Retro Wireless Speakers from Ikea Salad Bowls

Step 2 Separating the Power Supply

Examine the interior: You should see three ribbon cables connecting the two sides of the housing together. They go from a circuit board on the front housing to the power connections on the back.  (see picture)  Disconnect all three of them from the circuit board  but remember their location and orientation for when you reassemble it.  I took a picture that I referenced later.

Snip the red and black wires connected to the battery compartment on the back of the housing.  Snip them close to the battery compartment so that you leave yourself some length of wire to work with later. (see picture)

Next, you'll need to remove the power connection meant for the AC adaptor from the housing.  It's connected with some hot glue so I used a flathead screwdriver to pry it from the glue holding it to the housing. (see picture)

Then, use the precision phillips head to unscrew the AC connector from the housing.  You should be left with a bundle of wires matching the last picture in this step. (see picture)