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Originally Posted by JSWolf
That's not withing the upcoming EU law. A user replacable battery is a battery door you open to remove and replace the battery and no wires are used with the battery.
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Jon, where the <expletive deleted> did you get that crap about needing a battery door?
To quote from section 38 of REGULATION (EU) 2023/1542:
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A portable battery should be considered to be removable by the end-user when it can be removed with the use of commercially available tools and without requiring the use of specialised tools, unless they are provided free of charge, or proprietary tools, thermal energy or solvents to disassemble it. Commercially available tools are considered to be tools available on the market to all end-users without the need for them to provide evidence of any proprietary rights and that can be used with no restriction, except health and safety-related restrictions.
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Please note there is
no mention of a battery door anywhere in the document. Current Kobo ereaders where you pop the back cover off with spudger/guitar pick/whatever to access the battery meets that requirement. The iFixit Kobo battery kit contains all the tools needed so the commercially available part is met. Oddly, I already have the tools required but electronics is one of my hobbies.