Light Monkey - 10-24 LED w/ 10ah (2x 5ah) battery - user replaceable batteries?

[trimmatters]

As per subject line.

I've had my Light Monkey canister light since 2018, chopped the cable a few times and even replaced it once.

But... its starting to die.

Are the batteries in the canister replaceable with the packs from the LM shop with a bit of effort? 2x $200 and some time is a little easier to swallow than $900 for a new canister (only).

I'm familiar iwth this one, I can field repair the cable, it works well with the rest of my kit. I dont want to buy an entire new light.

Thank you all

 

[rjack321]

I just replaced the cells in a buddy's light. Won't be UN38.8 certified for air travel, but by the same token was easy to upgrade the cells from 12x 2600mah cells to 12x 3500mah cells. I reused the existing BMS chips in there. Took me about an hour and $80 for brand name Sanyo cells.

You will need a spot welder, some insulating bushings, nickel strip, and a soldering iron. You can get a home grade spot welder for about $100.