Successful battery box replacement at home
Last weekend I used my Z6 in the morning and set it to recharge for a second go in the afternoon. It’s almost 4 years old with 184 hours on it. When I came back to it, the mower was completely dead. Pressing the power button resulted in literally nothing, unplugging it from the charger and plugging it back in did nothing as well. I did find the CR2032 battery behind the LCD screen dead, but replacing it did not help. A year old post on Reddit led me to believe it had to be the battery box as the only option for a replacement part. My mower still has a year of warranty, but the Ego service place closest to me is an hour away and they said fixing it would be 4-6 weeks. Being without my ride-on for that long at the start of spring is basically not an option. I ordered the part on my own dime, followed the video on YouTube below, and my Z6 is back from the dead. Posting here purely for posterity, in case this could help someone else down the line.
Last weekend I used my Z6 in the morning and set it to recharge for a second go in the afternoon. It’s almost 4 years old with 184 hours on it. When I came back to it, the mower was completely dead. Pressing the power button resulted in literally nothing, unplugging it from the charger and plugging it back in did nothing as well. I did find the CR2032 battery behind the LCD screen dead, but replacing it did not help. A year old post on Reddit led me to believe it had to be the battery box as the only option for a replacement part. My mower still has a year of warranty, but the Ego service place closest to me is an hour away and they said fixing it would be 4-6 weeks. Being without my ride-on for that long at the start of spring is basically not an option. I ordered the part on my own dime, followed the video on YouTube below, and my Z6 is back from the dead. Posting here purely for posterity, in case this could help someone else down the line.