I came up on 2 SMH5s from retired riders. One still had some juice, and the other one was completely dead. I came across your video, and it helped me a lot. The thing that took the longest was getting the batteries. The first package got lost. Amazon sent me a replacement package...then both of them arrived, so now I have spare batteries on hand along with the replacements. The switch out was as easy as you showed. I haven't slapped these suckers on the helmets yet, but they're in a much better state than they were a month ago.
Thanks for your informative VDO , I've got SMH5 Dual and daily use in heavy traffic in Bangkok , Thailand. Now I don't worry anymore about battery replacement. Thanks Bro'
@@LoneWolferGarage The Best for riding in France is Corsica 👍😎 Montains, forests and blue sea 🤗 Like a many frenchs bikers, i have the big dream to ride with my son and my wife on the 66 road with 2 Harley Davidson 🤩. I would like to do it before to be too old guy🥲🙏 Thank you for the enjoy and have a good Day 🤝
Thanks for the video. Replaced my battery today. Will see if performance improves. Mine wasn't "terrible" but had definitely experienced shorter and shorter standby and talk time. But, hey....I got nearly 10 years out of the OEM battery!
First of all, Thank You for this Video! I have the same headset and noticed on my last few rides that, after a full charge, the battery would die after an hour's use. Your link connected me to a very affordable replacement battery. Are you an affiliate? If so, how would I make sure you get credit? Also where did you find the double sided tape? I have some but it is not robust enough for this application (it's for photographic mounting and posterboard).
You are very welcome! I am not affiliated with Sena, this was all just to fix issues I had and I wanted to share. The tape I used is Gorilla Double Sided tape and I picked it up at Walmart. Found it near the paint section in my local Walmart but you should be able to find it at Hone Depot or any other big box type store. Good luck with it!
@@LoneWolferGarage I used to get probably 8 hours out of mine, but now it's down to 40ish minutes. You can get a 550mAh replacement now so I'm hoping I can get a bit more use out of it once I do the swap.
I never got that kind of time out of the OEM battery, that's kind of amazing. And I didn't know they had a 550 available, but I am curious if that may be slightly wider which may cause a fitment issue in the housing. Probably not though as my OEM was a bit bloated and still fit in there!
Opened up and replaced my 20s battery, tries to boot but shuts off. Same after new battery. I found a second battery behind the board, 3.7 100mh. Wondering if maybe the second battery is bad. Ive searched the interwebs and back, no mention of the second battery?
Sadly I have no experience with the more advanced 20s. I know that they are a bit more complicated, so your guess is as good as mine in if the secondary battery is a fail pint as well. Wish I could be more help.
Scary and debilitating as I haven't actually slept in years because I hear the thoughts of anyone wonders about or judges someone for not using a torque wrench or stating the torque specs as soon as the bolt is shown on screen.
I came up on 2 SMH5s from retired riders. One still had some juice, and the other one was completely dead. I came across your video, and it helped me a lot. The thing that took the longest was getting the batteries. The first package got lost. Amazon sent me a replacement package...then both of them arrived, so now I have spare batteries on hand along with the replacements. The switch out was as easy as you showed. I haven't slapped these suckers on the helmets yet, but they're in a much better state than they were a month ago.
Sucks you had to wait so long ro the battery but awesome that you have it ready for more miles!
Thanks for your informative VDO , I've got SMH5 Dual and daily use in heavy traffic in Bangkok , Thailand. Now I don't worry anymore about battery replacement. Thanks Bro'
Awesome and you are very welcome!
Great video. Glad to see you have fun with things.
I try. Thanks for watching!
thanks for your vidéo ! i can try to do it myself 😉 My wife will be happy to speak again with me on the french roads 😎
Riding Through the French country side sounds majestic and amazing - enjoy!
@@LoneWolferGarage The Best for riding in France is Corsica 👍😎
Montains, forests and blue sea 🤗
Like a many frenchs bikers, i have the big dream to ride with my son and my wife on the 66 road with 2 Harley Davidson 🤩. I would like to do it before to be too old guy🥲🙏
Thank you for the enjoy and have a good Day 🤝
I know why the unit failed!
Lithium batts are sensitive to heat so it should be clear you are ON FIRE!♨️🔥☄
Some might say Flaming!
@@LoneWolferGarage Oooo!
Thank you so much for the excellent guide. Would a 523450 battery model also fit?
I'm not sure, I only know of the battery that I found which is mentioned in the video fitting. Hope you get yours back up to speed or already have.
Hey there, thanks for the video!
I have the "smh5 fm" model, would the battery from the video will be okay?
Not sure, but you can cross reference that in a few different places with a quick search of the web.
Thanks for the video. Replaced my battery today. Will see if performance improves. Mine wasn't "terrible" but had definitely experienced shorter and shorter standby and talk time. But, hey....I got nearly 10 years out of the OEM battery!
10 years is a good haul! Hope it gets another decade of use for ya!
First of all, Thank You for this Video! I have the same headset and noticed on my last few rides that, after a full charge, the battery would die after an hour's use. Your link connected me to a very affordable replacement battery. Are you an affiliate? If so, how would I make sure you get credit? Also where did you find the double sided tape? I have some but it is not robust enough for this application (it's for photographic mounting and posterboard).
You are very welcome! I am not affiliated with Sena, this was all just to fix issues I had and I wanted to share. The tape I used is Gorilla Double Sided tape and I picked it up at Walmart. Found it near the paint section in my local Walmart but you should be able to find it at Hone Depot or any other big box type store. Good luck with it!
Do you have better battery life between charges with the replacement battery?
I do! I never got more than 3 hours out of the OEM battery, but now I 5-6 hours run time out of one charge.
@@LoneWolferGarage I used to get probably 8 hours out of mine, but now it's down to 40ish minutes. You can get a 550mAh replacement now so I'm hoping I can get a bit more use out of it once I do the swap.
I never got that kind of time out of the OEM battery, that's kind of amazing. And I didn't know they had a 550 available, but I am curious if that may be slightly wider which may cause a fitment issue in the housing. Probably not though as my OEM was a bit bloated and still fit in there!
@@LoneWolferGarage it's possible, but it is billed as a direct replacement for the smh5, so it's worth the $13 to try
@@SatanikanataS 100% agree! Only 2 bucks more than the 500.
Opened up and replaced my 20s battery, tries to boot but shuts off. Same after new battery. I found a second battery behind the board, 3.7 100mh. Wondering if maybe the second battery is bad. Ive searched the interwebs and back, no mention of the second battery?
Sadly I have no experience with the more advanced 20s. I know that they are a bit more complicated, so your guess is as good as mine in if the secondary battery is a fail pint as well. Wish I could be more help.
Lol! As I was thinking: "Hm, not using a torque wrench" you responded with the torque specs comment. Your mind reading capabilities are scary.
Scary and debilitating as I haven't actually slept in years because I hear the thoughts of anyone wonders about or judges someone for not using a torque wrench or stating the torque specs as soon as the bolt is shown on screen.
Very good. Pleas, give me the new battery specifications.
Specs are in the video and can be found in the link to the listing on amazon.
Necesito ayuda para una batería para un sena 5s tres hilos gracias si me.piede ayudar