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Does not charge no lights we think the irobot ate water

  • samuelmessin May 24, 2011

    we have followed your advice. so far we get the same red light we had before. we are charging direct as instructed. red light is on. not a red flashing helthy charge light but a steady red light. your suggestions welcomed

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Hi samuelmessin,

You will need to reset the Roomba charging system. Here's how you will do it:

1. First, remove the battery.

2. Then, hold down the power button for at least 5 seconds.

3. Afterwards, put the battery back in.

4.Plug the Charger into Roomba (avoid using the Home Base® if you have one so as to ensure the Roomba's charging cycle is not interrupted.)

5. Please charge the Battery until the Roomba Power light is solid green and keep the Roomba on the Charger for an additional 72 hours (3 days). Note: Do not interrupt this charging cycle.

6. Once charging is done, in Max mode, run the Roomba for one complete cycle without a Home Base present, to deplete the battery.

Keep track of the run time and if it has improved, repeat repeat the Roomba battery reset procedure a several times.If your Roomba does not have Max mode, run several Clean cycles until Roomba stops and plays the "dead battery" song.

If it does not improve, I suggest you to purchase a new Roomba APS battery or standard battery for your Roomba 550, which can be purchased on the robot shop website.

Hope this helps.

Thank you for using FixYa.

  • Anonymous May 24, 2011

    Hi,

    This is most likely that the battery is no longer holding the charge and needs replacement.

    Thank you for using FixYa.

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