Dyson V8 Animal Battery Replacement

Written By: AJ McLean-Scholz
  • Comments: 5
Dyson V8 Animal Battery Replacement

Difficulty

Easy

Steps

8

Time Required

2 - 5 minutes

Introduction

If your Dyson V8 Animal’s battery fails to charge or turn the vacuum on, use this guide to replace the battery. The battery is used to power the vacuum. A broken or worn-out battery may fail to turn the vacuum on or charge.

Before using this guide check that your battery does not just need to be charged and refer to The Devices LED Flashes troubleshooting page for more information on troubleshooting your battery.

No special skills are required for this guide.

Before beginning, make sure to turn off the vacuum and disconnect it from any external power source.

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    • Push the red button and slide the connecting shaft off.

    • The shaft must be held from moving when disconnecting from the motor.

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    • Pull up on the red tab and continue to slide the motor completely up.

    • The dust bin will open on the bottom.

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    • Push the red tab down.

    • Pull the dust bin out from the handle head.

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    • Push down on the red tab.

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    • Push down on the red tab on the other side.

    • Pull the motor away from the handle.

    • You may need to hold down the handle while sliding the motor off.

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    • Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove two 18 mm screws on the bottom of the battery.

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    • Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove one 18 mm screw on the back of the handle.

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    • Slide the battery out from handle.

    • The handle must be held from moving while sliding the battery out.

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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AJ McLean-Scholz

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Replacement Vacuum Cleaner Batteries for Dyson V8 Animal

Battery Type:   Li-ion

Voltage:   21.6V

Capacity:   4000mAh

Color:   Grey

Weight:   770.26g

Dimensions: 145.00 x 90.10 x 115.90mm

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Drillbatterycomau -

Thankyou! I'll be able to replace the battery soon.

Olivia Swift -

This worked for the V7 Animal model just fine. Very easy and clear, thank you!

Katie -

Thank you. These instructions just helped me to replace the worn out battery on our V8 Animal in 5 minutes! Now it's humming along again with 3 blue bars. Great! (Note: I was concerned I might strip the screw head but I just pressed harder while turning and the screwdriver did not slip. Then I saw that the replacement battery came with four new replacement screws. So, it's all good.)

Neill Graham -

I have a stripped screw that won't extract. I have already drilled the hole ho so now no screwdriver will work. Any suggestions?

christina -