Glovebox torch battery

Post Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:14 pm

Hi there, just wondering if any of you guys could tell me where I could get a replacement battery for the white glovebox torch. Got two of the things knocking about - both of which are useless!

Thanks,

Theo

Post Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:15 pm

You'd be better off binning them and forking out 12 quid for a new one from ebay!

Post Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:07 pm

I've replaced the batteries in a couple of them. Used a suitably sized NiMH battery from CPC.
Don't pay more on ebay than they cost new from the dealer!

Post Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:37 pm

Cheers for that guys, theres no way im getting another of these stupid little things, certainly not paying for one anyway - nicked one from a scrapyard and then found the original one from my car when I removed my front centre console, thought I was seeing double for a minute! Must have been there for a long time.

Post Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:41 pm

Check the price of the torches at your local dealer - i'm sure they were only about a tenner each last time i checked, and most on ebay seem to go at least 12 quid plus p&p!!

Post Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:46 pm

I really dont want another bloody torch!!!! A battery should only cost a couple of quid at the most.

Post Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:01 pm

Theo325 wrote:I really dont want another bloody torch!!!! A battery should only cost a couple of quid at the most.

Battery doesn't just slot in - it's a bit of a fiddly job. Ã‚£10 for a new one sounds good value to me.
In about half the E30s I buy, there is a torch behind the centre console, even if there is one in the socket.

Post Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:23 pm

Brianmoore said

In about half the E30s I buy, there is a torch behind the centre console, even if there is one in the socket.

That must where mine went, then!

Post Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:23 pm

miniblob wrote:Check the price of the torches at your local dealer - i'm sure they were only about a tenner each last time i checked, and most on ebay seem to go at least 12 quid plus p&p!!

Yes, Your correct! There sumit like Ã‚£10 plus VAT new......for the whole torch

Post Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:25 pm

yep i found two,due too the old slam glovebox to shut trick by previous owners....lol

Post Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:12 am

my old 318i had 5 of them buried in there!!! all dead though as they'd been so long without a charge i suppose.

the prevous owner must have started to thing he was going mad with disappearing torches!

Post Sat Apr 22, 2006 3:31 am

The factory torch is about as useful as powdered water, in my opinion. Use it if you're desperate, but its a good idea to keep something a little more substantial in the trunk.

Post Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:45 am

It ain't no searchlight, but it's quite good enough to change a wheel by, or check a fluid level.
A lot, lot better than nothimg at all.

Post Sat Apr 22, 2006 10:32 am

they have the advantage that they're always charged up!

Post Sat Apr 22, 2006 5:42 pm

i took the batteries out of the later black torch which are much easier to get hold of a and soldered them in to the white one they are the same works great obviously the pins are different on the base but it was easy to do ...we have a fleet of bmw,s at work .....not many with torches in it does make you wonder where they all go