Featherweight tracker battery

[readytorock556]

How do you separate this connector once it’s plugged in, I have a few of these and basically broke them trying to separate them.

 

[waltr]

Hold both and wiggle apart.
Yes, they are tight. something need to use pliers to hold one side then wiggle the other.

 

[Adrian A]

I recommend putting the battery adapter back into the tracker terminals and clamp them down tightly with the screws. It’s the easiest way to grab the exposed metal pins without shorting them, which would happen if you grabbed them directly with pliers. The battery has built-in cell protection against shorts, but it’s best to save that safety circuit for backup duty.

Then use pliers to grab the white plastic connector next to the wires.

The two plastic bumps on the battery connector are what latch it together. You can shave those down with a knife for an easier fit, but having a strong latch can be a good thing. More than once (!) I have found my tracker laying by itself in the dirt, with its battery still attached but the rest of the av-bay blown up and torn apart after a failed apogee deployment followed by a high-speed main chute deployment.

 

[Andrew Brown]

I 3d printed a tool to wedge between the battery connector and the board header. It's just a wedge that forces the two apart without putting any real force on the header.

 

[dvdsnyd]

I like the 3d printed solution.
I've been using something similar to an IC puller.

Can be found on Amazon pretty cheap. Works alright to grab the little flange of the connector.