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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:24:24 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[iRobot Roomba 676: Charging station now giving steady voltage and Roomba not charging]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I recently purchased a faulty Roomba 676 and wanted to try to fix it. The problem was it not charging. I tried to charge it on a 676 station and it worked fine, so I assume no issues with the Roomba itself.</p>

<p>I tried measuring the voltage from the station pins and it was fluctuation between 0 and 10 V, which the good station does not do.</p>

<p>I open the station up and find 2 different PCBs, one working as the PSU and the other with the intelligence. The boards are connected with wires. I cut the wires and try to measure the voltage coming from the PSU board and it is also fluctuating between 0 and ~23 V. When I connect a seperate PSU directly to the &quot;intelligent&quot; PSB, I get a steady 2V out and when I connect the pins with a 10K resistor, the voltage ramps up to about 20 V, so I would say that PCB is working as it should. The problem is somewhere in the PSU PCB.</p>

<p>Measurement after PSU PCB</p>

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<p>Measurement of the charging pins</p>

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<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 13:56:33 -0700</pubDate>
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