i purchased the duck in May. it's quit glowing at night. certain it gets enough sun since we live in the desert. Can we change battery.
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Connie, I'm honestly not sure. We tried to pry it open, because you can see a battery in there. I suppose you can change it- if you can get to it! Seems impossible to open.
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Hello,There is no way to change the battery, but please contact us at pxh@game-group.com for a free replacement of our New and Improved model. Thank you
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Nothing, you have to remember there are not that many hours of sunlight at this time of the year. The batteries are only getting charged enough to give a short time of light at night. Mine are in full sun all day too and I maybe get a hour of light. In the summer they get so many more hours of light and it first gets dark at 8:oo or 9:00 central time, then they seem to stay lit almost all night. If you want them to stay lit longer for a few nights, remove the battery and give it a full charge in a battery charger that you plug in to an electrical outlet. I hope this helps.
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If it is fully charged as you said check through the different channels it has on the controller (use new AA bat of course) .if this does not improve your dilemma ,than I'm afraid the battery Is not good I would request it from the supplier if still under warranty.. I hope I helped you ought
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Dear Tony, Thanks for your attention, take off the sun-shade cover and you can find the place to inserted the battery.and it's simple. if any question, thanks for contact me.
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So... I bought it last summer and I still didn't change the battery... I turn on the hammer for my son to fall asleep at night and when I go to bed, I turn it off... After all those months, the light is weaker but we forgot to turn off the light several times... So I would say, it lasts a long time... ;)
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It's a little button battery. I didnt use it/paid it no mind.Put on your calendar to change after 6 months (or maybe 8 months for one person and two cats?)If your light is lit, just remove the button battery.
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Since my review of these, I found out that the battery can be replaced. These advertise as having a 600mAH NiMH battery. Mine had a 400mAH battery. I opened the black box and replaced the battery with a larger strength battery at full charge and they now work great again. I don't think the sun is strong enough to indefinitely charge the battery. It needs to be fully charged in a NiMH battery charger (do not use NiCD- nickel cadmium). So far, these lights have been brightly glowing on my dining room table for the last 3 nights. It's worth a shot, since they truly are very pretty. I did learn that the higher the number on the NiMH battery, the longer the lights will function. I had a 1850 that I experimented with and it is working. Don't know if the sun strength and duration is good enough to recharge it. That's my next experiment. Hope this helped.
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Hello,There is no way to change battery on this unit as it is solar powered and sealed. Please contact us at pxh@game-group.com for a free replacement of the new and improved model. Thank you
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Hi Macarena! The one they sent me, a battery can not be changed. It's sealed. Get one from "Hug My Pet"! Beter quality, comes with a battery & instructions! This one came just in a plasic baggy with a chemical smell!! Hope this helps!
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Hi, I had id for a few months and haven't changed the batteries yet. I went camping 4 times this summer. It's bright and good on batteries.
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Mined works and still does, contact amazon or the seller and ask for a new one. It could be defective. Try another unit first, then call it quits after that. It pretty straight forward 8 hrs of sun with the cord to the panel. Check to see if their are any switches for on / off. I don't think that is the case in this model. If not I have other solutions for lighting that work as well.
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I have had the same problem. They looked nice fore a couple of evenings and then stopped. I have tried giving them more sun with no luck. I too, am looking for answers.
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I looked through all the materials that came with the lights, and there is no indication that the battery is replaceable, only rechargeable with the solar panel. when I look at the light, there is no easy way to access the battery except to unscrew the back, so I think that battery replacement was not part of the plan. On a positive note, we have had some of these lights for over 2 years and they work great - only one broke when it was tipped over on its stand during a windstorm.
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I do not use the light continuously, but I have used it intermittently for an entire night of hunting, and I have not changed the battery yet.
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Must be inst. in a sunny location. Your battery could be bad. Try cleaning the top so the sun can hit it. If no avail. call tech support at 800-835-4113 I hope this helps. I love my lamp and its been working since 9/10/13. The only time it does not work is when we have a cloudy day or so.
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If you have the weather station in roving mode and working mode 24/7, then it seems like every few days the batteries might need to be changed. On the other hand, I had turned off the weather station but the clock was still running after 6 months. And I was able to get the weather station for a few hours. So if you are actively using it, I'd say it might need changing every other day or so.
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I have not but it would seem you are using to many batteries. Do you have a lot of activity on the drive way? If so you might try adjusting the sensitivity or readjust the way it is pointed. I had to change mine because flocks of birds were setting it off. I get three or more months between changes.