something in my opinion should have been included from the factory for a device that was designed to be used outside and cycle through different temperatures.

My light didn't need a battery, it just needed dielectric grease on the leads and connector. Does your battery have physical damage? What leads you to believe the battery requires replacement?

450 F is a good call. I only took my soldering iron to 400 F, which might explain why my repair failed again.

@handymaybe After the cyclone body is in two pieces as shown in the first pic, take the handled portion and turn it on its side. You should see T15 screws holding the white plastic to the silver/gray plastic - remove these screws, locations circled in the second picture.

It did for a while, but then the issue returned. I took it apart again and hoped to dive deeper, but everything came apart this time and the lamp is now beyond my patience/skill level. I hope your situation is better than mine. Hopefully you're able to expand this guide further for others.

@sdick Were you able to figure the faulty component? If so, how did you do it?

I’ve got the same issue. To remedy we tried installing a new 3.5-inch drive and that failed too. Not blown capacitors appear on the board. One workaround we found successful is to install a 2.5-inch SATA drive and the Time Capsule seems to keep running.

For those confused by all black wires, this guy takes apart the A1264 and discuss the arrangement of wires here:

https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenag...

He says “pins 1-3 Gnd.” and ”pins 4-6 3.3v”.