{"id":8420,"date":"2020-08-21T14:55:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T21:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/?p=8420"},"modified":"2020-09-16T09:58:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T16:58:16","slug":"how-do-you-change-the-battery-in-labquest-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/8420","title":{"rendered":"How do you change the battery in LabQuest 3?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"notice\" style=\"border: 1px solid red; padding: 1em; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1em;\">\n<h3>This information pertains to LabQuest 3.<\/h3>\n<p>If you have a LabQuest 2, see <a href=\"\/til\/2741\/\">this article<\/a>.<br \/>\nIf you have an original LabQuest, see <a href=\"\/til\/2189\/\">this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/LabQuest3_fig4-1024x919.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/LabQuest3_fig4-1024x919.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/LabQuest3_fig4-600x539.png 600w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/LabQuest3_fig4-768x689.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/LabQuest3_fig4-1536x1379.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/LabQuest3_fig4.png 2005w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Follow these steps to replace a LabQuest 3 battery:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\">\n<li>Turn the unit over being careful not to set the unit on something that could scratch the screen.<\/li>\n<li>Slide the battery door cover down until it releases, then lift it off the unit.<\/li>\n<li>Lift the battery from the right side and pull the battery to the right as you lift it out of the unit.<\/li>\n<li>When replacing the battery only use a battery provided by Vernier <a href=\"\/product\/labquest-3-battery\/\">LabQuest&reg; 3 Battery<\/a> (<nobr>LQ3-BAT<\/nobr>).<\/li>\n<li>Make sure the battery contact points on both the unit and battery are clean and free of debris.<\/li>\n<li>Insert the new battery label side up, starting by putting the left edge in first.<\/li>\n<li>Carefully set the battery in place so as not to damage the battery contacts or plastic tabs that hold the battery against the contacts.<\/li>\n<li>Set the battery door in over the battery just below its closed position, then slide the door up until it latches.<\/li>\n<li>Charge the new battery at least 12 hours to ensure it is fully charged.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This information pertains to LabQuest 3. If you have a LabQuest 2, see this article. If you have an original LabQuest, see this article. Follow&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1698,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1698"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}