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Nancy Spears Posted on May 16, 2012
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Roomba 4106 new battery charged but wont start

Bought a new battery and it charged great but Roomba 4106 just doesnt respond at all and wont start. Green light indicates its all charged and ready to go but nothing. Pressed both green areas and even tried the remote...nothing, What can I do to fix this? thank you

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See the diodes, resistor, capacitor inside for test.
since the battery is new, the power charger is faulty, power regulator IC is bad.
God bless you

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  • Posted on Nov 29, 2007

SOURCE: Roomba 400 had no manual with it or maybe i misplaced it.

You should be able to find and download the manual for your IRobot Roomba from this site: http://homesupport.irobot.com/cgi-bin/irobot_homesupport.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=46&p_created=1153496340&p_sid=5dXQ9ZRi&p_accessibility=&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD0xOCZwX3Byb2RzPSZwX2NhdHM9MjUyJnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9MS4yNTImcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9ubCZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_li=&p_topview=1

Good luck!
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Anonymous

  • Posted on Aug 25, 2008

SOURCE: Roomba Charging? Flashing Lights

Call iRobot. Your charger is broken.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 10, 2009

SOURCE: roomba 4108 does not charge

Try resetting your Roomba by removing the battery, unplug the charging connector, hold down the Power button for 30 seconds. This will reset the charging system, replace your battery, connect your charger and see what happens. By the way do you also have a homebase ? If so try that too

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 20, 2009

SOURCE: Roomba Scheduler will not dock

Clean the contact on the robot and it will dock.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 23, 2009

SOURCE: My Roomba Discovery doesn't appear to hold a charge

cor2an,
That sounds like a classic battery failure in the Roomba discovery series. There are sensors inside the battery pack that go bad too. Either way...it's not very practical to repair the battery....the best shot you have would be to order a replacement battery. You just pop the old one out and then put the new one in.

They are available from iRobot for $69 at this link: http://store.irobot.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2799714&cp=2804606.3358509&ab=CMS_AccSuper_Roomba400_102308&parentPage=family

There are sources of less expensive (about $35) Genuine iRobot quality batteries also. You could try www.RoboticVacParts.com at this link: http://cgi.ebay.com/OEM-iRobot-APS-battery-Roomba-400-4XXX-Discovery_W0QQitemZ270412120603QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3ef5d1821b&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262&_trkparms=|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A30

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